Joseph C. Hedges, Seattle attorney who died Saturday of wounds inflicted two weeks ago by a supposed madman on the Pacific
highway in Pierce county, was a member of pioneer Oregon family, and well known in this state.

He was a son of Joseph E. Hedges, a well known Oregon City attorney and was born in Oregon City 23 years ago and attended
public schools there. A student at the University of Oregon when the world war broke out, he enlisted in the army, served
overseas and returned to his home when the war ended. He finished his course at the University of Oregon, entered and was
graduated from the Yale law school and on being admitted to the bar, commenced practicing law at Seattle.

The fatal shooting took place September 19 on the Nisqually Hill on the Pacific highway. Mr. Hedges was driving his
automobile, occupied by himself and a friend named Barrett when the auto accidentally scraped a wagon driven by I. Ingraham, a
transient. Ingraham jumped from his wagon, pulled a rifle from under the seat and shot down Hedges. Ingraham was overpowered
and is now in jail at Tacoma. According to press reports, Ingraham a half hour before he shot Hedges had threatened George H.
Barner, mayor of Centralia with the same weapon. The man, reports stated, seemed a little unbalanced.

After the shooting, Hedges was taken to the army hospital at Camp Lewis, where he died. Funeral arrangements have not been
made. Mr. Hedges is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Hedges of Oregon city, two sisters and a brother who is a
student at the University of Oregon. In addition to the close relatives, he has scores of other relatives in the state, the
Hedges family being one of the most extensive and best known of the old Oregon families.

Joseph C. Hedges, Seattle attorney who died early yesterday from a gunshot wound received September 19 following a collision
between the automobile he was driving and a wagon driven by Jesse Ingraham, itinerant teamster, near Nisqually, was a native of
Seattle. He was 29 years old and was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Hedges, now of Oregon City.

Mr. Hedges graduated from the University of Oregon in 1918 and from the Yale law school in 1923. He had been practicing law
in Seattle since his graduation and was associated with the firm of Huffer, hadyn, Merritt, Summers & Bucey. He was a World War
veteran, having served as a sergeant with the first Ordnance Department unit to reach France.

The body was sent to Oregon City last night for burial there.

Oct. 6, 1925; Oregonian, p 16
"Murder Charge Filed"
Tacoma, Wash., Oct. 5

A charge of first degree murder was filed against Jesse Ingraham, itinerant teamster of Montana, in superior court here today.
Ingraham shot Joseph C. Hedges, a Seattle motorist, on the Pacific highway near Camp Lewis on September 19 and Hedges died in a
Seattle hospital Saturday night.

Ingraham, who was driving across the country, declared that he lost his temper when the Hedges automobile ran into his wagon.
He claimed that several automobiles had hit his wagon previous to the collision with the Hedges car, and he asserted that he was
driving half off the pavement when hit by Hedges.

Ingraham shot Hedges in the head with a .22 caliber rifle and he was later arrested and lodged in the county jail here pending
the outcome of the wounds of his victim.

Funeral services for Joseph C. Hedges, attorney of Seattle, Wash., and son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph E. Hedges of this city, were
held at the Masonic temple here yesterday.

The services were conducted by the Masonic lodge of which Mr. Hedges was a member and interment was in the Masonic plot in
Mountain View cemetery. Pallbearers were Wallace B. Caufield of this city, Jake Risley of Risley station, George Black, William
C. Rallston, Henry Trowbridge, Portland; Raymond Sweeney, Seattle.

Mr. Hedges died at Seattle of a gunshot wound suffered in September, when a traveler driving a team of horses shot him in the
face after a slight collision between the wagon and his auto.