Roy, Ray and Hugh DeAutremont spent most of their lives in the Oregon State penitentiary after a failed attempt at train robbery near Klamath Falls, Oregon,in 1923. They were apprehended in 1927. Roy lived at the Oregon State Hospital many years and died in a nursing home in 1984. Hugh was paroled in 1958 and died in 1959. He worked in the OSP print shop.
Ray learned French, Spanish and Latin and taught languages in the school at Oregon State Penitentiary.Ray was paroled in 1961 and worked at the U of O as a part time custodian. Ray died in 1984.
While incarcerated Hugh founded a prison magazine "Shadows" which won national awards as a prison publication. It was published until 1959. He was a self taught painter and his landscapes won awards in Oregon exhibits.
Suggested edit: The narrative for the DeAutremont Brothers on Find a Grave states they were involved in a "failed attempt at train robbery near Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1923." This is incorrect. The attempted robbery was at Tunnel #13 in the Siskiyou Mountains, 12 miles south of Ashland, Oregon.
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Ray learned French, Spanish and Latin and taught languages in the school at Oregon State Penitentiary.Ray was paroled in 1961 and worked at the U of O as a part time custodian. Ray died in 1984.
While incarcerated Hugh founded a prison magazine "Shadows" which won national awards as a prison publication. It was published until 1959. He was a self taught painter and his landscapes won awards in Oregon exhibits.
Suggested edit: The narrative for the DeAutremont Brothers on Find a Grave states they were involved in a "failed attempt at train robbery near Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1923." This is incorrect. The attempted robbery was at Tunnel #13 in the Siskiyou Mountains, 12 miles south of Ashland, Oregon.
Thank you Contributor: mdskupien (49174523
Roy, Ray and Hugh DeAutremont spent most of their lives in the Oregon State penitentiary after a failed attempt at train robbery near Klamath Falls, Oregon,in 1923. They were apprehended in 1927. Roy lived at the Oregon State Hospital many years and died in a nursing home in 1984. Hugh was paroled in 1958 and died in 1959. He worked in the OSP print shop.
Ray learned French, Spanish and Latin and taught languages in the school at Oregon State Penitentiary.Ray was paroled in 1961 and worked at the U of O as a part time custodian. Ray died in 1984.
While incarcerated Hugh founded a prison magazine "Shadows" which won national awards as a prison publication. It was published until 1959. He was a self taught painter and his landscapes won awards in Oregon exhibits.
Suggested edit: The narrative for the DeAutremont Brothers on Find a Grave states they were involved in a "failed attempt at train robbery near Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1923." This is incorrect. The attempted robbery was at Tunnel #13 in the Siskiyou Mountains, 12 miles south of Ashland, Oregon.
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Ray learned French, Spanish and Latin and taught languages in the school at Oregon State Penitentiary.Ray was paroled in 1961 and worked at the U of O as a part time custodian. Ray died in 1984.
While incarcerated Hugh founded a prison magazine "Shadows" which won national awards as a prison publication. It was published until 1959. He was a self taught painter and his landscapes won awards in Oregon exhibits.
Suggested edit: The narrative for the DeAutremont Brothers on Find a Grave states they were involved in a "failed attempt at train robbery near Klamath Falls, Oregon, in 1923." This is incorrect. The attempted robbery was at Tunnel #13 in the Siskiyou Mountains, 12 miles south of Ashland, Oregon.
Thank you Contributor: mdskupien (49174523
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