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‘Desperado’ became P-town’s first police chief
James Lappeus came to Portland from the gold fields of California, where he was a gambler, saloonkeeper and general mining-town rowdy. His career as a cop was dogged by rumors he'd offered to spring a murderer for a $1,0...
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‘Desperado’ became P-town’s first police chief is an episode from Offbeat Oregon History podcast by www.offbeatoregon.com. James Lappeus came to Portland from the gold fields of California, where he was a gambler, saloonkeeper and general m...
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Published Apr 21, 2026, 00:09:24 long, audio available.
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James Lappeus came to Portland from the gold fields of California, where he was a gambler, saloonkeeper and general mining-town rowdy. His career as a cop was dogged by rumors he'd offered to spring a murderer for a $1,000 bribe. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1850s, 1860s, 1870s) (For text and pictures, see
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