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Lane County Sheriff's OfficeHALL OF HONORSheriff William W. Withers |
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IN MEMORY OF..."Those who asked so little and sacrificed so much." |
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Sheriff William W. Withers was killed attempting to apprehend Elliott Lyons, a horse thief, wanted in Jackson County. The slayer escaped, but a huge posse was formed and he was captured in Creswell under a train that was heading out of town. In Eugene, Oregon, under the direction of Fred Fisk, a deputy under Withers and a Lane County Judge, witnessed the hanging of Lyons outside the Lane County Courthouse. This was the last public function of the kind in the state. |
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February 7, 1903 |
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An expanded history of Sheriff Withers by Karen Seidel. |
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