‘Temporary Insanity’ plea didn’t prevent murder rap for angry mother

Published: Sept. 2, 2020, 2 p.m.

Wild with grief over the death of one daughter, and convinced he had seduced her other daughter, Caroline Briggs attacked schoolteacher John Dalmater in front of his class, shouting "Shoot the son of a bitch" -- and her son, who'd accompanied her, did so. (Kerbyville, Josephine County; 1874) (For text and pictures, see http://www.offbeatoregon.com/1808b.caroline-and-david-briggs-UL-murder-508.html)