Chief of Police Rogers
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- Jan 11, 1892The Last Request of a Forgotten PioneerAn elderly immigrant who sought his fortune in the Fraser River gold rush spends his final days pleading for a dignified burial, forcing the city's power brokers to confront the reality of poverty in a booming frontier town.Seattle, WA
- May 27, 1894A Night in the Saloon Ends in a Broken LegShoemaker Vela Larsen, 43, broke his right leg in a saloon scuffle at 1413 Front St. and waited an hour for treatment.1413 First Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Jun 7, 1894The 'Washington Security' SwindleA California resident discovers that a Seattle firm is a phantom operation.State-Burke Building, Seattle, WA
- Jun 9, 1894The City Hall Crackdown on Variety TheatersA municipal judge enforces a new ordinance targeting variety theaters serving alcohol, sparking a legal battle over the city's power to revoke business licenses.Seattle, WA
- Jun 15, 1894A mother's desperate search from MinnesotaA Minneapolis woman writes to Seattle police, seeking word of her husband and brother who vanished after reports of a flood in the Pacific Northwest.Seattle, WA
- Jun 22, 1894The Pawnbroker's BrawlA search for a stolen watch ends in a chaotic scuffle at a South Second Street pawn shop, leaving the proprietor handcuffed and the shop window shattered.South 2nd Street, Seattle, WA
- Jul 14, 1894A Bloody Knife Turns Up at Madrona Park After Michael Warren's DeathA woman finds a three-bladed knife near the spot where Warren cut his throat, giving Seattle police a possible missing link in a grim holiday mystery.Madrona Park, Seattle, WA
- Jul 27, 1894The Police Chief vs. the Newspaper EditorTelegraph editor Charles H. Loggin will face a libel jury over articles calling Chief Rogers dishonest, with the chief's own lawyers joining the state's prosecution.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Aug 11, 1894The Editor, the Chief, and the Libel He Could Not ProveSeattle’s police chief wins a criminal libel case after the Telegraph’s promised corruption evidence never materializes.Seattle, WA
- Aug 16, 1894A Tin Box of Gold Hidden in the RaftersSouth Seattle police say the hammer that killed a mother and her baby belonged to Henry Cramer — and the money taken from the dead woman's house was stashed in his shed. Now the neighbours are talking about a rope.South Seattle College, Seattle, WA
- Aug 17, 1894A Funeral Crowd Calls for a Killer's NeckThousands filed past the bodies of Philipina Miller and her child as Seattle police rushed the accused murderer to the county jail to stop a lynching.Seattle, WA
- Sep 3, 1894The Accused Killer Who Wrote to Seattle PoliceOluf Ellingson was found on the Lake Washington shore with his throat cut and a razor in his hand. Four years later, suspect Tony Miller’s letter still insisted he was coming back to clear his name.Seattle, WA
- Sep 3, 1894A Gunfighter Imported for a Seattle PrimarySheriff Woolery and saloon-world fixer John Considine tried to seize a First Ward Republican primary—and brought a jailed gambler along to help.Seattle, WA
- Sep 7, 1894The Police Chief Who Refused to Reopen Seattle's Red-Light DistrictA behind-the-scenes account of how a police commissioner tried to oust Chief Rogers because he wouldn't let the Blackchapel cribs rent again—and how the mayor stopped him.Seattle, WA
- Sep 7, 1894The Mayor Fires Two Police Commissioners to Keep Blackchapel ShutIn a single day, Mayor Phelps removed two police commissioners, accused them of conspiring to protect a red-light district and oust Chief Rogers, and installed replacements before the House of Delegates could slow him down.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jan 23, 1895The Key-House Raid: Seattle Police Break Up a Gambling ClubChief Rogers raided the Union Club in the Cobb Block, seizing 1,150 chips and 63 decks of cards—and arresting two men who each claimed to be in charge.Seattle, WA