Multnomah County OR Archives News.....Practical Joker Killed September 14, 1904
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Morning Oregonian September 14, 1904
Personated a Hold Up Man,and North Yakima Officer Shot Him
North Yakima,Wash.,-Sept.13- Night Patrolman Robert S.Cayou,of this city,shot 
and killed George Reed,a sheepherder for the Moxee Company,at a late hour last 
ight.Reed was drunk and had attempted to hold up a stranger named Hamlin to 
scare him.Hamlin broke away and notified the patrolman,who started to 
investigate.
He saw Reed 80 feet away and called to him to hold up his hands.Instead,Reed 
fired a shot at the officer.The officer then fired three shots at Reed,tow of 
which took effect,killing him instantly.The officer did not know but what the 
man was a highway man till after he had killed him.
Reed was 55 years old,and had lived here for years.He always gave the poice 
trouble when drunk.
At an inquest held this afternoon the jury returned a verdict that the 
shooting was justifiable.

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