Umatilla County OR Archives News.....Kills In HIs Wrath October 30, 1904
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Monring Oregonian October 30, 1904
Logging Foreman Shoots Workamn and Himself
Dispute Over Small Sum
Vuiolent Temper of Boss of Camp on the Grand Ronde Said to Have Been 
Intensified by Intoxicating Liqour
La Grande,Or.,Oct.29-(Special)- A murder and suicide took place at logging 
camp No.4, about 13 miles up the Grande Ronde River from Hilgard,at an early 
hour this morning. The camp is operated by Edmnond and Longley.
James Chesser,foreman of the camp,got into a hot dispute with a workman named 
Webster over a samll sum of money, not exceeding $2.50, and pulled his 
revolver,instanly killing Webster. Soon after another shot was heard anf when 
the men from the camp brushed to the scene,they found Webster dead and Shesser 
breathing his last and dying a few moments later.
Chesser came to this country a few years ago from Michigan and took up timber 
claims in different parts of Eastern Oregon.After disposing of these,he went 
to work in the logging camps of the Grande Ronde Lumber company as 
foreman,where he had been for two years overseeing a crew. He was about 35 
years of age and unmarried .It is thought that he had been drinking. He hada a 
violent temper.
Webster was a single man and about 30 years of age. At this time it is not 
known where his people reside. Cornoer Henery, of La GRande, accompanied by 
William Grant, are at the scene of the tragedy tonight.

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