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Living History Presentation on WSP's Youngest Inmate

 

April 25, 2019

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Actual photo of Herbert Niccolls Jr. as a WSP inmate (1931). From "The Boy Who Shot The Sheriff: The Redemption of Herbert Niccolls Jr." by Nancy Bartley (2013).

WALLA WALLA-The life of the youngest inmate to be incarcerated at the Washington State Penitentiary will be explored at Fort Walla Walla Museum, 755 Myra Road.

On Sunday, April 28 Chuck Hindman will portray the adult Herbert Niccolls Jr, reflecting on his early days, the terrible crime that changed his life, and his eventual redemption. 

The presentation will begin at 2 p.m.

Niccolls will tell his harrowing story to visitors in front of the museum's penitentiary exhibit, showing them the inside of a cell not unlike the one he occupied at the penitentiary. He was born into a troubled family...



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