Justice Long
Named in 12 stories. Back to all names
- Oct 15, 1908Found Dead in the Cabin at Downs' LandingA well-known Pend Oreille River pioneer dies of carbolic acid, leaving a sleeping lumberjack, a neighbor who discovered the body, and a brother who insisted it was an accident.Newport, WA
- Nov 5, 1908The Hook Slipped: A Scaler Killed Two Miles From NewportJames Wall, 50, was loading logs for the Panhandle Lumber Co. when a heavy log fell and fractured his skull. He lived only five minutes.Newport, WA
- Nov 19, 1908The Chambermaid Who Foiled a Newport Crime SpreeTwo well-dressed thieves from Butte stole pants and shirts from local merchants—then a rooming-house maid overheard their plan to rob a saloon bartender.Newport, WA
- Jan 28, 1909A Widow's Accusation and a Rancher's DenialAugust Polinski, 68, is charged with assaulting his housekeeper near Camden; he calls the case a shakedown, and the hearing is postponed to Feb. 15.Camden, WA
- Mar 11, 1909The Tattooed Stranger in Fifteen Inches of WaterA man is found drowned in a shallow slough near the Little Spokane River. No wallet, no name—only tattoos, a pocket comb, and an old razor blade.Newport, WA
- Mar 18, 1909Two Men Crushed in a Railroad Cut — and Fifteen Walked Off the JobA 35-foot construction cut collapsed at Gilbert Brandt's camp opposite LeClerc Creek, killing Otto Blad and Gus Nelson and injuring two others.Newport, WA
- May 13, 1909A Fortune Arrives Too Late for Tunnel ForemanN. Wickstrom, a careful and sober tunnel foreman, was crushed by falling rock at Blueslide — on the same day a letter told him a long-awaited court judgment had come through.Blueslide, WA
- May 13, 1909The Marked Five-Dollar Bill That Unmasked a 'Good Citizen'A trusted expressman caught by a trap bill confessed to a March safe robbery — and a man his friends thought beyond reproach was sentenced to up to fourteen years.Newport, WA
- Jun 3, 1909A Knife on Union Avenue: Newport Lunch Wagon Owner Chases Down Cook Who Robbed HimH. McGraw, a cook at 'Red' Warren's lunch wagon, took the night's receipts and skipped town. Warren caught him, recovered the money, and then stabbed him between the ribs.Newport, WA
- Sep 9, 1909Newport Votes Itself Dry by Sixteen VotesA local-option election on Sept. 7, 1909, ended licensed liquor sales in Newport, 110 to 94, after challenged voters, an illegal-registration arrest and a hard-fought badge campaign. The saloons were set to close Dec. 6, with a countywide vote still to come.Washington Avenue, Newport, WA
- Sep 30, 1909An Armed Posse Meets a Railroad Camp RiotAfter a crew of Bulgarian laborers turns on their roadmaster at Ruby, Newport sends an armed posse to Usk and jails 56 men.Usk, WA
- Dec 16, 1909Railroad Operator Arrested for Money Order ForgeryAfter stealing blank money orders from the Western Express Co. in Usk, a railroad operator was apprehended in a Newport saloon.Newport, WA