Six Men Break Out of Kitsap County Jail—and the Sheriff Wants Them Badly
A recent escape from the Kitsap County jail has lawmen posting rewards from $250 to $350 for Ah Tuck, Thomas McLean, and four other prisoners.
The names of the prisoners who recently escaped from the Kitsap County jail are Ah Tuck and Thomas McLean, both Territorial prisoners, for whose capture the sheriff offers a reward of $350 each; A. Duckworth and James Alden, Kitsap County prisoners, for whom $250 each is offered; and Mike Sweeney and one Finnegan, Kitsap County prisoners, for whom also $325 each is offered.
“for whose capture the sheriff offers a reward of $350 each”
Territorial jails were small, lightly staffed, and dependent on newspaper readers to help recapture prisoners. The reward notices also show how the period's criminal justice system sorted prisoners by categories—'Territorial' and 'county'—and sometimes by race, as with Ah Tuck's name. Today, jailbreaks are rarer and digital alerts replace broadsheet rewards, but the mix of local law enforcement and public tips remains familiar.
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