City Attorney Wickersham
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- Jul 17, 1894Tacoma’s Whitewash That Wasn’tA public-works president accuses a newly appointed superintendent of dishonesty—then refuses to put the charges in writing.Tacoma, WA
- Aug 9, 1894Tacoma’s Public Works Board Accused of Coercing City EmployeesDepositions before the city council allege that public works bosses used their power to make employees campaign for the waterworks purchase—and that the board paid too much for sewer pipe.Tacoma, WA
- Sep 4, 1894Tacoma Officials Accuse Land Commission of Favoring the Land CompanyCity leaders head to Olympia to challenge harbor lines they say were drawn to benefit the Tacoma Land Company rather than the city.Tacoma harbor, Tacoma, WA
- Mar 10, 1895Tacoma's Waterworks: A Buyback Offer Raises EyebrowsFormer owner C.B. Wright offers to repurchase the city's water plant—and a $50,000 commission to the man who brokers the deal—as contempt proceedings against city officials continue.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 12, 1895Tacoma's Water Was Cut Off by a Court Order—and the City Went Looking for WellsA judge holds Tacoma officials in contempt for ignoring an injunction over Clover and Spanaway creeks, forcing the city to shut off a major source and scramble for gulch water and Northern Pacific wells.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 5, 1895Tacoma's Tide-Land Fight: Who Gets to Draw the Harbor Line?Governor McGraw replaces two appraisers as Tacoma pushes to plat its tide flats and settle whether the state or the city controls the harbor line.Commencement Bay, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 9, 1895Tacoma's Million-Dollar Water Deal Was Built on Bribery, Suit AllegesA city lawsuit over the purchase of a light and water plant charged that officials and the company colluded to hide the property's true value before taxpayers bought it.Tacoma, WA
- May 12, 1895A Sealed Letter and a Fired Public Works CommissionerTacoma's mayor wants H. B. Mullen on the board of public works. The Populists want a week. And a hidden letter accuses the city attorney of mixing politics with a water-plant contract.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 20, 1895A Bribe Offer on the Witness StandA Tacoma gambling inquiry turned stranger when the police chief mentioned an attempted payoff—then declined to name names before Friday.Tacoma, WA
- Jun 23, 1895Tacoma's Bribery Probe Ends With a Censure, Not a ConvictionA Tacoma City Council 'Lexow' committee cleared Councilman Thompson and City Clerk Smyth of bribery, then censured Smyth anyway for boasting he'd paid for a vote.Tacoma, WA