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The 1891-92 Diary of former sheriff, Frederick D. Schnebly, led us to discover a couple of significant stories we share in this episode–the murder of an innocent newly wed couple and an armed bank robbery in a coal town. You will also hear of “seduction trials”, a vigilante mob, a jail break, and regular towns people armed and ready to administer “frontier justice”. All of this took place in the Wild West of Washington State– not usually the first place a person thinks of in this regard.
We also share one of our favorite towns to visit–Roslyn, Washington, the site of the bank robbery and where the bank still exists as a candy shop.
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Indian Country Today News Organization Article
Native Times Article
Steel wagon axle marking vicinity where Blanch & Lorenzo Perkin’s bodies were found in July 1878, upper Rattlesnake Springs near Snively Gulch, Handford Reach National Monument, Benton County.
Blanch and Lorenzo Perkins grave marker at the Pioneer Cemetery in Union Gap Washington, formerly known as Yakima City.
Ben E. Snipes Bank where the robbery took place on September 24, 1892. Now the Roslyn Candy Co.
Door leading to “nowhere” Roslyn, Washington.
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