Claude Branton on the gallows, about to be hanged for the death of John Linn, on May 12, 1899. IMAGE PROVIDED/OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY
Murderers wandered McKenzie Valley begging friends to perjure themselves


Claude Branton on the gallows, about to be hanged for the death of John Linn, on May 12, 1899. IMAGE PROVIDED/OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY