This is a preliminary timeline of people and events involved in or surrounding Ervin’s murder. I’m sure I’ll be making some changes to it, but that’s going to require a careful re-reading of all the police reports and newspaper articles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nov 16, 1905<\/strong> \u2014 Ervin Oren Kaser born Apr 25, 1933<\/strong> \u2014 Ervin O. Kaser & Frances L. Dixon married 1:35pm Vancouver, WA Early 1949<\/strong> \u2014 Ames Hardware buys two scarce 30-30 rifles (#1538797 and #1541417) November 1952<\/strong> \u2014 Everett Kaser born<\/p>\n\n\n\n fall 1953<\/strong> \u2014 Wayne Moore goes hunting with Cap and his 30-30 rifle<\/p>\n\n\n\n sometime 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Jeff Kaser picks up 5 shell casing while Cap is target practicing Thurs, Feb 17, 1955<\/strong> Fri, Feb 18, 1955<\/strong> Sun, Feb 20, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Mary Kaser moves back into her & Ervin’s house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mon, Feb 21, 1955<\/strong> 2:00pm \u2014 Ervin\u2019s funeral in Silverton, buried at Belcrest in Salem<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue, Feb 22, 1955<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 8:05pm \u2014 Cap Oveross is arrested and his car impounded Wed, Feb 23, 1955<\/strong> 10:00am \u2014 Oveross is arraigned in District Court <\/p>\n\n\n\n Mon, Feb 28, 1955<\/strong> 9:30am \u2014 Grand Jury hears testimony, Oveross released <\/p>\n\n\n\n Thu, Mar 10, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Ames ledger sheet shows sale of 30-30 to Oveross Mar 5, 1949<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sun, May 8, 1955<\/strong> 3:00pm \u2014 Larry Wacker pulls 30-30 rifle #1538797 from Pudding River<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue, May 10, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Confirmed: 4 of casings from Jeff Kaser (1954) fired by murder weapon<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri, May 13, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Confirmed: Rifle #1538797 fired the murder bullets<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mon, May 16, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Grand Jury indicts Casper Arnold Oveross for murder<\/p>\n\n\n\n Mon, May 16, 1955<\/strong> 5:20pm \u2014 Call from Colleen Oveross residence 468 N Winter Street phone# 38146 to Lloyd Oveross at Happy Camp, CA, \t\t\t\tfinally\nput through at 7:20pm on May 17th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Fri, May 20, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Oveross located in Fairbanks, Alaska<\/p>\n\n\n\n Wed, May 26, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Sheriff Young and Deputy Hoffman leave for Fairbanks<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sun, May 29, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Young, Hoffman and Oveross return to Salem<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tue, June 1, 1955<\/strong> \u2014 Oveross pleads not guilty, trial date set for June 21st<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n June 21, 1955<\/strong> 10:00am \u2014 Trial begins<\/p>\n\n\n\n July 14, 1955<\/strong> 5:26pm \u2014 Oveross found not guilty, released<\/p>\n\n\n\n sometime-1955<\/strong> \u2014 Dan Gilham & Colleen Oveross marry<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1958-1960<\/strong> \u2014 Wilma & Everett Kaser encountered Cap on Silverton street corner<\/p>\n\n\n\n ~1975-1976<\/strong> \u2014 Cap bragged to Harvey Kaser\u2019s youngest son that he killed Ervin<\/p>\n\n\n\n Jan 24, 1981<\/strong> \u2014 Casper Oveross died (buried Valley View Cemetery, Silverton OR)<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1988<\/strong> \u2014 Mary (Calavan Huntley Kaser) marries Albert Cianni<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sep 30, 1998<\/strong> \u2014 Ethel Jane Oveross died<\/p>\n\n\n\n Apr 4, 1999<\/strong> \u2014 Mary Calavan Huntley Kaser Cianni died<\/p>\n\n\n\n Oct 5, 2013<\/strong> \u2014 Colleen Oveross Gilham died (buried at Mt. Hope Cemetery)<\/p>\n\n\n\n And that’s it for a while. Now, I have to assemble, compose, write, edit and polish “the final chapter.” It will contain a few later events, thoughts by myself and others about all of this, speculation about the trial and juries and social standards, and dwell a bit upon how one action in selfish anger can have very significant effects upon the lives of hundreds of people over decades and generations to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Blogically yours,<\/p>\n\n\n\n Everett<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This is a preliminary timeline of people and events involved in or surrounding Ervin’s murder. I’m sure I’ll be making some changes to it, but that’s going to require a careful re-reading of all the police reports and newspaper articles. … Continue reading
Oct 1, 1911<\/strong> \u2014 Casper Arnold Oveross born
Dec 13, 1914<\/strong> \u2014 Ethel & Edith Knight born
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Dec 5, 1934<\/strong> \u2014 Cap A. Oveross & Ethel J. Knight married 1:30pm Vancouver, WA
Jan 7, 1936<\/strong> \u2014 Harvey W. Kaser & Edith M. Knight married Marion County, OR
Apr 24, 1936<\/strong> \u2014 Colleen Marie Oveross born
Oct 21, 1939<\/strong> \u2014 Ervin O. Kaser & Mary L. Calavan Huntley married Salem, OR<\/p>\n\n\n\n
March 5, 1949<\/strong> \u2014 30-30 rifle #1 sold to Cap Oveross by Marion Zahler at Ames Hardware
March 26, 1949<\/strong> \u2014 30-30 rifle #2 sold to Steven J. Zolotoff at Ames Hardware (#1541417)
November 1949<\/strong> \u2014 Noah Wenger borrows Cap’s 30-30 rifle for elk hunting<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Aug 6, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Mary sues Ervin for divorce
Aug 20, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap sues Ethel for divorce
~Sep 1, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap, Officers DePeel & Jackson lie in field to watch Ervin at Ethel’s.
~Sep 1, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap states threat to Charles Hopkins that he\u2019ll kill Ervin
Mid-Sep 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap states threat to Harvey & Edith Kaser that he\u2019ll kill Ervin
~Aug-Oct 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Calvin & Wilma Kaser sees Ervin and Ethel Oveross in Salem
~Oct 1, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap target shoots using 30-30 rifle with Frank Dedrick
~Oct 1, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Wayne Moore sees Cap\u2019s 30-30 carbine rifle
Oct 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap & Ethel divorce is final
Oct-Dec 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Cap states threat to Robert Barnes that he\u2019ll kill Ervin
~Christmas, 1954<\/strong> \u2014 Dan Gilham sees 30-30 rifle at Cap’s cabin #6 <\/p>\n\n\n\n
9:30-9:45am \u2014 Cap Oveross shoots a rifle at Huddleston lumber yard
12:00pm \u2014 Cap Oveross leaves work near Aurora
7:30pm \u2014 Ethel Oveross leaves home to meet Ervin
7:40-7:50pm \u2014 Cap arrives at Oveross home, visits with Colleen & Dan
7:45pm \u2014 Ervin & Ethel Oveross meet at Abiqua covered bridge
8:10pm \u2014 Cap leaves Oveross residence
\u2014 Robert Barnes follows Cap north from Oveross residence
\u2014 Gerald Hoyd tends bar at Town Tavern, no Cap Oveross
8:15pm \u2014 Mary Seward sees Cap at Frank’s Grocery on west Main
8:30pm \u2014 Cap buys gas from Dennis Legard, no rifle seen in car
8:40-9:05pm \u2014 Car arrives, motor running 5 minutes, at cabin #6 (picking up guns?)
9:00pm \u2014 Ray Ruscher at Shorty\u2019s Tavern (Cap is there or arrives)
9:35pm \u2014 Rod Oster arrives at Shorty’s Tavern (Cap is there)
9:50-10:00pm \u2014 Rod Oster talks with Cap Oveross at Shorty’s Tavern
10:15-10:30pm \u2014 Rod Oster leaves Shorty’s (Cap still there)
10:30pm \u2014 Ray Ruscher leave’s Shorty’s (Cap already left)
\u2014 Mannie and Connie Kellerhal go to bed.
\u2014 Ethel Oveross returns home
\u2014 Rod Oster arrives at Town House Tavern
\u2014 Dan Gilham heads home from Colleen\u2019s, sees Cap’s car heading north
10:35pm \u2014 Oveross girls return home from Salem skating party
10:45-10:50pm \u2014 Waldo Rue passes Ervin\u2019s house on his way home
10:45-10:55pm \u2014 Ervin pulls into driveway at Rt 3 Box 115A.
\u2014 Killer’s dark blue or black Ford sedan stops on road shortly after.
\u2014 Ervin is shot.
\u2014 Kellerhals see the last three muzzle flashes and the car.
\u2014 Killer’s car departs heading south.
\u2014 Ted Finlay hears shots, sees car pass south on highway
\u2014 Edith Kaser’s pickup passes by.
\u2014 Ethel Oveross hears 4 shots, car going south, Edith’s pickup
\u2014 Kellerhals call Ervin, then Melvin, clock chimes 11:00pm
\u2014 Melvin goes over, sees Ervin dead, calls Harley DePeel
11:00pm \u2014 Rob Riches passes on his way home
\u2014 Harley DePeel notifies County Sheriff’s Office
\u2014 Cloreta calls Calvin Kaser (and probably other Kaser family members)
\u2014 Constable Harley DePeel arrives
\u2014 Cap arrives in Gilham driveway, covers up something in back seat
\u2014 Cap tells Dan Gilham Ervin is dead & Dan is his alibi, leaves.
11:05pm \u2014 Silverton officer James D. Painter informed of shooting
11:13pm \u2014 Painter notifies Sheriff Young & Silverton Chief R. R. Main
11:15pm \u2014 James Painter checks taverns for Cap Oveross, not found
11:17pm \u2014 James Painter arrives at Holland Auto Court #6
11:23pm \u2014 Sheriff Young notified
11:25pm \u2014 Deputy Sheriff Richard Boehringer arrives
\u2014 Calvin and Harvey Kaser arrive at scene
11:40pm \u2014 Sheriff Young arrives in Silverton to pick up Chief Main
~11:45pm \u2014 Officers check Town House Tavern for Cap Oveross, not there<\/p>\n\n\n\n
12:10am \u2014 Sheriff Young and Chief Main arrive at scene
12:15am \u2014 Painter, Bethschieder, Yates enter Holland #6 (no Cap, no guns in sight)
12:35am \u2014 State Police Private Robert W Dunn sent to Ervin’s.
12:45am \u2014 Gerald Hoyt sees Cap Oveross arrive at Town House Tavern
12:55am \u2014 Coroner Leston Howell arrives at scene
1:10am \u2014 Pvt Dunn arrives at scene, contacts Sheriff Young
1:20am \u2014 Cap Oveross leaves Town House Tavern, goes to cabin #6
1:30am \u2014 Rod Oster leaves Town House Tavern (no Cap Oveross)
1:55am \u2014 Cap Oveross picked up by Sheriff Young at cabin #6 (shotgun in corner)
3:30am \u2014 Cap Oveross is questioned, claims:
1) was in two taverns all evening
2) wasn\u2019t in the area of crime anytime that night
3) never owned a 30-30 rifle
5:30am \u2014 Questioning of Oveross ends
am \u2014 Harvey & Melvin notify mother Sarah Kaser of Ervin’s death
11:00am \u2014 Cap Oveross is returned to his cabin in Silverton
\u2014 Deputy Boehringer takes Ervin’s car to Salem for storage
\u2014 Dan Gilham takes Cap & Colleen Oveross to attorney
~7:00pm \u2014 Cap Oveross moves to brother Henry’s house 315 S Water<\/p>\n\n\n\n
10:00pm \u2014 Oveross is booked into Marion County Jail<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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