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D14021-A
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- 1943-01 (Creation)
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Charles W. Clark is comforted by his smiling wife Mary in January of 1943 while he is being held in jail on a 28-year-old charge of horse stealing in Oklahoma. Mr. Clark had been a fugitive from justice since 1916 when he walked away from an Oklahoma penitentiary. He had been sentenced to six years for horse stealing when he rode home on his employer's horse without the boss' expressed permission. Mr. Clark, now 54, had lived with his wife and six children in Tacoma for 23 years and had been a steady worker for several companies including Carman Mfg. Co., Wheeler-Osgood mill and the South Tacoma Northern Pacific shops. His fugitive status was only discovered when his fingerprints were taken at his latest employer, the Seattle-Tacoma Shipyard. Mr. Clark was ordered released from custody by Presiding Judge E.F. Freeman on January 28, 1943, since no warrant ever appeared from Oklahoma and he was declared a free man. The Clarks resided at 1417 South 58th St. (T. Times 1-18-43, p. 2-photograph & article; T.Times 1-29-43, p. 1-article)
Clark, Charles W.; Clark, Mary L.; Fugitives from justice;