Clark Biles
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- Dec 2, 1891A Tinker's Alibi: How Tumwater Witnesses Overturned a Tacoma Murder ConvictionGeorge Stowe was serving twenty years for shooting Enoch Crosby on a Tacoma street. Then residents of Tumwater swore they had watched him mend tinware miles away on the day of the murder.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 4, 1892A Four-Term Mayor Dies, and Tumwater Shuts Its DoorsClark Biles — pioneer tanner, founder of a public life in Tumwater, and its mayor four years running — succumbs to typhoid at 43, and the town suspends all business for his funeral.Tumwater, WA