Willie Holmes
Named in 5 stories. Back to all names
- 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 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 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 24, 1895The Iron Hotel: Seattle's Jail Let Convicted Killers Wait Out the LawA 1905 exposé inside the King County jail found convicted murderers lingering for years in a steel cage while appeals stalled, one prisoner fashioning a pistol from a shoe shank and escaping, and taxpayers footing the bill.King County jail, Seattle, WA
- Jun 27, 1895The Supreme Court Says Willie Holmes Must HangA Franklin coal-town killing on pay day, a jailbreak during the Jerry Sherry escape, and a last appeal that dies on technicalities — the state's highest court affirms the death sentence for a young Black miner.King County Jail, Seattle, WA