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AUG 24, 1888Edison, WA

The Sausage Maker’s Long Walk for Justice

After his Skagit County homestead was ransacked, a local sausage vendor spent two weeks trudging through mud to find an officer who would actually serve a warrant, only to be met with a revolver in the woods.

“I have walked over 200 miles through mud to induce some Skagit county official to do his duty, and nearly got killed for my pains.”
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DEC 24, 1892Edison, WA

The Jailbreak at Edison

Four fugitives, including men driven out of Wenatchee by vigilantes, are recaptured after an armed struggle.

“The others are part of the gang heretofore reported as having been driven out of Wenatchee by a Vigilance Committee.”
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