i am looking for histroy information about a trial in prineville oregon around 1901?

Question

it was a trial concerning the shooting of thomas reilly and the person that shot him was a d.l.(dee) bruner

Answer 1

If you live in the Prineville area you could go to the local library and see if they have microfilm of the newspapers from that time. Usually they have information on the trials of this type. You could also go to the court house and see if they still have the trial records. Another option is to subscribe to one of the Oregon List serves, like OR-ROOTSL, and see if one of the researchers has information you can use. You can also try RAOGK.org, which is "Random acts of genealogic kindness" and see if there is someone from the Prinville area that will do a lookup for you for free. They might also know who to ask in that area for more information.

If Thomas Reilly was killed in the shooting, you should be able to narrow your searching down a lot by knowing when he died.