Desperado Frank Leroy's Outfit, Conconully Jail, 1910
Rating
Title
Desperado Frank Leroy's Outfit , Conconully Jail , 1910
Photographer
Matsura , Frank , 1873-1913 .
Description
In January 1910 , Matsura visited the Conconully jail to take photographs of the personal possessions of the infamous Frank Leroy . His arsenal included four guns , a bottle of nitroglycerine , fuse , wax , cotton batten and safe blower's wedges , for Leroy was what was referred to as a "Yegg ", or professional hobo , burglar , and safe blower . Implicated in November 1909 burglaries in the towns of Brewster and Ophir , Washington , Leroy resisted arrest and was shot three times by Okanogan's Sheriff Thorp . He escaped from the Okanogan jail just ten days after his arrest and, though wounded , made it some distance before being recaptured near Malott . During his trial in January it was found that Leroy had served eight years in a Walla Walla Penitentiary for two prior convictions . This time however , the yegg was given a life sentence by Judge Taylor of Conconully . Title by Matsura .
Subject
Artillery (Weaponry)--Washington (State)--Conconully ; Leroy , Frank
Date
1910
Type
Image
Genre
Postcards
Location
North and Central America--United States--Washington (state)--Okanogan county--Conconully
Identifier
pc035b1f02n06
Source
Is found in PC 35, Frank S. Matsura Collection https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc/finders/pc35.htm at Washington State University Libraries' Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (MASC) https://libraries.wsu.edu/masc
Rights
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/
Rights Notes
No known copyright. Item is in public domain as it was published prior to 1923.
Restrictions
For permission to publish please contact Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691 or the Okanogan Historical Society (509) 422-4272
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENT database at the WSU Libraries.
Add tags for Desperado Frank Leroy's Outfit, Conconully Jail, 1910
you wish to report:
Your comment:
Your Name:
...