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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1920
Page
8
In Tulsa on December 15, "Weary Willie" the city singer fed ten prisoners serving 16 to 90 days for vagrancy petty larceny and minor offenses. The inmates sang their way to freedom as bars rang through the old jail corridors. Detectives hunted the fugitive while jail officials puzzled over the escape.
In Judge Clay Allen's court Howard Manson of Attorney Crawford White introduced Col. Hanson to Mr. Jones as the new chief deputies for the criminal and civil divisions. They met Malcolm Douglas' office and exchanged cigars in a social moment marking their first official pairing.
Ira Monroe "sleep a goose off" in John Neidert's cafe in Ira. Monroe left peacefully but was pinched for $107 theft after refusing to repay, reflecting a local seasonal pattern of winter jail fantasies and break ins.
Fifteen thousand Seattle residents owe at least $1 each toward the Ryther Home as per trustees and committees led by W A Wilkins. Recipients are urged to pay by next Saturday or the following Monday. brick coupons will serve as receipts at downtown street corners. The charge stems from last year’s pledge of $96,000 to fund the home’s erection and operation.
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