The Drunk Constable and the Burglar Who Wouldn't Run

Deputy Sheriff Tom McCory arrived in the city late last night over the Great Northern railroad with Charles Williams, the alleged burglar who escaped with Blanck. Williams made great time along the railroad and only showed up when his trousers were almost torn off him and rheumatism had a strong hold on his legs.

'The trains were too much,' he said to a Post-Intelligencer reporter last night just after he arrived, 'and so I took to the train at Madison. I knew when the telegram was sent to Seattle, and, of course, was prepared to be captured at Leavenworth. Well, you ought to see that constable at that place. He is a living curiosity. I could have escaped a dozen times if I had really wanted to. He got full and went to sleep on the floor and his gun fell out of his pocket. At first I thought of escaping just for deviltry, but then I came to the conclusion it was not worth while. I awoke him and I'll be blamed if he didn't get up and get in bed with me. He put his gun under the pillow and went sound asleep. I could have taken it at any time and he would have been at my mercy. Just think of it. I had to wake him in the morning. Yes, I had no trouble in getting food and slept pretty well every night. After I left the jail I took a circle back of the court house, crossed Seventh street and hit the Great Northern a good bit out.'

The remains of Blanck were buried in Potter's field yesterday afternoon. They were taken from Butterworth's undertaking rooms to the county hospital in the morning, where Coroner Askam, with the assistance of County Physician Whiting, finished the autopsy begun at the morgue but discontinued owing to the large crowd. The official figures of the weight of the heart and brain were: heart, 11 ounces (the average is given as 10 1/2 ounces); brain, [figure unclear] ounces. Both organs were in perfect condition, and the brain showed unusual development in the parts that relate to the animal nature.

Ex-Night Jailer Jerry Yerbury, who met Blanck on the evening of March 17 and was overcome without a struggle, came out in a statement in an evening paper yesterday in which he attempts to throw discredit on Day Jailer Munroe. He says that he never let visitors in the jail, but that Munroe let anyone from a preacher to a woman of the low grade see the prisoners. He also revives the story that the 'fake' gun was not made by Blanck, and says that he did about as anyone else would have done when placed in his position.