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Martin Clinton Lesley

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Martin Clinton Lesley

Birth
Monument, Grant County, Oregon, USA
Death
15 Sep 1919 (aged 14)
Condon, Gilliam County, Oregon, USA
Burial
Monument, Grant County, Oregon, USA Add to Map
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14-year-old Martin C. Lesley was shot through both legs by 14-year-old Cedric Sharff while walking through a watermelon patch near Monument, Oregon, with some friends (Stony Mael, __, ___). Cedric piled watermelons around him as he lay under a tree to make it look like he was stealing them. Martin died after being taken to Condon, Gilliam County, Oregon, to a doctor who amputated one of his legs. Cedric Sharff was tried in John Day, sentenced to prison for 5 years, and he returned to Grant County where he lived to the age of 94 years. He is buried in the Hamilton Cemetery, near Monument.
14-year-old Martin C. Lesley was shot through both legs by 14-year-old Cedric Sharff while walking through a watermelon patch near Monument, Oregon, with some friends (Stony Mael, __, ___). Cedric piled watermelons around him as he lay under a tree to make it look like he was stealing them. Martin died after being taken to Condon, Gilliam County, Oregon, to a doctor who amputated one of his legs. Cedric Sharff was tried in John Day, sentenced to prison for 5 years, and he returned to Grant County where he lived to the age of 94 years. He is buried in the Hamilton Cemetery, near Monument.

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