Thomas Hamilton Blanck

Tom Blanck
Newspaper portrait of Thomas Blanck during his trial for the killing of Charles Birdwell, Sept 17, 1894
Born
Thomas Hamilton Blanck

October 28, 1870
Schenectady, New York
DiedMarch 21, 1895 (aged 24)
Kent, Washington
Cause of deathGunshot wound
Other namesFrank Hamilton; Michael "Crazy Mike" Hogan
OccupationsGas fitter, railroad brakeman, highwayman
Known forRobbery, murder

Thomas Hamilton Blanck (October 28, 1870 – March 21, 1895) was a criminal operating on the American Old West in the Pacific Northwest between 1891 and his death following a prison break in 1895. He was also known as "Crazy Mike".

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