Oregon crooks have always enjoyed their dynamite

Published: Nov. 4, 2020, 2 p.m.

Extortionists, jailbreakers, safecrackers, jealous lovers and even truant students have, throughout the early years of Oregon history, found high explosives a powerful aid to their nefarious schemes. (Statewide; early 1900s) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1501d.crime-and-dynamite.html)