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The Times-Journal is conducting interviews and republishing articles about the 1994 killing of cowboy Phillip Brooks on the Foppiano Ranch in Wheeler County. Brooks was killed on September 20, 1994. "I would rather know that whoever killed Phil Brooks was rotting in jail now than anticipating that person will be rotting in hell sometime later. In other words, I'm for the here-and-now in the case instead of putting it up to God to dispatch this murderer on to Hades in the...
Editor's Note: A photo was shared on the "I'm from Condon, Oregon" Facebook page by Debbie Pappas. Jamie Burns correctly identified the photo from a 1948 meeting in Condon. The photo shows four Native Americans outside of the Condon Globe-Times. We tracked down the original photo and article – from the March 5, 1948 edition of The Condon Globe-Times. "Since the Wy-um or Celilo tribe and Pa-wan-putt or Rock Creek tribe of Indians have organized in order to protect their f...
From the Times-Journal, September 29, 1994 A 23-year old Mitchell man has died from an apparent gun-shot wound in southern Wheeler County, according to Wheeler County District Attorney Thomas Cutsforth. James Phillip Brooks went for a horseback ride on the afternoon of Tuesday, September 20. He was reported missing Wednesday afternoon, and the Sheriff's Search and Rescue team commenced a search of the remote area which continued throughout the night. Additional resources,...
Wheeler County's only cold-case murder is approaching another grim milestone, as the 30th anniversary of Phil Brook's murder approaches. Killed on September 20, 1994 – the last day of summer – Phil Brooks was out riding his sister's horse on his day off when he was shot through the heart with a high-powered rifle. The assailant was never convicted, and while there are strong suspicions that a couple who had secured hunting rights on the Fopiano could be to blame, the cri...
