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- May 31, 1884A Fatal Accident at BelknapA tragic mishap involving a pistol leaves a prominent local man dead.Seattle, WA
- Dec 2, 1891Olympia Puts Its Bond Mess on Ice—and the Mayor ObjectsA council committee recommends leaving the 1891 bond tangle to the next administration; the mayor warns the city is “in a mud hole” and wants the courts to force a decision.Olympia, WA
- Dec 9, 1891Olympia Votes Out the Old Council — and Inherits a Financial MessA day after the city election, the Tribune calls on the lame-duck mayor and council to resign so the city can untangle a debt larger than the law allows — and demands streetcars, street work and honest handling of the public's money.Olympia, WA
- Jan 13, 1892Olympia's New Council Hands 'Boss' Sickels the Purse StringsThe new city council takes office, gives Boss Sickels the powerful ways-and-means chair, and confronts a railroad-blocked sewer, a fire department asking for more hydrants and alarm boxes, and a thin city treasury.Olympia, WA
- Dec 31, 1893The Case of the Altered Lottery TicketTwo men sue the Great Northern Express Company for $3,750, alleging their winning lottery ticket was tampered with in transit.Front Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Sep 9, 1894The Preacher, the Slanderer and the Methodist ConferenceTacoma's Methodist conference accepted a report clearing Rev. Ford of charges that he seduced a girl in Arkansas and embezzled money, while branding his accuser a slanderer.Tacoma, WA
- Jan 28, 1895The Heirs Who Came for a Snohomish Subdivision — and Went Home EmptyFive years of litigation over half of a $40,000 estate ends in a demurrer: under the law of 1879, a dead wife's share of the community property belonged to her husband, and the people who bought lots in the Clay addition can keep their houses.Snohomish, WA
- Mar 19, 1895The Desperado Who Vanished Into the BrushA King County manhunt closes in on escaped murderer Thomas Blanck—until a dark ambush near Black River Junction lets him slip away behind his partner’s raised hands.Black River Junction, Tukwila, WA
- Mar 24, 1895The Smoke House Kid Comes to See His Dead ChiefA fugitive from a deadly Seattle jailbreak is caught on the street and taken to the morgue, where he stands over the body of the outlaw Tom Blanck.Seattle, WA