Adolph Krug
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- Feb 24, 1892The Bosses’ Choice: Seattle’s Machine Politics in 1892A scathing editorial account of a closed-door convention where the Democratic party leadership hand-picked a candidate for mayor who was widely viewed as a puppet.Seattle, WA
- Apr 23, 1892The Corpse in the Chicken YardA bungled insurance swindle in 1890s Seattle turns grisly when an amateur conspiracy, a stolen body, and a coded German letter unravel in a courtroom inquest.Third Street, Seattle, WA
- Sep 4, 1892The Forgotten Spring of Cherry StreetCity Treasurer Adolph Krug proposes reviving a historic natural spring near Sixth and Cherry to provide free, pure water to the city.Seattle, WA
- Aug 27, 1893The Fight Against Seattle's Regrade TaxesProperty owners on South Twelfth and South Fourteenth streets take the city to court to block land seizures over controversial street-grading assessments.Seattle, WA
- Sep 13, 1893The City Treasurer AbscondsSeattle City Treasurer Adolph Krug flees to British Columbia amid reports of a massive $30,000 deficit in the municipal treasury.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Sep 18, 1893City Treasurer Vanishes With Public FundsDemocratic reform administration treasurer Adolph Krug disappears to British Columbia after an investigation finds his accounts short by $1,500.Seattle, WA
- Sep 18, 1893The Great City Hall HeistAfter the Seattle city treasurer vanishes with public funds, a desperate, rumor-fueled manhunt ensues, implicating bankers and brothel keepers in a massive scandal.Yesler Way, Seattle, WA
- Sep 20, 1893City Treasurer Decamps as Embezzlement Scandal Rocks SeattleCity Treasurer Adolph Krug has fled the city after an audit revealed a $20,000 deficit in his accounts.Seattle, WA
- Sep 20, 1893The Great City Treasury LootingAs Seattle officials scramble to extradite a disgraced city treasurer, a deeper web of corruption, secret loans, and grand jury investigations emerges.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Sep 21, 1893The Sad Downfall of City Treasurer Adolph KrugSeattle's disgraced city treasurer is apprehended in St. Paul, blaming 'friends' and mounting political pressure for his embezzlement of public funds.Seattle, WA
- Sep 22, 1893The Flight of a Crooked City TreasurerWhen the city press exposed deep corruption in the treasurer’s office, Adolph Krug didn't wait for the trial—he fled.Seattle, WA
- Sep 22, 1893The City Treasurer’s Chaotic FlightSeattle’s city treasurer, Adolph Krug, is arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, following his alleged embezzlement of funds, sparking a bizarre legal struggle and an urgent scramble by Seattle officials to ensure he doesn't walk free.Seattle, WA
- Sep 23, 1893The City Hall Corruption Scandal DeepensProminent businessmen are arrested as the city chases missing funds and a key fugitive.Seattle, WA
- Sep 28, 1893The City Treasury ScandalSeattle sues former treasurer Adolph Krug and his bondsmen after a massive public funds deficiency is uncovered.Seattle, WA
- Sep 29, 1893The Price of Freedom: A City Treasurer's BondWhile a train wreck delayed the arrival of accused city treasurer Adolph Krug, his friends and family scrambled through the midnight hours to meet a $64,000 bail requirement.Eighth Street, Seattle, WA
- Sep 30, 1893The Fall of the City TreasurerAdolph Krug, Seattle’s defaulting city treasurer, returns to the city in custody after a failed flight to the East.Seattle, WA
- Oct 4, 1893The Mayor's Embarrassing DebtMayor Ronald finds himself in a legal and ethical bind after borrowing $1,500 from the city's disgraced, defaulting treasurer.Seattle, WA
- Oct 15, 1893City Engineer Axes Staff Amidst Financial CrisisA local corruption scandal involving a 'defalcation' leaves the city unable to pay for essential infrastructure, forcing layoffs in the engineer's office.Seattle, WA
- Oct 31, 1893The Treasury Scandal: Thirty-Three IndictmentsFormer City Treasurer Adolph Krug and several prominent associates are indicted in a massive public money corruption scandal.Seattle, WA
- Nov 1, 1893City Hall Corruption and the Great Bail ReductionA dramatic day in court sees prominent figures accused in a city treasury scandal secure reduced bonds as the machinery of municipal justice grinds on.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Nov 4, 1893The City Settles with Embezzler's BondsmenA complex financial deal ends the civil litigation over Adolph Krug’s flight from the City Treasurer’s office.Seattle, WA
- Dec 3, 1893The Right to Keep Your Home After a Tax SaleJudge Langley rules on a pivotal case challenging whether the city can cut off a homeowner's redemption rights after property is sold for back taxes.Seattle, WA
- Mar 15, 1894The Trial of the City TreasurerAdolph Krug faces a marathon legal battle over allegations of misused city funds during a high-stakes embezzlement trial in 1894.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA
- Mar 18, 1894The Trial of City Treasurer Adolph KrugA Seattle judge rejects the defense's motion to dismiss embezzlement charges, invoking the history of the law against modern corporate corruption.Seattle, WA
- Mar 27, 1894The Defaulting Treasurer’s Last StandSeattle’s city treasurer, Adolph Krug, is sentenced to seven years of hard labor, capping a dramatic trial marked by desperate legal maneuvering to invalidate the city's charter.Seattle, WA
- Apr 7, 1894The City Treasurer's Banker Walks FreeAfter a dramatic trial, Henry Fuhrman is acquitted of charges related to city funds, sparking a debate on institutional corruption and the blurred lines between public finance and private banking.Seattle, WA
- May 22, 1894The Mayor Moves to Shut the Dives and Gambling RoomsA sweeping message from the mayor demands that the council revoke the licenses of saloons and music halls where girls sell liquor and gamblers run their games—passed in full by the aldermen even as auditors report a $27,000 hole in the street-improvement funds.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jun 8, 1894The Mystery of the Missing CheckA deep-seated accounting discrepancy involving former City Treasurer W. L. Ames leads to calls for a formal investigation and legal action.Seattle, WA
- Jun 24, 1894A Bank Failed With $25,975 of City Money Inside. Who Pays?When the North End Bank closed its doors in September, the city's deposits closed with it. Ex-Treasurer Adolph Krug's guarantors made Seattle whole — and now they want the bank's assets and the city's claim to go with it.Seattle, WA
- Aug 31, 1894King County's Almshouse 'Vindication' Came With a Taxpayer BillA committee appointed to investigate charges against King County commissioners billed the public for its own defense—including $10-a-day duty and a detective sent after a newspaper leak.Seattle, WA
- Jan 13, 1895King County's Clerk and the Ghost of a Defaulting TreasurerA petition asks King County taxpayers to guarantee Clerk John W. Maple's bond, reviving memories of Adolph Krug's default and the 'kid committee' that controlled public money.Seattle, WA