Convicts tied to Tacoma Vashon Island manhunt expand
Reports from Port Blakeley and Vashon Island show seven escaped convicts dispersed with U S Marshal Hopkins leading a large pursuit. Stickney admitted motives for the break and was captured near Point Defiance while others remain at large on Vashon and Olalla, with bloodhounds and armed posse activity ongoing.
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Tacoma
United States
Hopkins
Port Blakeley
Bainbridge Island
Island
Star
Stickney
Vashon Island
Harold Birkett
Ed Stickney
Pais
Wade
Armo
Vashon
Uncle Sam
Marshal Hopkins
Bretton
Ian Land Stickney
Point Defiance Park
Delaney
the Star
Marshal Morris
United States Penitentiary
McNeil's Island
Northwest
Tom N. Norris
Camelier
Park
Sui
Iy Mohrtacher
Mohrbacher
Olalia
Olalla
West Pass
Yakhaa Avenue
Tenth Street
Point Defiance
Vashon Ialand
Heaughingly
Sue
Dressed Men Threaten Children Then Vanish Into Night
Frightened children on a street cry after two men threaten them with harm over food. The pair empties pails, voices a warning, and disappears into darkness leaving the kids shaken and crying.
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Spenty Crosby
Tacoma
North Tenth Street
Yakima Avenue
Edna
Frank
Seventh Street
Clift Avenue
Carr Street
Purdy Named Special Commissioner for Santa Fe Rebate Inquiry
Milton H. Purdy has been designated to serve as a special commissioner in the Santa Fe rebate inquiry. He was an assistant wage earner in the department and now takes on the investigative role.
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Santa FE
Milton H. Purdy
Eee
Sunk Potemkine torpedoed near Theodosia in Black Sea
Dispatch from Odessa reports the Potemkine destroyed by torpedoes late Thursday. The mutineers caused looting in Theodosia while a destroyer convoy allegedly shelled the harbor. Only one steamer escaped as mutineers remained, with reports of mutiny aboard a torpedo craft.
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Odessa
Black Sea
Pheodonia
Govermor
Stri Itelny
Theodosia
Iian
Telegraphers May Strike After NP Orders Standoff
Telegraphers threaten a fight to the finish with the Northern Pacific as relations deteriorate after an order dispute. The clash signals possible industrial action and labor tension in the railroad sector.
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Paul
Northern Pacific
The Star Readers Get First Word On Great Tracy Hunt
The Star claims early scoops on the McNeil island man hunt with reporters Harold Birkett and others accompanying marshals and posse units. It notes exclusive Wednesday sighting of Convict Leslie by Charles R Hall of Seattle and urges readers to follow Star extras for the full coverage.
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Pioneer
Seattle
Northwest
Washington
Star
McNeil’s Island
The
Harold Birkett
United States
Hopkins
Posse
R. W. Emerson
Lathe
Clyde M. Cass
Gripman
Ed Hunt
Steilacoom
F. R. Grinnell
Crosby
Tacoma
Leslie
Charles R. Hall
Associated Press
Missing man Gibson feared after hat found near home
A Panama hat and other items were discovered under a residence early Wednesday as authorities search for Gibson who had planned a fishing trip but did not return. His family expresses alarm and concern over the lost man’s fate.
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Justice of the Peace
Seattle Police Department
Marschal Hopkins
Crescent Brotton
RK. Roberts
Consid
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Cammon
Buckney
Takeuchi
Stickwas
Convieta
Amester
Peron An Pr
Bete
H. B. Perham
Cook
Fire Department
Scott Benjamin
Calhoun
Iinidz Potemkine
Suly
Herbert T. Con
Dom
Union Bay
H. F. Gibson
Gibson
Jstomir
Russian Liberal Association
Railroad
Pata
Uae
the Pacifle
Mary L. Jones
Ras
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