Coroner Shaver
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- Feb 3, 1909Tragic Recovery at Ashford MineAfter four days, searchers reach the body of a miner trapped by a gas explosion.Ashford, WA
- Feb 15, 1909A Shoemaker's Carefully Planned Farewell at the Grand HotelCarl Eggert, despondent over his wife's death and his son's suicide, shot himself in a Tacoma hotel after leaving detailed notes, money for the cleanup, and instructions to wait until morning.1514 Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Feb 17, 1909One Punch in a Tacoma Saloon, and Three Days Later a Man Was DeadA Seattle commercial traveler needled a dog, then a bartender. He walked the streets with a fractured skull for three days before he finally asked for a hospital — and his last coherent claim was that he'd been sandbagged.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 24, 1909The Mysterious Burial on South O StreetA workman clearing land in Tacoma stumbled upon a bizarre scene: a well-dressed young man on a bicycle burying an infant in a shallow grave.Tacoma, WA
- Mar 17, 1909Tragic Rail Accident Claims Puyallup ResidentA local man was struck and killed by a Northern Pacific train near the Stevenson mill.Puyallup, WA
- Apr 2, 1909A Miner, a Revolver and a Pair of SuspendersJohn Purse had lived in the coal town of Wilkeson for eighteen years. In one drunken night he shot his eldest son, was locked in the town jail, and hanged himself before anyone could stop him.Wilkeson, WA