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Joe Sas

Death by Force
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In the late summer of 1930, a White / Caucasian man named Deputy Game Warden Joseph Saunders, met a violent end in Marcola, Oregon. On August 29th, Saunders, along with Eugene Police Officer Oscar Duley and several Lane County sheriff's deputies, was involved in a raid on an illegal liquor operation, a common and often dangerous undertaking during the era of Prohibition. The officers' attempt to enforce the law was met with armed resistance.

During the confrontation, both Deputy Game Ward ...Read More
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    • Victim Details

    Joe Sas

    Male

    White / Caucasian

    Marcola

    OR

    1930-08-29

    37

    Joe

    Sas

    11/28/2025

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