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The Tale of the Man Who Escaped from Oklahoma Penitentiary with “Lucky” Jack Riley of Old Shanghai

Posted: June 11th, 2025 | No Comments »

Baseball writer and historian Gary Cieradkowski has fleshed out the story of Roy Counts, who was the other imprisoned baseball player who escaped from prison in America with Jack Riley (from my book City of Devils) – Riley of course headed off to Shanghai, Counts went in a different direction… click here



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