Grim Hangmans Tree, Reminder Of Lynching In 1920, Is Laid Low By Ax. When he was arrested for running a speakeasy that day he was told it was specifically because he had welcomed Fitts and the others at his place on Guerneville Road. Santa Rosa City Hall - 100 Santa Rosa Avenue - Santa Rosa, CA 95404. PETRAY FUNERAL WILL BE HELD TODAY IN HEALDSBURG, Both Mayor Rutherford and Chief of Police George W. Mathews announced yesterday that outlawry and flouting of the law must come to an end in Santa Rosa. You will find antiques, unique shops, coffee houses, and restaurants. Young stopped his car and discovered that the gesticulating gent had a companion near an automobile which they had left standing at the side of the highway. From $129 per night. Less than three months after the men were hanged, Sheriff Boyes hired Harry as a full-time deputy sheriff and Superior Court bailiff. This was likely when they all had a very earnest discussion about what might happen next their jobs were not over just because the gangsters were now dead. Understand []. On Dec. 8, LeBaron followed-up with a scoop. All he would admit was they were still somewhere in the county. Here a taxicab was in waiting and Ridley with his photograph was rushed to the Call office, arriving there at 6:15 a. m. He waited there while two halftones were manufactured, one for the Call and the other for The Press Democrat. When the news spread that the tree had been cut down crowds of people again visited the old cemetery and carried away fragments as souvenirs. The jail deputies gave them the cell keys without any resistance, They was as much in favor of it being done as we were, he said. But it still seems unusual for a tiny company such as Standard Machine Works to have so many ties specifically to the sheriffs office going beyond friend-of-a-friend links; there were multiple personal and professional relationships with not only Petray but Sheriffs Jack Smith (before Petray) and Boyes (after Petray). Fred was absolutely no relation to Maynard Young; their common name is a coincidence.2 That Fred would be the mastermind ends this long story with an unexpected twist because he was such a surprising candidate to plan and lead the mission. Five days after the killings, on December 10, 1920, a group of about 30 masked vigilantes took the suspects from the jail and hanged them from a locust tree in the old Rural Cemetary on Franklin Avenue in Santa Rosa. He came to Jay, Florida, where he incurred his fathers debts. Sheriff Petray is buried at Oak Mound Cemetary in Healdsburg. MAYNARD YOUNG You dropped a ring there, didnt you? Maynard was asked. Then there was the plan by Santa Rosa authorities to conceal what happened to the bodies out of concern for grave robbers. Should it become known that the graves were just a two minute stroll away, you can bet those same people would be adding handfuls of grave dirt to their ghoulish collections. The tree in question, a towering locust, was planted many years ago. Those mysteries join a substantial list of what-if scenarios where something could have easily gone awry and many men from Healdsburg could have ended up arrested or even dead. The hour and the place of the burial was kept private. He is in a measure responsible for the safe keeping of the bodies until such time as they are interred, the San Francisco Call reported after speaking with Phillips. It was 1:15 in the morning when Dr. Phillips phone rang at his home in Petaluma. Within days of his demise, LeBaron outed him as the lyncher in thePress Democrat with his daughters permission, she says. Russian River Brewery and Third St. Aleworks are two of the city's big breweries, both located in the downtown district, and locals line up, sometimes down the street, for their specialty crafted brews. Fun story #1: Maynard was driving back from Petaluma with Sheriff Petray and a deputy in 1920 when they spotted two men arguing by the side of the road. The accident was a great disappointment to the young aviator, and to the hundreds of his warm friends of this community. Step back in time with a visit to Historic Railroad Square. The gaggle of self-appointed executioners, who, according to contemporaneous newspaper reports, included San Francisco lawmen, jerked on the ropes, jeering obscenities. So there was actually a third conspiracy of silence at work, this one to not only downplay the lynching itself but to particularly forget Santa Rosas complicity and ghoulish misbehavior. Tell Me When Systemic Racism Ended? (The impact of the Press Democrats coverage is exaggerated today because only the first edition of the Dec. 10 Republican survives, while all editions of the Press Democrat are available. I helped pull on one of the ropes and it was quite a job to get him off the ground. In 1920, of course, a great many around here had some sort of connections to Petray or his deputies. He is a county pioneer whom everybody knows, who does not wander far and fast with every wind that blows. Perfect crimes are rare, particularly when they are this serious and have so many people involved, both actively and passively, that you can compare the lynching to The Murder on the Orient Express, where everyone on the train played some role in the murder. He has a large family, including grandchildren, and it is said his conduct in connection with the San Francisco gangsters has not met with the approval of his family, who it is declared have strenuously protested but to no avail, nearly breached the fortress-like county jail, archive of the American Eugenics Movement, plotted to ambush the San Francisco detectives, ROAD TO THE MALL: THE BIG BOOK OF RED FLAGS. That Boyd might be an alias of the slayer developed yesterday when the crowd were passing through the morgue. Each man knew his role and was expected to act without supervision. Children decorated school auditoriums with colorful bunting before performing holiday pageants. THE VELVET HAMMER Bianchi Boy and Companion, Each 14 Years of Age, Arrested Once More; Pockets Are Found Full of Money and Jewelry. While the newspapers usually didnt name members of a posse, Don was listed twice in 1915, searching for bandits and a missing man, plus being part of a 1913 opium raid on Sebastopols Chinatown. Location and Resort The apartment complex is located in Costa Teguise 350m to the beach of Playa Bastian. It takes several men to drag a man up. Inman Family Wines. The website fails to mention that Gelhaus fired eight shots into the child, Lopez, nor does it breathe a word about any of the many homicides committed by deputies empowered by the prerogatives of whiteness to terrorize and kill members of disempowered groups. He will go here and in this county and adjacent territory in his car and will have his salesrooms in Healdsburg, and it will be well equipped. She was prevented by illness from attending the session according to a report received by the other directors. Santa Rosa is going to be known as an unsafe place for criminals. When he was in the county jail and slowly dying from the gunshot wound, Boyd told reporters his mother lived in Seattle although the address he provided didnt exist (that might have been a newspaper typo, however). But just as he reached the point of making the dive, one of the wings of the plane collided with the top of a small oak tree. Not only will a determined effort be made to rid the county of any persons of criminal inclination or intent, but determined action will also be begun to suppress and eradicate places in the county or city where such people rendezvous. Maynard Young Arranges Special Exhibit Space for North End of Sonoma County. Sunday, January 5, 1986 5, 1988 t m Gaye LeBaron People it .',fVi Vr. Considering an angry mob nearly breached the fortress-like county jail a few days earlier, its hard to imagine much of a defense could be made if a vengeance-seeking crowd suddenly stormed the Welti funeral parlor. Dec. 12. And that was before she made a tape recording of the confession. law enforcement officers shot and killed eight citizens Demographically, Sonoma County is undergoing dramatic change which affects its agrarian, small town atmosphere. The 2010 census reported a population of 167,815. Asked if he planned to impanel a grand jury, he replied: I cant call a session until I have evidence to put before them., After the inquest, charges were also dropped against poor Dorothy Quinlan, although she was never accused of anything more serious than having bad taste in men. In May 2000, the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights investigated Sonoma County, reporting, The committee is appalled at the number of deadly incidents, justified or not, that have occurred within 25 months. A photograph, festooned with pieces of the nooses, was the centerpiece of a display in the Sonoma County Sheriffs Office created shortly after the lynching, according to historical newspaper reports. So great was the demand for the Santa Rosa paper that an hour after the first ones were received the Republican was sent a telegram asking for more, 11,000 COPIES OF PRESS DEMOCRAT SPREAD THE STORY. With the appointment of Harry Patteson of Healdsburg as deputy sheriff to be detailed as bailiff in department one of the superior court, Sonoma county has one of the best organised sheriff systems in the state, Patteson took up his duties as deputy yesterday. Victims of the 1920 lynching in Santa Rosa, CA. Maynard Young had a new car showroom in the front of the Standard Machine Shop where he sold the Stephens Salient Six, a mid-priced touring car. For questions please email us at: Santa Rosa is the perfect mid-trip stopping point between Dallas and Phoenix. FITTS BURIED Mrs. Newman was not present at the meeting. Until such time as they are interred, he feels that it is his duty to give out no information on the subject what ever. In December 1985 LeBaron wrote, The newspaper headlines called them heroes, and before noon on the same day, the Grand Jury returned a verdict of death by persons unknown.. 6. In short, they were men who wouldnt need arm-twisting from the Captain to convince them the murder of a sheriff was something which must be avenged. (Name) died from being hanged from the neck by a lynching mob of unknown persons, who stormed the county jail, overpowering the peace officers and forcibly removing him for that purpose. The importance of this revelation will be discussed in a moment. During the operation the sheriff was moved to the rear office in the cellblock, watched over by five guards. Vigilante Justice! Ha helped us win the recent war with services of weight (a member of the draft board, we specifically state). One of the most notorious Santa Rosa County lynchings was the March 14, 1919, murder of military veteran Bud Johnson. Both bodies of course have been embalmed. How revealing, though, this was a top concern of his at the time. DON PATTESON was a machinist and co-owner of the Standard Machine Works. Opinions do not die with him because they cant get out. [A version of this story appeared in the SF Chronicle Dec. 19 under the headline, BODIES OF TWO THUGS TAKEN FROM MORGUE]. Boyd shot Petray and two of his deputies dead on the spot. Ranchers thronged through the streets as if the event were one of carnival nature.. When their father died on New Years Eve 1917, the Healdsburg and Geyserville newspapers endorsed the 30 year-old Harry to fill out Neds term on the Board of Supervisors (the governor chose a man from the Dry Creek area). When Maynard Young, Lattin and McMinn were talking to Sheriff Boyes before the assault, would they have subdued him if tried to contact the state police? Young promised that an exhibit would be brought here that would open the eyes of Sonoma countv people. Besides standing in line for a gruesome eyeful of the bodies, there were large clusters of people downtown in front of the county jail and outside the Press Democrat and Republican on Fifth street. The Radical Senate: James Abourezk of South Dakota, America is Not a Racist Country: How Nikki Haley Became Israels Candidate for the White House, Three Reasons (Other Than Age) Why Joe Biden Should Not Run Again For President, The Global South Refuses Pressure to Side With the West on Russia, The 20th Anniversary of the Sociocide of Iraq by Bush/Cheney. veterans monument. It features a bar and restaurant offering outdoor dining. This was the last lynching to take place in Sonoma County. Nice communities dont try to batter down the jailhouse door or parade by the thousands through a morgue. There have been various rumors relative to the final disposal of the bodies of the gangsters. A fund was started to preserve the tree and install a plaque so that it will be a perpetual reminder to desperadoes, gangsters and gunmen that death is a certain penalty for such murderous attacks.. A ProQuest search of LeBarons columns in thePress Democratfrom 1994 to the present reveals hundreds of stories glorifying white men wielding badges, batons, guns, and in some instances, hanging nooses. When I pointed this out to Lynn Prime, the curator of the LeBaron Collection at Sonoma State, she was unable to explain the coincidence. whose family has been connected with official life in this county for years. Saint Rose of Lima was canonized by Pope Clement on August 30th 1671. The tree burst into national notice December 10, 1920, when an organized mob took George Boyd, Terry Fitts and Charlie Valento, slayers of Sheriff James A. Petray and two San Francisco detectives five days previously, from the county jail early in the morning, and hanged them to a horizontal limb of the tree. 2022. King could bark out numbers written on a blackboard and supposedly add/subtract up to five. One of her most oft-repeated stories revolves around the 1920 lynching in Santa Rosa of three prisoners by a vigilante force of cops and citizens. At the request of relatives and friends of Fitts and Boyd, Welti said, he refused to give out any information as to when the bodies were taken from the morgue or where they were buried. gang came to Santa Rosa; Image / Santa Rosa, 1920: S.F. In America, whiteness describes a social caste, not skin color. Ail of the machinery of the company is of the latest design for auto and tractor repair. Don C. Patteson and Jack Woods are to have a first class machine shop in Healdsburg and it will occupy the back part of the Maynard Young auto sales shop. Soon after the news was telephoned to San Francisco, of the lynching in Santa Rosa, machines carrying San Francisco newspaper men, were soon on their way to the scene. View sold price and similar items: Santa Rosa Howard Street Gang Lynching: Boyd, Fritts and Valento RPPC Postcard from Regency Antique Books on December 6, 0122 10:00 AM MST. More than a dozen of the masks used by the gang were found scattered along the edges of the highway between Santa Rosa and Healdsburg. Since then, every August 30th the people of Lima pay tribute to the patron saint of the city: Santa Rosa de Lima. Young recognised them when they hailed him and brought them to the county jail without warning of his intention. Patuloy naman ang operasyon ng sumusunod na opisina sa Enero 18: In less than two hours he was on his way home, bearing the finished cut, and the first and only picture of the lynching to be printed here in any newspaper came out in the noon edition of The Press Democrat, making a big sensation. St. Francis Winery and Vineyards. More than 11,000 copies of The Press Democrat were printed and sold during the day, and the paper was in circulation in all parts of Sonoma county long before daylight. Long lines of curious citizens passed through the morgue, where the three dead men lay on plain marble slabs. Had the gangsters not been murdered their arraignments would have been held that morning (although none of them could find a defense lawyer) but charges were dropped because of their deaths. When it was over he flew a Jenny back to Healdsburg in 1919, becoming the first airplane to land in town and to great excitement. At the cemetery the nooses were already knotted and securely anchored around the locust tree. Press Democrat, December 10 1920 Discussion has raged pro and con around town on the merits of the destruction of the hangmans tree in Rural cemetery, and the action has been followed by endorsement from the Sonoma County Federation of Womens clubs on the one hand, and an adverse criticism by the majority of the cemetery board of directors on the other. However, using Santa Rosa as a base, it's possible to visit as much of the nearby wineries and vineyards all you want. Holiday Inn Express Santa Rosa, an IHG Hotel. In the Dec. 1, 1985Press Democrat, LeBaron regaled readers with a story about three murder suspects who were hustled out of the Santa Rosa jail around midnight and hanged in a cemetery on Dec. 10, 1920. He reiterated what he had previously told her, adding names and details. Also, it would have been impossible to conceal newly-dug graves. The body of George Boyd, confessed slayer of the three peace officers and accused of ravishing young girls in San Francisco, is being held at the undertaking parlor. The Press Democrat scored a tremendous success yesterday in its handling of the big news growing out of the lynching of Boyd, Fitts and Valento, the San Francisco gangsters. The PD printed an item on this pilots derring-do flight but editor Ernest Finley, ever the churl, did not mention this was for his rival newspaper. Small town papers in those days were like collective FaceBook pages, reporting every mundane detail of who was doing what; as a result we can roughly map out who Jim Petray socialized with, from hunting deer to attending events to participating in fraternal groups (Knights of Pythias, Elks, Masons, Woodmen, Native Sons). When criminals and cut-throats find things too hot for them in San Francisco and have to clear out, they must understand that we dont want them up this way, even temporarily. These people, it is said, intend to keep the details secret. This was done at the request of relatives. B. B. There were over a hundred of these little poems in the Press Democrat, each three stanzas of charmingly awful doggerel, to wit: If you accept the echoed word of Mr. Maynard Young; youre sure to bite, the car is right, you simply cant be stung.). The Vatican also celebrates this festivity on August 23rd. Nobody spoke against it. This edition was rushed to every town in the county, and in each and every instance all the papers sent out by our distributors were sold, and there was demand for more. It is also definitely known by the Petaluma information sent here that there were Healdsburg people in the party. Other Santa Rosa County lynchings involved people who were accused of crimes, but who were killed before they could be tried. But no matter; the jury stuck to its simple mission of determining the causes of death for the officers and the lynched men. The automobiles were from all parts of Sonoma county, and the fine weather of the day attracted many people from San Francisco and other bay cities and from other counties in this vicinity. But the locust tree survived and flowered in the spring, casting its shade over the G.A.R. VENGEANCE FOR SUNNY JIM. Valentos body was shipped to his mother, who lives in Howard street. Sheriff James A. Petray has just returned from a business trip to Colusa countyWhile away he visited his old friend Jack Smith. San Francisco.Captain of Detectives Duncan Matheson last Saturday mailed a letter to G. W. Hoyle, District Attorney of Sonoma county, under the direction of chief of Police O'Brien, in which he sets forth that an investigation has been made and that he has established that no members of . Maynard was the subject of a Velvet Hammer profile, which was considered something of a badge of honor in the county. The Matanzas Creek Winery offers June and July visitors a chance to enjoy its aromatic fields of blooming lavender, but its Estate Gardens and spectacular scenery are tourist . A 24-hour guard was placed on it Saturday, and there were so many sightseers on Sunday that Santa Rosa policemen were stationed at both ends of Franklin ave. to direct traffic. For a half-hour or more before making his landing, Fred treated his friends to an exhibition of his skill as an aviator, in stunts that even Beachey of fair-time days would have hesitated to attempt. Practically the entire day was spent in this manner and Hoyle said it was the first step he would make in carrying out his official duties in connection with the case. Boyd admitted to the officers that he had a sister living in this city many years ago by the name of Riley and that he had visited her several times. Their presence is a menace, their very proximity a blight. What's New in Santa Rosa County. He has been in trouble before, and it is said there is a case pending against him in the Justice Court for selling liquor to Indians which has never been brought to trial. As noted earlier, souvenir hunters were cutting off bits of the lynching ropes and ripping bark off the hanging tree, but relics from their actual persons locks of hair, bits of clothing, blood wiped off skin would be far more valuable. DEC. 10 1920 SANTA ROSA CAL. They went along but once inside, one of the boys poked a hole in his trousers pocket and a gold ring fell out as they were walking down a corridor. SAN FRANCISCO NEWSPAPER MEN ON SCENE . Oakland Police Department: Above the Law? It will not replace the existing VA clinic at 3841 Brickway Blvd. Mr. Patteson is a well known mechanican [sic] and has had much experience in garages and machine works here. The letter to LeBaron about Ray Lattin stated there was no question he was at the jail that night specifically for his part in the operation.. But does the shield law allow a reporter to conceal evidential knowledge of a heinous crime such as murder? He was also . Word to this effect was received by Coroner Frank Phillips. Then a general inquiry was started as to why the tree had been cut down and the splendid shade it had afforded destroyed forever. Freds father was long the towns mortician and when he died at the close of 1919, Fred inherited the funeral home and the job. If you accept the echoed word of Mr. Maynard Young; youre sure to bite, the car is right, you simply cant be stung. (The 1900 census shows a Mary Riley living at 856 Second St. with her son Victor, who was the same age as Boyd. Coroner F. H. Phillips of Sonoma county when flatly cornered by a Call man over the telephone today, finally admitted that the bodies of Boyd and Fitts have not as yet been buried to his knowledge, but he refused to state where they were, further than to admit that they have not been removed from the county. He was reportedly shot at by a white man, who claimed that Johnson had fired at him. Captain Matheson Makes Inquiry and Finds Members Were on Duty. Unless exemptions apply, emails sent to City staff or Council members, any attachments, and any replies, are subject to disclosure upon request, and neither the sender nor any . Ray told audiences the dog was 34 collie and one part wolf. The mortuary still bears his name. Young took them into his car and proceeded to town. Boyd recently, and providing the liquor for the men on their various visits, it is declared by the arresting officers. In addition, minority populations have increased. On all sides were heard the remarks, They got what was coming to them, and Good riddance and a saving of money for their trial. All seemed to join in unanimous approval of the ghastly procedure. While most lynchings involved hangings, lynchings include any premediated extrajudicial killing by a group. So Coroner Phillips worries that Boyd and Fitts might fall into the hands of some medical college were probably unfounded, but we can say that only by viewing history with our perfect 20/20 hindsight. Then his eyes caught another ring, and another, and another; then a dainty little pendant, set in opals and pearls rolled out onto the floor, apparently from nowhere. When told nowadays it is a simple tale that begins with how a good man was murdered and ends when the bad men were punished, as the Press Democrat put it at the time, swinging from the ropes ends, swaying in the wind and washed by the rain. Santa Rosa played no part in it whatsoever; why, we cant even be sure if anyone was here at all that week. Santa Rosa is full of local neighborhoods, art, and historic districts. Lost in the newsprint was any real consideration of why it is not okay to cheer for lynchings. The sympathy of the entire community will be extended to the relatives and friends of the three brave officers who were murdered here Sunday. The earliest lynching case being investigated took place in 1884. Maynard Young will have a salesroom for the Stevens Salient Six at the front of the building. Following the sentence ot five to jail Monday not a drunk could be found in Santa Rosa Monday evening, and underground channels sent the information that several suspected bootleggers had quit their trade in the city. He was confident enough in his crew that he stayed among those in the office with the sheriff. He and Welti must have hoped reporters would tire of asking, which they did; by the end of the month the San Francisco newspapers rarely mentioned the lynching except to say it caused the police to beef up security when the other Howard street gangsters went on trial. Well count noses [and see] if anyones missing. 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