This day in history: A fugitive apprehended and a harrowing night in the water

In Lake Coeur d’Alene in 1976, boaters found two men in the water after their canoe overturned near midnight. The men said they had been in the water for four hours after a motorboat passed within about 3 feet of them and swamped their canoe. They lost fishing gear and life jackets, but the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said the two canoeists “apparently suffered no ill effects” from the ordeal. The historical roundup also recounts the capture in 1976 of fugitive kidnapper James Schoenfeld south of San Francisco, after he was found driving a van he had bought in Coeur d’Alene, apparently swapping vehicles while on the run. Earlier, in 1926, vandals splashed India ink on Spokane’s Masonic Temple facade, prompting fears of needed stone replacements.