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Jack Black, reconstructed Yegg

About Me

Born ca. 1870 New Westminster, B.C. Canada- Missing/Died >1932 New York City, Jack's body was never found.
" My name is William Brown, from Pocatello, Idaho"
"Jack had been a sort of a reign of terror...just before the earthquake and fire of 1906. Every crime committed in San Francisco during the first three months of that year was ascribed to Jack Black." (R.L. Duffus)
"He returned to New York and Fremont thought Jack did what he always said any down-and-outer should do, “fill his pockets with rocks and take a header into the bay.” (Mrs. Cora Fremont Older)
"To cut a long story short," said Jack, "I left it all."
"Enough of this "I" and "me" stuff. I must get to the point. You have a big, true story with one hundred thousand readers. Tell them all how to help the under dog. They are willing, but they don't know how. "
"He is in a class by himself. That is why he is so interesting." (Fremont Older)

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Members of the Johnson family, 'Salt Chunk Mary' Howard, 'Foot-and-a-half George' Howard, The Sanctimonious Kid, who was hung in Australia for killing a police constable, the kindly old priest at the Sisters' Convent School, Fremont Older, Judge Frank H. Dunne, the unnamed friend who sawed me out of the San Francisco jail, and that dirty, drunken, disreputable, crippled beggar, 'Sticks Sullivan', who picked the buckshot out of my back -under the bridge- at Baraboo, Wisconsin.

My Blog

Harper's Monthly articles online

http://harpers.org/subjects/JackBlack
Posted by on Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:58:00 GMT

Dear Johnsons

Oliver sent me this link today: 'http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/story.html?id=b73c0e01-b 5c5-4b35-aaf5-091d56fdcd06' Speechless...M.M.
Posted by on Wed, 20 Aug 2008 10:39:00 GMT