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2 stories matching stepler

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  1. The Wooden Revolver That Sprung Tom Blanck

    A 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.

    Mar 19, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing County Jail, SeattleCity Hall · True Crime

  2. Sixty Deputies, a Special Train, and the Hunt for an Escaped Prisoner

    King County officers sweep the woods near Black River Junction for a jailbreaker named Blanck, borrow bloodhounds that don't answer, and get word that the bunko man Holmes has been spotted near Snohomish.

    Mar 21, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBlack River Junction, Tukwila, King CountyTrue Crime

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