Tuesday, May 29, 2012

In the news: Monday, May 28, 2012


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Thousands gather in Bay Area to mark milestone for icon
John S. Marshall      Associated Press



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Then and Now: Courthouse jail

Former cell now houses budget director’s office

Sheriff Christopher C. Dempsey may have been preparing for the execution of Gin Pong, who was convicted of a gruesome hatchet murder. The Spokesman-Review reported Pong was “a large Chinaman whom other Chinamen all despise and fear.” It would be the second of four official hangings in Spokane County history, not counting informal “necktie parties.” Curiosity led some 4,000 people, including children and many women “of refined appearance,” to walk through the jail, peering into Pong’s cell before his execution. The last hanging in Spokane was in 1917, after which the state mandated that any capital punishment would be carried out at the state prison in Walla Walla. – Jesse Tinsley

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UI posts dam files online
Archives reveal spirited debate over Dworshak project
Eric Barker      Lewiston Tribune

Dworshak Dam
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