The record-union., 1895-03-22
Special to the RrcoRD-UNIoS.

SEATTLE, March 2l.-ThOmas Blanck,
the murderer and jail breaker, is dead,
shot through the head and body by the
bullets from the Winchester rifles Of
Deputies John Shepich and Robert Crow.
The encounter took place on the y ORTIZ
ern Pacific Railroad track, about mile
north Of Kent, at $50 o'clock. About
sixteen shots were fired, and when the
smoke cleared away Thomas Blanck lay
a HIeless corpse and John Shepich lay
with wounds in his left shoulder in the
proximity Of the heart. BlancA was
shot through the ear and nose, and, ac-
cording TO general observations, through
the body. His remains were Immediately
taken TO Kont, together with the wounded
deputy. The injuries of Shepich, while
serious, are not thought TO be fatal.
The battle was one of the most Gesper-
ate kind Imaginable, and was fought out
with only ten feet separating the foes.
BIauck shot twice before the deputies
opened fire. lie refused to throw up his
hands, and in his usual bold, DlOodtnlrSty
manner, drew his gun and went at 1t.
Fast and furious was the shooting, the
two deputies hiring almost sImuItane-
Ously.
The full story of the most desperate of
taken place in this country was told to
/ OSt- Ilietj,yCHcCr reporter Uy W. l..
WhILtlmOre Of Kent, who saw the iigh;
from distance and WAS one Of the nrst
20 arrive alter The Job WAS Gone. lie said:
This afternoon 4 report came 10 Kent
that BIanck was penued IN near Orlila.
An soon as the news as heard large
number OF men started .Or Ino place.
fortune had il that bob Crow ana } Ohm
SneDiCh, who carried Winchester rifles,
started up The y OrtLern Pacific &ailrOad
track. " heu they We're about a mile
north OF Kent tGey saw 4 man coming to-
ward them down tue track. They lad
no idea when they saw the man APP
preaching tAat they were going 10 meet
the s.erauO, and got 20 WITHIN ten feet
OF him before the real danger developed
Itself. Lns stranger walked along with
out saying i word, anG lnUlly Crow and
SAepicl called TO hluI: Throw mp your
hands, there" Their com aauds ieD on
deaf ears, iUr the man, without further
delay, drew = black Colts JS-caliDer
uye-shooLer revolver from his pocket
and opened nre. NhalE bang! rang
out two shots from ms revolver, aud stiI
the deputies We're un4urt. Then the
men with the NInCLoSsers commenced
pumping bullets into LkCir antagonist,
u was = regular iusIL.ade. and not until
the desperate mad empGeu his revolver
OF ali lis shots, WOundIng SAeDICh and
the battle was over, and the desperate
lay on the track Iileless. SnepiuA and
Crow had killed the ) esse James OF the
Iacillc Northwest, Thomas BlauCE, alias
frank Hamilton"
The body was taken TO Kent and held
awaiting the order Of sheriff Nande-
venter.
Blauck vas probably the most desper-
ate criminal ever cUnhnet in jail here.
= q has killed two men within the last
year, ana last sunday night he held up
the jailgr with q piece OF wood, shaped
like a revolver, and with nine other
prisoners escaped from Jail. When taken
luto court Tor trial he p.eaded gully 10
murder ia the first degree, and was
sentenced TO be hanged. After the court
had sentenced him ne asked that his ex-
ecuuon be Immediately carried out.
Blauck's BODY was brought to this city
Tonight. and when the train containing
IL arrived at the station several thousand
people werN present. /. was with great
difficulty that the crowd was driven
away ia order that the body could be
placed IN the dead wagon and conveyed
10 an underiaker's.
The Coroner and several physicians
made an examination OF the body and
found that It had been riddled win bull
lets. Three shots n the back, within q
radius o! four inches, bad produced death
and there were four others III his body,
two OF which We're in his right arm, one
IN hls ear and The other IN his neck In
side OF his coat and almost directly over
his heart tue desperate had several thick
Oesses OF heavy blanket IN order to pro-
iect himself rom the bullets of his pur-
1uer5.