Can Such Things Be? · Character
William Shaw
A man who experiences a strange and fatal encounter.
minor
Also known as Shaw
First appearance: a baffled ambuscade
William Shaw shows up with force in The Stranger. The page is where that presence becomes real.
One of the four prospectors who followed Gallegos in suicide.
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