Harry Minto

Harry Percy Minto was the superintendent of the Oregon State Penitentiary in the U.S. state of Oregon from 1914 until his death in 1915. An escaped inmate killed Minto in the line of duty.

Harry Minto was born in Salem, Oregon, in 1864, the son of Oregon pioneer John Minto, for whom Salems MintoBrown Island Park was named. In 1890, Minto was married to Jessie Glenn . Minto was chief of police for the Salem, Oregon police department from 1891 to 1895 and he served two terms as the Marion County sheriff. He was elected sheriff in 1908, and served through 1913. His older brother, John Wilson Minto, was previously the sheriff as well as chief of police in Portland.

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