Jim Turk: shanghaiier, swindler, drunkard, millionaire

Published: Feb. 18, 2020, 2 p.m.

The old Portland shanghai scene's 'original gangster' was a mysterious character. Did he really inherit a huge fortune? If not, where did the money come from? Stagecoach robbery? Piracy on the high seas? Anything was possible with Jim Turk. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1877) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1212c-jim-turk-the-shanghaiing-millionaire.html)