DEC. 10 1920 SANTA ROSA CAL. 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. One of the lynching sites is just a block away from the college.. For questions please email us at: This would seem to reference the report that the party came from San Francisco and may have stopped in Petaluma for something to eat or for gasoline and oil for cars, giving rise to the report. Then just a few days after the lynching there was another killing in Santa Rosa. Sight-seeing Pythians, Wednesday, to the number of 200 or more, stormed the Sonoma county Jail, overwhelmed Douglas M. Bills, undersheriff, and almost broke into the barred section at the rear, so enamored were they with the beauty of the building. Within minutes, the hapless trio were trucked to the cemetery. MAYNARD YOUNG At 2:45 p. m. they were in the hands of the birdmen and on their way to Sacramento. Im prouder of you than if youd gone to France and killed a hundred Germans, cried one Healdsburg woman as she greeted her husband on the street after his return from Santa Rosa, and as she spoke she threw her arms around his neck and kissed him. If you accept the echoed word of Mr. Maynard Young; youre sure to bite, the car is right, you simply cant be stung. The date is confirmed by entries in the funeral homes receipt book. If no claim is made on the body it will be buried in potters field. The Press Democrat, which regularly ran glance at the past type nostalgia columns, never mentioned the lynching in years to come. A San Francisco history magazine observed, The entire episode became a curious source of civic pride.. Service. Press Democrat, December 10 1920 Value. Mosley is an associate professor in PSCs History, Language and Social Sciences Department. 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? Santa Rosa is the largest city in California's Wine Country and fifth largest city in the San Francisco Bay Area, after San Jose, San Francisco, Oakland, and Fremont and 26th largest city in California. As Barnard told LeBaron, besides all of the vigilantes being from the area we were all friends of Jim Petrays. In the 1989 interview he added, some of them was his close relatives. During the Sunday night riot Petray brothers Edward and Frank were inside the jail and vowing to kill the gangsters on the spot, so surely they were among the avengers along with Ray Lattin, Barney and his dad. This is a postscript to the series on the 1920 lynchings in Santa Rosa, THERE WILL BE PRICES PAID and looks into the most significant of the conspiracies of silence that followed: How people in a small farm town executed a triple murder, then kept the planning behind it and the names of all those involved secret for 65 years. According to LeBaron, Petray was a role model for the young people, an honest cop and an ideal family man. She failed to mention that Petray had himself spent three years on the lam, sought for the 1894 killing of an elderly man, whom he admitted to battering. For the three gangsters, each verdict was exactly the same: District Attorney Hoyle who had been informed of the lynching by the Press Democrat and not by the sheriff vowed to conduct a thorough investigation into who did it, but apparently gave up after only two days because he couldnt find anyone willing to snitch on the vigilantes. Maynard Young of Healdsburg was here yesterday and madr arrangements with the directors of the Sonoma County Fair for exhibit space for Healdsburg and Dry Creek valley districts. Mr. Young is an active business man and before he entered into the auto game with the Stephens car his friends knew that he must have satisfied himself perfectly as to the merits of the machine before taking it up and recommending it to his friends. Fred jumped from the seat of the plane as soon as it fell to the ground, and did not receive a scratch. Inquiries at the local cemeteries brought the response that the bodies had not been interred in any of them, and it was also said that the bodies were not shipped from Santa Rosa by train on either railroad line here. Maynard Young opened another auto dealership in Santa Rosa at Third and Main streets in 1921 (his partner was the other draft board member) but his interests turned to oil. The importance of this revelation will be discussed in a moment. Want a ride to Santa Rosa? Personally, I think the whole judicial system has fell apart, you know. Sacramento Paper Sends Airplane to Get Lynch Picture. Two oldtimers who had trekked through the morgue thought they recognized gangster George Boyd as a teenager named Riley who lived on Second Street at the turn of the century. The Santa Rosa County Board of County Commissioners serves as the legislative and policy setting body of Santa Rosa County as established under Section 125 of the Florida Statutes. Santa Rosa Republican as reprinted in the Sacramento Bee, December 10, 1920. 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. Valento was buried at San Francisco Saturday, privately. With him were the Healdsburg visitors, or at least Young and McMinn; Lattins whereabouts were not mentioned, although the letter to Gaye LeBaron claimed he gave the keys to the mob, which cant be literally true. NO S. F. POLICE AT SANTA ROSA LYNCHING. It takes several men to drag a man up. Racing through the narrative of MULTIPLE crimes meant serious questions would not be asked or just given perfunctory attention; inconsistencies with testimony before the Grand Jury were left unclarified. She was prevented by illness from attending the session according to a report received by the other directors. 6. Mr. Patteson is the son of the late Supervisor Patteson. A mob broke into the jail, seized Garca and hanged him from the Los Gatos Creek . This collection, which is on display in the sheriffs office, includes a large photograph of the three hanging to the tree; the gun which fired the fatal shots, empty cartridges, the hangmens knots cut from the ropes, and other articles. The current position of SANTA ROSA is at East Mediterranean reported 1 min ago by AIS. It was so well organized. But the closer you examine the story, it becomes apparent everything hinged not just upon a single person but also primarily a place the Standard Machine Works. It was said today that it might be shipped to Seattle, where it is understood that Boyds mother lives, but word is awaited from that city before final disposition of the body by local authorities. 950 S. Wright Road Santa Rosa, CA 95407-6608 (707) 527-4229. Capturing eyeballs, the front page featured a photograph of the dead men hanging limply, necks horribly askew, clothed only in soiled long underwear. Boyd recently, and providing the liquor for the men on their various visits, it is declared by the arresting officers. We were a small rural county; Santa Rosas population was 8,758, almost exactly the size of Cloverdale today (2021). Some Healdsburg members of the mob which lynched Boyd, Valento and Fitts early this morning, are making no effort to hide their identity, according to reports from that city this morning. Upon receipt of word at noom to-day that a flashlight photograph had been taken by one of those present at the lynching, The Bee arranged through Captain Voss for the dispatch of a De Haviland 450-horsepower Liberty Motor airplane, capable of making 100 miles an hour, to Santa Rosa in order to obtain one of the pictures. When the officers arrived the man who had been standing in the highway started an argument with the other and started pursuing him, kicking him as he ran. This swung the plane out of its course and lessened its momentum, and before it could recover the plane collided with the roof of a barn, just across the street. The vessel is en route to OMSLL - EGSUZ, sailing at a speed of 12.9 knots and expected to arrive there on Feb 27, 16:00.The vessel SANTA ROSA (IMO: 9430363, MMSI 219086000) is a Container Ship built in 2011 (12 years old) and currently sailing under the flag of Denmark. During the 1920s and early 1930s he ran the prestigious Cummiskey vineyards and ranches near Hopland and Windsor. 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 . It was a lie. Type image Format Photographs. But the locust tree survived and flowered in the spring, casting its shade over the G.A.R. LeBaron explained, If there was a chance the district attorney would have come after Barney, I would not have written the story. But she still would have known about the murders. 501. In 1920, of course, a great many around here had some sort of connections to Petray or his deputies. Santa Rosa; Santa Rosa Real Estate Facts. We exonerate the sheriff and his deputies from any blame therewith. Deputy Coroner Frank Welti created a mild sensation here this morning when he announced that the bodies of Terrance Fitts and Geo. Friendly, clean, quiet, good pool and gym, comfortable bed. Australia, today was informed by cable from the Folsom authorities that her son, George Barron, alias Boyd, one of the three gangsters lynched here December 10 for the killing of Sheriff James A. Petray and Detectives Miles Jackson and Lester Dorman of San Francisco, had died in Santa Rosa.. That three such men should have been laid low by a worthless human rat is worse than shocking; it is horrible, appalling. The journey is hosted by two knowledgeable, engaging presenters guiding you thru each entree. II, page 81 bottom right.This photograph is contained in one of two volumes by Dobbin titled "Album of San Francisco."Night view of three men hanging from a tree in Santa Rosa Cemetery. or call using the numbers below, Lunch & Dinner Series by Culinary Management, PSC proposes new testing fees for Advanced Manufacturing programs, PSC announces proposed lab fees changes for Health Science programs, PSC nursing students crowned 2023 Homecoming Queen and King. And now that the community has had its lesson, shall we profit by it, or merely go along in the same old way? Then, last December, . There seemed little likelihood of any evidence being secured to identify members of the mob, and without such Identification grand jury action would be improbable. SANTA ROSA. Though Santa Rosa is the main town in California's famous wine county, it's the nearby Napa Valley that gets a lot of the fame and fortune. It was retributive justice, carried out more quickly than the ponderous law could have acted. Mrs. Newman declared her action in ordering the tree cut down had been taken in response to many pleas from G. A. R. veterans and others, who declared it inappropriate that a hangmans tree should grow in the G. A. R. plot. Conspicuous among the crowds were many women and children, CASSASSA ARRESTED Snyder suggested that theNew York Timeswasnotethically compelled to volunteer Daniel Ellsbergs name to the FBI when he gave reporters top secret files purloined from the RAND Corporation, known as the Pentagon Papers. Location and Resort The apartment complex is located in Costa Teguise 350m to the beach of Playa Bastian. Sheriff Petray is buried at Oak Mound Cemetary in Healdsburg. If you are confessing to a crime, we are obligated to report it. But, they chose instead to commercialize the sensational confession, and county law enforcers did nothing in response after the story was published. Before he left Petaluma, Coroner Phillips phoned Frank Welti, the Deputy Coroner for Santa Rosa and ordered an ambulance to be waiting at the cemetery to transport the bodies. He is of interest because after Gaye LeBaron wrote her 1985 column about Barney Barnards confession, she received a letter stating Ray Lattin was also among the vigilantes and the stories he always told about the lynching matched the details provided by Barney (this letter can be found in the LeBaron archives at SSU). 5. It is worth diving into the transcript of Bernards tape recording, including the parts of his testimony that LeBaron didnotpublish in her lynching columns. Finally, there were related things that happened in the days (and years) that followed and must be mentioned to complete the history of these events. Also, it would have been impossible to conceal newly-dug graves. The PSC African American Student Association is one of nine community groups involved with the Santa Rosa Community Remembrance Coalition, which features community, civic and faith-based groups. Most significantly were two conspiracies of silence, both of which remain (mostly) secret still today. King, the wonder dog owned and trained by Ray Lattin of Alexander valley, amazed hundreds of guests with his ability to add, subtract, select a beauty queen and intelligently obey the slightest command of Lattin at the opening of a Santa Rosa cafe Tuesday night. So lets proceed here with the telling of what happened right after the Dec. 10 lynching before jumping ahead to discover what became of the hanging tree. He reiterated what he had previously told her, adding names and details. That Santa Rosa and Sonoma county be immediately cleaned of all undesirable characters was the edict issued by the sheriffs office and the chief ot police yesterday. The list was supposedly going to be made public when the last participant died which was Barnard, who passed away at age 108 in 2008. on the back---it is an AZO card. He had a salesmans type-A personality and was forceful in convincing others of his views. But if you stay, from now on, were all one. Barney repeated much the same thing in his 1989 interview, except changing the speech to end with, after tonight, weve got an active war.. The company will make a specialty of lathe work of every description, and will be equipped to make any part of an automobile or tractor. You can also report such discharge between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. at 850-981-7135 or 850-981-7090. Mosley, along with fellow PSC colleague Tonie Anderson-Steele, are coalition researchers. Our hearts are still broken, Anderson-Steele said of the lynchings. And that was before she made a tape recording of the confession. Only a single person was ever prosecuted in connection with the gangsters ill-fated Santa Rosa sojurn: Domenico Casassa the 71 year-old wine maker who foolishly believed he saw a trace of goodness behind the cold, dead eyes of Terry Fitts. In 1990, the sheriff created the Gang Team, which, notably, included Erick Gelhaus. V2p81dIn PHOTO ALBUM-VAULT: ** fc917.9461 A3, Vol. Nevertheless, you still put on a hat and went downtown to gawk at the corpses lying on marble slabs in the morgue. The grim reminder of Sonoma county retributive justice the cemetery locust tree to which on December 10, 1920 a mob hanged the three slayers of Sheriff James A. Petray and two San Francisco detectives has passed into history. The early meetings, including the March 26 and April 24 meetings, are designed as Community Conversations about Race and Ethnicity. At the Feb. 25 meeting, members split into various groups to discuss their own backgrounds and experiences with racial issues. The . 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.. REPUBLICANS WITH LYNCH STORY HAVE BIG SALE IN S. F. The first word of the summary action taken by the men who hanged Fitts, Boyd and Valento yesterday was sent out by the Santa Rosa Republican which tipped off the majority of the San Francisco papers and which kept them supplied with the news of developments. THE VELVET HAMMER The suspects had kidnapped and brutally attacked two girls in San Francisco and had been tracked to Santa Rosa. Phillips spent nearly an hour at the jail with the sheriff (probably joined by Welti) prior to heading for the cemetery. We Have Had Our Lesson; Shall We Profit by It? Then a veritable shower of jewelry occurred. How revealing, though, this was a top concern of his at the time. No interments took place in the potters field during the day, it was announced. With only himself and three deputies on hand, Sheriff Boyes asked McMinn and Lattin to go the cemetery and see if their leaders would speak with him. She is 70 years of age and is near collapse. (UPDATE: Ray has now published his findings and it can be revealed the gravesite is at Moke 234.). The last Santa Rosa County lynching took place in 1937. A Pensacola social justice organization is exploring appropriate ways to honor and remember victims of lynchings in Escambia and Santa Rosa counties from the 19th century through the 1950s. The bodies of George Boyd and Terry Fitts were removed Saturday from the morgue where they had been since being brought in early Friday morning following the lynching, according to officials late Saturday night, who declined to give any further information relative to their disposal. Last year I went to the Haunted HayRide LA, at it was PERFECT. Whenever they appear, they must be told to move on, and without a moments delay. Cassassa is a pioneer grape-grower and winemaker of Sonoma county and is well to do. St. Augustine ( Photos) Read on below to see how we crunched the numbers and how Callahan end up as the most racist place in Florida. He leased 8,000 acres near Willits and attracted many local investors and when that failed tried drilling near Eureka. The courtroom appearance of the men including Boyd on a stretcher likely would have been a circus, similar to the scene in San Francisco where crowds fought to watch the arraignments of other Howard street gangsters. Santa Rosa County / 1 hour ago. Instead, that morning they used the Supervisors chambers at the courthouse to hold the coroners inquest.1 But that didnt just focus on the lynching; testimony also covered the vigilante raid on the jail, details of the murder of the lawmen five days earlier and prior doings of the gangsters around Santa Rosa. Hyatt Regency Sonoma Wine Country. 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