Deputy Coroner Mellinger
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- Jun 15, 1903Pioneer Dies in Tragic Railway Accident near CrockerA longtime Tacoma resident meets a sudden, grisly death under a freight train, leaving behind a mystery about his presence on the tracks.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 30, 1903A Confession Withdrawn, a Wife Dead: The Smokalem MysteryJack Smokalem pleads guilty, then takes it back, as his daughter and coroners give conflicting accounts of his wife's violent death.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 2, 1904Tragedy on the Tacoma WaterfrontA newborn child found dead on Dock Street stirs dark memories of an earlier unsolved discovery in the same industrial zone.Dock St, Tacoma, WA
- Jul 23, 1904A Meat Delivery Ends Beneath a Freight Train in Old TownJohn Flynn, a 51-year-old sailor working odd jobs, was carrying beef to a barkentine when a Northern Pacific train backed over him at the foot of McCarver Street.Tacoma, WA
- Jul 26, 1904A Final Attempt at Life's EndAfter multiple failed attempts, a Tacoma laborer collapses at home, leaving his family in poverty.2417 South C Street, Tacoma, WA