Cornelius Rowley

On a summer evening in Seattle, Washington, on July 3, 1902, a man named Cornelius Rowley, a quartz miner who had joined a posse, found himself in the midst of a violent shootout. His life would end that night, not in a mining accident, but in a hail of bullets exchanged with a desperate fugitive.

The chain of events leading to Rowley's death began with the daring escape of a notorious criminal, Harry Tracy, from the Oregon State Penitentiary a month prior. Tracy had been on the run, leav ...

In remembrance - King County, Washington

Posseman Cornelius Rowley, King County Sheriff's Office, Washington