Jury for Billy Gohl trial, May 1910 all identified 2/1969 #55821_1
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William F. "Billy" Gohl was known as "The Ghoul of Grays Harbor". Police linked him with the murders and robberies of 40 men between 1902 and 1910; the total number of his victims may have been as high as 200. As local agent for the Sailor's Union of the Pacific, Gohl gained the trust of many of his victims, who were sailors calling at the ports on Grays Harbor.
Jurors identified left to right, top row H. W. Smithson, logger, Hoquiam ; L. O. Stewart, rancher, Oakville ; J. K. Winston, engineer, Oakville ; O. C. Moak, carpenter, Montesano ; O. L. Murray, rancher, Elma ; W. L. Byng, longshoreman, Aberdeen. Bottom row : William Isaacs, millwright, Elma ; William Thomas Neeley, rancher, Oakville ; J. Foster, rancher, Satsop ; Geo. W. Wood, rancher, Satsop ; J. N. Simpson, rancher, Elma ; Ned R. Hackett, logger, Summit.
A family member confirmed that her great great grandfather William Thomas Neeley is the man second from left in the front row.