Ben Lundy
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- Jan 25, 1889The Emerald's Cargo: Opium and Chinese Laborers Seized in Puget SoundFederal authorities seize a sloop carrying banned opium and undocumented Chinese immigrants at Port Discovery Bay, highlighting the harsh enforcement of exclusion laws in Washington Territory.Port Townsend, WA
- Feb 17, 1889The Great Escape: Two Prisoners Vanish from Seattle’s Basement JailIn a display of audacity and desperation, two men held on smuggling and liquor charges crawled through a torn-off board in a water closet to flee the U.S. Marshal’s improvised prison beneath the Clancy Building.Washington Street, Seattle, WA