Sergeant Willard
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- Aug 30, 1894Carried Out of Church, Then Found Reading LukeAlready expelled for 'lack of moral rectitude,' Dr. Everett O. Johnson returns to a revival service at First M.E. Church and is removed by police and ushers. His open Bible offers the episode's strangest coda.Daniels Recital Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jan 7, 1895The $1,000 Christmas Theft and the Clean-Shaven FugitiveA Tacoma bookkeeper accused of lifting a gold-stuffed pocketbook is caught in Seattle after shaving off his beard and plotting a steamer run to Victoria.Seattle, WA
- Jan 28, 1895A Razor and a Riot in Seattle's TenderloinA crowded Italian saloon at Third and Washington erupted into a free-for-all that took a squad of police to break up—and left the neighborhood talking.Seattle, WA
- Mar 18, 1895A Wooden Pistol Emptied the King County JailThomas Blanck, awaiting appeal for murder, locked the night jailer in a cell and walked out with eight other prisoners—armed with a black wooden fake.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Mar 18, 1895The Wooden Revolver That Freed Ten PrisonersThomas Blanck held a jailer hostage with a carved fake gun, emptied the King County jail, and vanished into Seattle's streets.Seattle, WA