Unsolved Mystery at the Yakima River
A decomposed body found near Selah leads to an inquest and a grim verdict of foul play.
“A cut over the left temple impressed the jury with the belief that he had been foully dealt with.”
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The Selah Rattlesnake Hunters Who Shipped Their Catch to China
A Yakima Valley farm employed Chinese laborers to catch rattlesnakes alive, jar them in whisky, and export them for a profit—an odd, dangerous trade recorded through the racist language of the era.
“They capture them with a stick to the end of which is attached a slip loop, which they put down over the snake's head and pull tight. They then insert the snakes alive in a jar of whisky.”
The Well in the Wenas
A local carpenter, suffering from the effects of alcohol, met a gruesome and solitary end after falling into a spring in the Wenas Valley.
“Ben Ellenwood was of more than ordinary intelligence; he was a first-class carpenter; he was industrious, good-hearted.”
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