tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748490.post866301075723938231..comments2017-09-01T07:31:46.668-04:00Comments on Best Yeggs: You Can't Win: Jack BlackAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14408136933178296688noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748490.post-36190858838695556172012-12-13T13:45:00.070-05:002012-12-13T13:45:00.070-05:00Further to my last comment, I did a search for the...Further to my last comment, I did a search for the San Francisco Call, which is included in the California Digital Newspaper Collection, and managed to find at least one of the articles: http://cdnc.ucr.edu/cdnc/cgi-bin/cdnc?a=d&cl=search&d=SFC19120105.2.11&srpos=7&e=-------en--20-SFC-1--txt-IN-%22ingleside+jail%22----<br />Good read, indeed, in addition to filling in some more info it also revealed his real name, Thomas Callaghan.<br />Thanks to Anon for bringing this to everyone's attention.Gordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748490.post-30515571987972711692012-12-13T03:23:59.046-05:002012-12-13T03:23:59.046-05:00Anon, do you have a link to that article? There ar...Anon, do you have a link to that article? There are many of us out there who would love to see it...Gordnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748490.post-5504471026016857512012-01-25T23:21:44.604-05:002012-01-25T23:21:44.604-05:00Are you still interested in jack black? I found an...Are you still interested in jack black? I found an old online 1912 San Francisco call with two articles about old jack crushing out of ingleside jail as he described in the back of his book-<br />The article includes his stranger pal that helped him out with name and pic. The article also amazingly has a picture of jack that no one else has seen and also has his real name!<br />I flipped when I found it all-Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748490.post-57896160624460316642009-05-07T10:10:00.000-04:002009-05-07T10:10:00.000-04:00I'd love to get a copy of that article. Do you re...I'd love to get a copy of that article. Do you remember the date it was published.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14408136933178296688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36748490.post-58958156294927769052009-04-18T02:53:00.000-04:002009-04-18T02:53:00.000-04:00I, too, am just wrapping up a re-read of this most...I, too, am just wrapping up a re-read of this most engrossing book, which I learned about from a full-page article in the Vancouver Sun.<br />There was a local spin to the article: Jack Black was born in New Westminster (though he went to the U.S. with his parents while very young), which is part of Metro Vancouver. <br />New Westminster was the home of the infamous B.C. Penetentiary, where Jack was administered the lash by the prison's flogging master, Capt. Burr. (grandfather to actor Raymond Burr). <br />The other local angle involved Vancouver's historic Chinatown. Chew Chee, who Black made one of his jail escapes with, is believed to be a relative of Chinatown patriarch, Yip Sang (who helped Black out with the letter). The four-storey building which housed his home/business still stands on Pender St.<br />Many times when I have walked the older streets of Vancouver and New West I have wondered if Jack Black had trod the same spots before me, so very long ago.Gord McCawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16320751032661054498noreply@blogger.com