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The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff: The Redemption of He
Category: History: U.S.: Washington State
Author: Nancy Bartley
Copyright/published Year: 2013 by Univ of Washington
ISBN: 9780295992457
Binding: Paperback
The Boy Who Shot the Sheriff: The Redemption of Herbert
Niccolls Jr... In 1931, a 12-year-old boy shot and killed the
sheriff of Asotin, Washington. The incident stunned the small
town and a mob threatened to hang him. Both the crime and Herbert
Niccolls's eventual sentence of life imprisonment at the
Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla drew national
attention, only to be buried later in local archives.
Journalist Nancy Bartley has conducted extensive research to
construct a compelling narrative of the events and characters
that make this a unique episode in the history of criminal
justice in the United States. Niccolls became a cause for Father
Flanagan of Boys Town,who took to the airwaves, imploring
listeners to write Governor Hartley on the boy's behalf. The
bitter campaign put Hartley in such a negative light that he lost
his bid for reelection. Under a new and progressive warden,
Niccolls thrived in prison. Inmates like physician Peter Miller
and literary agent James Ashe became his tutors, finding that
Niccolls had an insatiable appetite for knowledge. During the
deadly 1934 prison riot at Walla Walla, several prisoners kept
him from harm
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