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Sep 11, 2013 · On the gusty morning of April 27, 2013, Peter Grauer passed away in the loving arms of his family in Kamloops, British Columbia. Peter was born in Revelstoke, BC, to Haakon Peter (d.1958) and...
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May 6, 2016 · According to author Peter Grauer (Interred With Their Bones: Blll Miner in Canada, 1903-1907) , Dunn’s real name was John William Grell. He was 57 when he died.
Sep 19, 2018 · But this time he wasn’t so lucky – he was captured and sentenced to life in prison. However, he managed to escape and was never again seen in Canada. Here is a copy of a map shown in the book Interred with Their Bones, Bill Miner in Canada, by the late Peter Grauer, self-published in 2006.
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She was reserved, soft-spoken, and took pleasing portraits of wistful young ladies and jubilant children. She was also entrepreneurial, determined, and knew a thing or two about technique—the very qualities that led to her capturing the famous photographs of one Bill Miner, career criminal. While Mary Spencer’s name is not well known today, her pho...
Kentucky-born Bill Miner was a career criminal who went through many accomplices and aliases. By the time he arrived in British Columbia at around age 57, he’d held up stagecoaches and trains and already spent decades in prison. In B.C. he is known for two train robberies. The first took place near Mission Junction in 1904, where his gang snagged $...
Provincial police in Kamloops asked Spencer to photograph the criminals after initial questioning. She did so on May 16, 1906, posing them against the wall of the jail. The photos caused a sensation. There were telegram requests sent from around the continent for the photographer to send “his” images. Spencer was under contract with the Vancouver D...
The CPR was an unpopular entity at the time, and Miner hence became a folk hero for his exploits and for his polite demeanour. (In January 2014, his name was in the news once again after a gold watch belonging to him was stolen from the Royal BC Museum in Victoria. Unlike Miner, however, the modern gold bandit was quickly apprehended and charged.) ...
A Steady Lens: The True Story of Pioneer Photographer Mary Spencerby Sherril Foster (Caitlin Press, 2013).Interred with their Bones: Bill Miner in Canada 1903-1907 by Peter Grauer. Out of print, but available used or in libraries (billminer.ca).- Jenny Manzer
A new book by Kamloops, BC author Peter Grauer titled "Interred With Their Bones - Bill Miner in Canada 1903-1907"; provides unprecedented insights, discoveries, and historical accounts that have been, until now, inaccessible and unpublished.
Jun 11, 2013 · On the gusty morning of April 27, 2013, Peter Grauer passed away in the loving arms of his family in Kamloops, British Columbia. Peter was born in Revelstoke, BC, to Haakon Peter (d.1958) and Nora Evelyn nèe Portman (d.1993) Grauer.
May 8, 1906, the CPR train “Imperial Limited” was held up near Kamloops, B.C. by the Bill Miner gang, netting $15.50. The gang escaped on horseback but were pursued by Constable William Fernie and his four First Nations trackers; Alex Ignace, Eli La Roux, Michel Le Camp and Philip Toma.
