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Confessed bandit recounts Olympia shootings and robberies
John Schmitt details long crime spree from Olympia to Seattle, including Penney store holds, Coliseum theatre robbery, and multiple gasped escapes. He describes gunfights with police, how he taunted officers, and locations from Tacoma to Georgetown, with a $600 reward tied to the Olympian murder case.
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Aree
McMillan
Schmitt
Starwich
Gehmitt
Sheri T
RE. M. Soult
Walla Walla
Glancy
Angie
Schulte
Olympic
Penney
Schultz
Broadway
Jimmy O'Brien
Ilean
Schulix
Tacoma
46Th
Stoneway
Green Lake
Pal
Coliieumum Theatre
Coliseum
Olympia
Spokane
Ufe 1
Magenos
Germany
Kite
Jon
Olympian Schult
Sheri
A. Re
Hughes
Herbert Beebe
Charles Jarrett
Frank
Sixth Ave
Madison
Georgetown