Umatilla County v. Estes

On the twenty-fifth day of July, 1920, Neil Hart and Jim Owen who were then con-' fined in the connty jail of Umatilla Connty, Oregon, with others broke jail, shot and killed T. D. Taylor, sheriff of that county, armed themselves and escaped into the Blue Mountains, between Pendleton and La Grande.

The following day a reward was offered for the capture of the fugitives, as follows: County of Umatilla, for the body of Neil Hart, dead or alive, $2,500; and for the body of Jim Owen, dead or alive, $1,000; City of Pendleton, for the capture of Neil Hart, dead or alive, $500; for the capture of Jim…