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| Archie & Nettie Coble Slept Here |
Part 1 can be found here - I could go into a lengthy discussion about the events
leading up to George Wilson’s arrest but I would be distracted from the meat of
the post and the awesome title I came up with for it. So to save you all the suspense, George
Wilson was jailed, “confessed,” and arrested, in that order. In fact Wilson
was held in a jail cell without a warrant or access to council for five days
before the alleged confession. Found in
the Wilson ’s
tent was a piece of paper, believed to be soaked with blood. The Thurston County Sheriff, George Gaston also
took measurements of Wilson ’s
boots. This was in order to match up to
the boot prints found outside the Coble’s cottage window. Another bit of “evidence” was an alleged
conversation between Mrs. Coble and a neighbor about George Wilson’s behavior
toward Mrs. Coble. But the most damning
evidence the prosecution would produce, indeed the entire case hinged on it,
was the alleged confession of George Wilson.
