Your post is somewhat misleading as it was not the “residents” of Toledo, in that it referred to all or most of the citizens. It was a “mob,” the usual scourge of so many towns of that period. Read a more nuanced and accurate account here: https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/toledo_incident_of_1925/#.XwsvsG1KjIU
Your post is somewhat misleading as it was not the “residents” of Toledo, in that it referred to all or most of the citizens. It was a “mob,” the usual scourge of so many towns of that period. Read a more nuanced and accurate account here:
https://oregonencyclopedia.org/articles/toledo_incident_of_1925/#.XwsvsG1KjIU