This is the documented grave of a convicted criminal. Information below comes from public records.
George Polk Beale
1824 โ May 17, 1865Convicted 1865
Buried at:
Waldo Cemetery , Waldo Hills, Oregon ยท Waldo Cemetery (Waldo Hills, east of Salem)
Criminal History (Public Record)
Convicted (with accomplice George Baker) of the murder and robbery of Daniel Delaney. The pair was publicly hanged together in Salem on May 17, 1865 โ a notable public event in early Oregon history.
Background
George Polk Beale was an Oregon pioneer and saloon keeper in Salem. He was publicly executed along with an accomplice for murder and robbery.
Contemporary 1865 Oregon newspaper accounts of the public hanging
Historical records of Marion County and early Oregon pioneer justice
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