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- Apr 15, 1895A Dismissed Complaint, Then a Woodshed Ambush in TacomaMaggie Kornder had charged Mike Pfeifle with threatening her. A judge let the case go; days later, the rejected suitor hid in her employer's woodshed and shot her before turning the gun on himself.South G Street, Tacoma, WA
- Apr 16, 1895A Newborn Found in a Basket Under a Tacoma Cemetery BridgeA coroner's grim morning in 1895: an abandoned infant discovered in Oakland Cemetery, wrapped in a lady's undervest and calico, with no clue to its mother.Tacoma, WA
- Apr 21, 1895Caught in the Shaft: A Tacoma Oiler's Death Nobody SawFred Smith went to work at three in the morning at the St. Paul Tacoma Lumber mill. Two and a half hours later his workmates noticed he was missing — and found him beside the shaft he had been oiling.Tacoma, WA
- May 29, 1895The Chief and the Demijohn: Napoleon Whatcom Dies on the TracksA former chief of the Puyallup, remembered for wit and wisdom, is struck by a freight train near the Puyallup depot — with a jug of beer at his side.Puyallup, WA
- Jun 6, 1895Tragedy at the Puyallup Indian SchoolA young student is killed in a firearm accident during a gathering on the reservation.Puyallup Indian Reservation, Tacoma, WA