Sheriff Van de Vanter
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- Feb 6, 1895The Treasurer's Bond Begins to CrumbleTwo surety names vanish from John W. Maple's $400,000 bond, and more may follow as King County waits for its prosecutor.Seattle, WA
- Mar 19, 1895The Desperado Who Vanished Into the BrushA King County manhunt closes in on escaped murderer Thomas Blanck—until a dark ambush near Black River Junction lets him slip away behind his partner’s raised hands.Black River Junction, Tukwila, WA
- Mar 19, 1895The Wooden Revolver That Sprung Tom BlanckA murderer awaiting appeal in the King County jail used a hand-carved fake gun to force his way past the night jailer, then vanished into the Black River woods as a sheriff's posse rushed south by special train.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Mar 22, 1895They Ran Him to Earth at KentAfter a jailbreak and a three-day manhunt, the Northwest's most wanted outlaw died in a roadside gunfight — but not before wounding one of the deputies who cornered him.Kent, WA
- Mar 26, 1895The Horse Thief Who Challenged the Whole Jail to a FightFrank Clinefelter escaped during a jailbreak, got recaptured, and now the sheriff wants him declared insane—while he shadowboxes and calls out convicts from Cell No. 6.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Mar 31, 1895The Borrowed Buggy and the Secret Flight to SumnerA woman hires a horse and buggy for a short ride, but instead takes a man and a child on a 30-mile journey to Sumner, where they are arrested as supposed horse thieves.Seattle, WA
- Apr 26, 1895A Horse Theft Led Police to a Stolen ChildFor two years Mary Eckelbery searched for the daughter taken from her. A Puyallup horse-theft arrest, a sheriff's hunch, and a little girl called 'Emma' finally brought Annie Florence Dawson home.Seattle, WA
- Apr 28, 1895The Widow, the Prisoner, and a Near-Miss on Yesler HillMrs. Harry L. Fraser demanded to face Paul Page, the man accused of killing her husband in a Northern Hotel barroom—while Page was being arraigned a few blocks away.Seattle, WA
- May 9, 1895County Officials Take Voluntary Pay Cuts to Weather Hard TimesWith business stagnant and fees falling off, the auditor and clerk cut their own salaries. Commissioner Heaton wants the treasurer to follow.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- May 24, 1895A Railroad, a Tide-Land Tract, and an Elevator Go on the Auction BlockA bond debt forced the sheriff to sell the Terminal Railway Elevator Company's tracks, tide land, West Seattle elevator and warehouse, and franchise at the courthouse steps.West Seattle, Seattle, WA
- May 25, 1895The Bondholders Take the Terminal ElevatorAfter years of litigation, the Seattle Terminal Railway Elevator and Warehouse properties are sold at sheriff's sale to the bondholders for $34,178.66, clearing title and opening the way for larger wheat shipments.Seattle, WA