Hoyt
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- Feb 5, 1887The 'Deep, Dark, Damnable Conspiracy' Against Women’s VotesIn 1887, the Seattle Post-Intelligencer mocked the 'absurd' suspicion that the Territorial Supreme Court, the President, and local newspapers were conspiring to disenfranchise women through judicial appointments.Seattle, WA
- Dec 2, 1891A Tinker's Alibi: How Tumwater Witnesses Overturned a Tacoma Murder ConvictionGeorge Stowe was serving twenty years for shooting Enoch Crosby on a Tacoma street. Then residents of Tumwater swore they had watched him mend tinware miles away on the day of the murder.Tacoma, WA
- Dec 3, 1891A Tramp's Alibi: Thirty Tumwater Witnesses and a Murder Conviction UndoneA poor itinerant tinker was jailed for a Tacoma murder until residents of a small Thurston County hotel town swore he was miles away. The state Supreme Court ordered a new trial.Tumwater, WA
- Jan 23, 1895A Convict Killed a Fellow Prisoner. Could He Be Tried While Already Serving Twenty Years?The killing of Reif by convict Hoyt at Walla Walla set off a legal puzzle: whether a prisoner already serving a murder term could face another trial — and whether the governor could suspend his sentence to allow it.Washington State Penitentiary, Walla Walla, WA