John Corbett
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- Jul 12, 1892Street Laborer Opens Fire at City HallAfter being fired from his job as a dump-cart driver, a man stalks the City Hall office and attempts to assassinate the Street Commissioner.City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Jul 24, 1893The Case of the Missing Two HundredA cable-splicer out on a drinking spree accuses his companions of lifting his life savings in a downtown hack.Seattle, WA
- Dec 4, 1893A Lamp Explodes and Firemen Are Trapped in a Third Avenue BlazeAn oil lamp exploded in a picture-frame shop at 1908 Third Street, burning its owner and trapping firefighters in a re-ignited wall of flame.Seattle, WA
- May 11, 1895Two Seattle Officers Honored for Capturing a MurdererDetective Edward Cudlihee and Policeman John Corbett received citizens' medals for bravery in the capture of Thomas Blanck, the murderer, last fall.Seattle, WA
- May 19, 1895Hops of Port Blakely: The Cast-Off Clothes Protégé Who Saved a CaptainA Post-Intelligencer reporter hears from John Corbett how an Indigenous man named Williams earned a lifetime of beer, boarding-house meals, and the run of the Port Blakely mill.Bainbridge Island, WA
- Jun 10, 1895Messenger Boys Clash with Saloon PatronTwo Western Union messengers were arrested after a street brawl broke out in front of a Seattle theater.Seattle, WA