John Flynn
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- Mar 6, 1895The Hood Canal ‘Pirates’ Who Robbed Ranchers for WeeksJohn Flynn and Timothy Ross were arrested in Port Townsend after a two-week pillaging spree along Hood Canal; a boatload of stolen goods came back with them.Hood Canal, Port Townsend, WA
- Mar 23, 1895The Outlaw Who Begged His Mother Never to KnowThomas Planck confessed to five murders, broke jail and was shot after a last meal at a Kent farm. Then thousands of Seattleites filed past his body.Seattle, WA
- May 1, 1895The 'Pirates' of Hood Canal Were Actually the Men Who Chased the ThievesA Port Townsend dispatch mistakenly branded two Bangor residents as robbers; they were the ones who caught the real thieves and recovered a boatload of plunder.Port Townsend, WA
- Jul 23, 1904A Meat Delivery Ends Beneath a Freight Train in Old TownJohn Flynn, a 51-year-old sailor working odd jobs, was carrying beef to a barkentine when a Northern Pacific train backed over him at the foot of McCarver Street.Tacoma, WA
- Nov 16, 1907Two Caucuses, One Town, and a Fight Over WaterA planned Citizens' Independent caucus split into rival meetings, producing two tickets and a resolution that candidates oppose the town's pending water-rights purchase.Newport, WA
- Nov 22, 1907Two Caucuses, One Name, and a New Newport PartyAfter rival caucuses claimed the same ballot name, Newport's People's Progressive Party met at Judge D. R. Lusher's office and nominated a full municipal ticket for December.Newport, WA