Thomas Blanck
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- Jan 22, 1895The Condemned Murderer Who Ran the Jailhouse CourtThomas Blanck, awaiting execution for murder, was unanimously elected to preside over the county jail's prisoner-run tribunal—complete with fines, lashes, and a Bible in his cell.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Feb 5, 1895Starvation Wages and a Broken Light Contract: Seattle's Lower House EruptsDelegates demand answers on Pike Street paving, city jobs parceled out by foremen, Kilbourne Avenue subcontracting, and the gas-electric company's failure to light the city.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
- 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 19, 1895The Toy-Pistol Jailbreak That Left a Killer at LargeA Seattle editorial seethes over technical delays and comfortable cells after confessed murderer Thomas Blanck walks out of the King County Jail with its keys and revolvers.King County Jail, Seattle, WA
- Mar 20, 1895A Wooden Gun and a Jailbreak: The Hunt for Thomas BlanckNine prisoners escaped from the King County jail. Only three have been recaptured. The notorious Thomas Blanck is still at large, armed men guard the roads, and a woman's description may be the key.Black River Junction, Renton, 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 24, 1895The Smoke House Kid Comes to See His Dead ChiefA fugitive from a deadly Seattle jailbreak is caught on the street and taken to the morgue, where he stands over the body of the outlaw Tom Blanck.Seattle, WA
- Mar 25, 1895Seattle's Young Outlaw Dies—and the Paper Prints His FaceThomas Blanck, a Seattle criminal notorious before he was twenty, is dead. When the Post-Intelligencer runs his portrait, a reader protests the spectacle—and the city debates how to bury a reputation.Seattle, WA
- Apr 1, 1895A Killer, a Gold-Brick Swindler, and a Widow's Missing CoatJames Murphy waits to learn whether he'll be shipped to Walla Walla for killing Phil Doe in the Copper Chief saloon — while a con man's loyal wife scours Front Street for the coat a dead man wore.Washington Street, Seattle, WA
- Apr 18, 1895The Deputy Who Outdrew Tom BlanckWounded in the wrist and neck, John Shepich recounts the railroad-track shootout near Kent—and insists that the fatal bullet was his alone.Kent, WA
- May 11, 1895Two Seattle Officers Honored for Capturing a MurdererDetective Edward Cudlihee and Policeman John Corbett received citizens' medals for bravery in the capture of Thomas Blanck, the murderer, last fall.Seattle, WA