Roughing It · Character
Capt. Ned Blakely
A sea captain who marches a lantern-lit quartermaster up to a desperado's den at gunpoint and sees no reason a hanging should wait on a trial.
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Also known as Capt . Ned Blakely, Ned, Ned Blakely, Blakely
First appearance: roughing it
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Blakely is the harbor's most decisive man, a captain who arrests Bill Noakes by walking behind his quartermaster with a double-barreled gun rested on the man's shoulder and the warning 'you know me.' When the other…
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