John P. Miller
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- Apr 11, 1889The War on the Wharf: Seattle’s Police Chief and the Mayor’s Midnight GambitA power struggle in 1889 saw Police Chief Mitchell attempting a one-man moral crusade against local gambling dens, only to be promptly fired by the Mayor via a messenger boy.Seattle, WA
- Aug 25, 1894The Franklin Mine Fire: Thirty-Seven Dead, Not a Scratch on ThemA fire in breast sixty-two traps miners between flame and return airway; bodies are laid in rows as Seattle sends a special train.Black Diamond, WA
- Sep 12, 1894The Hammer in the Woodshed: Henry Creamer's Death SentenceA Seattle jury convicted a foreign-born laborer of Mrs. Meller's murder on circumstantial evidence, while his lawyer insisted the real killer—or at least a missing witness—was in the room.King County Courthouse, Seattle, WA