Gus Wachline, convicted murderer

Title

Gus Wachline, convicted murderer

Description

Portrait of convicted murderer Gus Wachline. Wachline was arrested November 20, 1897 and hung on February 4, 1898. A portion of the hanging rope is attached to the photograph.
[Back] [pencil] Murderer Waschline [sic] Gus, Hanged, [sic] Feb. 4/98. [ink] Hillsboro, Or. S. W. Wachline. [pencil] A portion of the rope that did the work. Rope secured by Albert Tozier. [ink] Feb. 4, 1895.

Date Created

circa late 1890s

Medium

cabinet photographs

Language

English

Identifier

WCMpic_001518

Rights

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Type

Still Image

Collection