Port Townsend Washington waterfront circa 1890
This file appears in: The Hanging of "Kanaka Joe"
Port Townsend the site of the Kanaka Joe hanging in 1873
This file appears in: The Hanging of "Kanaka Joe"
The Hanging of "Kanaka Joe" – A savage crime led to an equally savage punishment on the frontier.
In June of 1873 settlers James and Selina Jane Dwyer were murdered on their homestead at Kanaka Bay on San Juan Island. James was shot as he worked in his fields. His pregnant wife was sewing baby clothes in their little cabin when the killer found…