Jailer Munroe
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- Apr 26, 1892The Unquiet Departure of J.R. McIlveenAfter escaping a hospital ward and surviving a legal tug-of-war over his sanity, a Seattle man makes a sudden, dramatic exit.Seattle, WA
- Apr 10, 1893Thomas Dolan Tried Soap and Knives to Escape JailA desperate inmate’s attempt to saw through the county jail's steel bars with repurposed table knives ends in a dark cell.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Jun 24, 1893A Logger's Desperate Night in JailAfter his arrest for drunkenness, a logger named William Kirk suffered a mental health crisis while in custody.Seattle, WA
- Oct 2, 1893The Jailbreak Plot That Rocked the County JailA notorious gambler and blackmailer led a group of dangerous inmates in a scheme to seize the jailer and escape through the steel tank.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Oct 6, 1893The Blackmailer's Dark HoleAfter smuggling contraband into his jail cell, a defiant inmate is forced into solitary confinement.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Aug 6, 1894The Murdered Japanese Cook Known as CharleyA hatchet, a wages quarrel and a suspect who answered every question 'I don't know'—the killing near Auburn that drew Seattle's Japanese community into the hunt for a murderer.Auburn, WA
- Jan 12, 1895The Wife-Slasher Who Tried to Play Insane—and the Seattle Jury That Didn’t Buy ItMcGee feigned madness so badly that the jury convicted him on the first ballot. A Steilacoom asylum doctor explained why three months of observation found no insanity—only a terrified wife.Seattle, WA