[or-roots] John Hawk died in 1881

[JudyRobertson39 at aol.com]

I see I did an oops when I put the note in last night.  It was 1881.  It is a 
rather interesting story.  He was apparently in the middle of a neighborhood 
feud and was thought to be rustling cattle.  However, he had a friend who was 
in the midst of a divorce and was attempting to hide assets from the friends 
wife.  Thus, about 200 cattle showed up in John Hawk's pasture that were known 
to not belong there.  He was tried for rustling and acquited but in the 
meantime, he had a pregnant wife and apparently he also had eyes for his neighbor's 
wife-a man whose last name was Adams-I have no documentation as to the 
seriousness of the eye making but it is thought that Adams thought the eye making to 
be a serious matter.  They went camping on the creek at Lostine and John Hawk 
was shot in the head.  The above info was supplied to me by Grace Bartlett.  
The local historian and a real stickler for facts.
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