The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-24

"" ssx o. seYen peopse- 50 far "a :
kus~n. however. ~ w2z never n zhzs
period guilty. q taking Afe. Ta@ rSzn wias
gave sats Information a = Mr. SE@ncsT. q
E'ur1Lan9. or. ard he positively ife2t1Eae1
Ere remains yesterday. Thzs story comes
frDza sagEree ts5s reliability q Ssasea
cannot - a5sEbt@s3-
4 Remarkable Letter.
Most sensational % al. however, vas
rhe report yesZsT3zy that Farmer A X
Peterson. Rho lives tx3 miles and = saif
atssxe Hensor- nsd fgs1s3 "a his hay -soE
= lsfter zritfen bv Bignck 20 George
Hove. VITO vas released from rss 9ou1ty
gaa March IL ard Whs Ezs ghs c8oeeSs
f-s@at Blanck had while N jail County
Jglaar Monroe sas5 last night fha, - vas
~ f1s9ed fae document was genuine ssi
ehe uisre q green ritshcn found near the
ietre- vas Fhe enc = won1an gave hin On
fhe DAY q his esoape TIE letter reads
a. follows
8iessIzy DON; know w8aat tiue)
March s 100
Friend Howe 81 nav have klud 20
rBse5t fpuzzie1l gen shy / made thst
break to shach (surE3 a hurry fHgr-y}.
fDB ! do explain q - yDg and Yea Wtli
'afak diG@reut. you know Ehe zi-I Win
fEHlehb cane up q see re sas Sri-e
letter 70 y0u wtch yen got from f5e post
once. ~ las I think y3u 8it because
ste toies ne ~. We'll think yog gave
her letter 70 RiTe 20 re sunday = when
she came - buf she tol@i ne this fr.euf
or u11np id not see her a. al. then !
kind - tzTaefiet (turnhIag} that sire cept
fkepD he letter or give g. 70 Monroe
d0nf mink FOa would uat do what YOU
tgied me Tou was going 20 DO. 50 after I
= a
tho0EHt that rne and YOU could rot ooru-
iuaate Communicate anyway providing
that was the case. bat then for al
know you May not have seen her as what
s1e saai anyway you can lei me know n
yenr letFer 20 ne
80 afrer you got turned up discharged
from ian / whitfield or mat gun wich
held Jerry up Zbh IN cas- K would come
~ a close call. II they had searched the
cells they would have taken Il away and
than ! roulf nos have known what you
Intended 70 ID tfen / would have ben In
= bel ~ 8 fix. the reas1a al uoe lock
the doTr was II there where any PRISONERS
prisoners that did not make UP their
minds quick enough % 60 they could 20
Afterwards.
and Laasnan fRUtfen) where together
for a While brr when re came up 10
crosse road there where some men tEhtad
a stump tolad as 20 tr9w 10 our hands
Ions s1ood fhere. he would rot run away.
IS @onid have been ~ good for me 70
shoot a. them oihini a stump 50 I ran
away Ions could have don the same II
he wanted 20.
an in the woods now righ- hand side
~ cent fkeaO toward Searie everything
Is PHEASANT and lovely. VIII meet you in
Frisco let me know shat place IN your
letter. sent my letter - Portland. or.
My name
JAMES WENDELL
yours Truly TOM BLANCK
That there was sone Kind Of under
standing between Blanck and Howe is In
cieated - the following note County
Ja3leT Monroe received from Howe on the
day following the jail break:
seattle. March IS. 1856
When Van gives up hopes OF Tom. II
he VIII pay my expenses I will get his
man leave for Victoria tonight. but any
tiine you want me Minnie will write or
Telegraph. GEORGE"
No Woman In the Case.
There Is not the slightest mystery abou,
the woman Minnie" for she Is Howe's
wife. so that she is no woman in the
case A. 20 the woman Blanck men
TONED. there Is no doubt that he r.
ce'Ned a call last Sunday from a woman.
The only one whom he could have meant
Ihls person was interviewed last even
Ing by Post-fnteiligencer reporter. who
otiy knows her as Mrs. Smith she said
'hst she gave Blanck a Bible Christmas
and on few occasions had taken eat-
able@ 20 him
There seems 20 be an impression" she
said. that I and Minnie are one ana
The same person That Is not 80 because
never met Howe or have any idea who
t S3'ai.ie IS l took a kindly interest In
h4ahe X OUT never talked with him about
any attempt 10 escape or had any idea az
What ne intended to do II vas unfort,,.
nate that ! called on him as ala"
az you state positively" asked the
reporter. that you took no part I'm pro
curing The fake gun for Blanck or SNUG.
gied u into the JAN for him.
i certainly did rot have ANYTHING n
30 with the gun" she replied. 'and
Know absolutely nothing about how h
got II. except what have read -
she said she believed the letter SIM
posed 10 have been written hv BlanrL
vas genuine. because the green ribbon
shs gave him vas found near ar hand.
When gave him the ribbon. she con.
unp"d. he took 4. but said he would no,
wear g."
Absurd Doubts Of Riapck'- identity.
or All the via rumore' vet circulate, f.
come 'ion with the fall break tho vilaesl
vac 'it "t'" - iffA&~tenflN harpa1 or
yesterday so IN" eject that the body "a
the norgue Is not that OF Tom Blanck
u ls nuf necessary 70 go into an explsna
tion ~ thc changes That would he mad.
~ Hanks appearance through ~,
growth ~ q musiaehe. long hair ane
Tinrhcd features. owing 20 exposure. q
show the identity.
when Hlsnck lert the county fan d.
took the jaii KEYS. Those same KEYS Yer.
found in 'h" ro. ket - tho man killed 3,
Shepieh ard crow Chief Rogers said.
This report So too ridiculous 10 be con
s'7erf - Is Blanrk without a doubt -
EN-ShsriT }. n Uociery Eaif th@r,
could uot he any mts' axe as - the iden
tisy Taller Monroe laughed when b..
hearl the story. aai said he Thought p.
ought - know Tom" when he saw him
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