The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-03-29
BLANCK TRUSTED HIN
George Howe Returns From
Victoria and Talks.
NO QUESTION ABOUT IDENTITY.
The Dead Ds-Sperado's Desire for a
Coat-of- Mail I hief Roger says
Blanck Made the Gun

George Howe. Eho vas the only conf
e8nt Thomas blaneG sger had ln tee
county 5a&. Nas Ga the citg~ yesterday ard
esiie8 Upon CAlef az Folire Rogers Afte-
fm0 hours rf4at he faarpsarefa au fhc
srssS ard vas walking aisesay GowE Yes
ter aysaue ws9eE o. Hs@t q f'sst-l zs. .s4-
senesr reporter. wlth whom h. had formed
a. acq IalHtznee during bis Say sa ia.-
Not more than ohe or tHo oE the bum
areaa % people who AN aim yesterday
had tho least idea tEaf Pc. 81 ~ uen itg-
ing. knew the most concerning the most
noted % Pacific %arfhNsat criminals 10
appearance Howe r. not man one Eoll,
take for criminal. aa6 r. faet be, the
same ss many NOR happened - gef i1to
t8e co8nfy jail through force - riTcur7-
stances be Il a man 81 medium size.
dark complexion. black eyes black hair
and rHustache Fls face Be- thaf e. an tn
ssiligent man. and from conTersation with
RIM Cae ean believe that ne has seen bat
ter days ~ trade he is an electrician.
r. talking with TIE reporter Hove said
that after he was released from jail on
March y BE remained ia the city q few
days and then went 80 Victoria. whore hc
had Just commenced Ha3rk when his mare
came ont in connection with che Blanck
case. "It jast kliie3 re in the place"
said Hove for when ] walked along the
street the peopie would point % ne "a
being the rnan who knew ElaEcs- ] got
tired o. IL and left before lost ny posi-
ton
II have no explanation 20 offer AZ pres
enf about the letter published I'll the Press
Times as coming from u4e and agreeing 20
tell where BIaack vas II the sheriff could
nef find him. All ! viii gag IL that ] would
rot have given him up for 500, yez.
$1,000. IL fact. J would nos have thought
Of such thing as suTfendering him under
any conditions
Nov that 81 is all over don't know
but that s. is better for the poor fellow 20
be dead. ] knew that he wouid never be
taken alive as long As he had shot IN
his pistol. for he told me once that II ne
escaped and Was pursued and had only
fwu shots left he would give his purs1ers
oae and then commit suicide That fellow
had implicit confidence ~ himself 10 do
almost anything when armed. lie said
that with a pistol iu either hand ne could
roll tin can up hin. am satisfied that
when Blanck approached the two men on
the track be ia not realize tie condition
h was in and believed he could XIII one
or both before they could Ere on him.
1T s. amusing 70 hear this talk about
Elanck not being the man who was killed.
I have just geen The pictures taken after
be was dead. and know u Was be with
out doubt. Any one knows with mo-
lueni's thought that II he Rad killed shep-
e
cd the boy and gone down tha track
with two Winchester rifles. throwing
death in all directions, There Is 10 qucs-
ton. Of course. that Blanck was a bad
man. but on the other hand he Was one
Of the pieasantest fellows I ever met.
and generous 70 a fault lie vas a re-
markahie fellow in,many respects For
instance. he never took drink of liquor
in his life. and vas a total stranger 20
tobacco IN any form lie didn't care
much for women. either / asked him
one day what ne ala with his money. and
he replied that h. used - buy anything
that caught his eve. and whom ne got
tired Of ~ he would throw IL away. AZ
other times he would set a crowd ef boys
around him ans buy them candy ana
such stuff. and give thnm dollar or so
apiece.
DO you remember how much talk there
was about those patented huiiet-p proof
cloth coatsF Well. Tom heard 81 them
ard said he wished he bad one | have an
Idea that he Eot the idea az putting the
padding In his coat from that"
Have you any idea" asked the report
sr. why u was Hlanuk chose YOU as his
conadanfe''
i really have no idea" answered Howe.
Tie seemed to take 20 me from the he
ginning. and talked freely about himself
but 81 course he knew well that ! would
never sag anything about him until he
was hanged OF killed while tryinse 90
escape"
Was the wooden pistol made in the
3an2'
We'll. I don't want 10 ak about that
NOW, chief Rogers tas taken 81 10
pieces and made a careful examination.
40 you might talk 20 him about that
point"
The reporter asked Mr Rogers about
The fake pistol. u am satisfied now. re-