Justice Rathbun
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- Oct 23, 1891A State Medical Examiner Accused of Faking a Fracture to Bilk the CountyM. D. Minkler of Centralia faces charges of obtaining money under false pretenses after county commissioners say his claimed treatment for a pauper patient was a fabrication.Centralia, WA
- Oct 24, 1891A Girl Is Dead, and Her 'Thompsonian' Healer Stands Charged AgainClara Linton died a few days ago; now her father has sworn out a second manslaughter complaint against the botanical practitioner who treated her, and Justice Rathbun's courtroom is packed for the hearing.Olympia, WA
- Oct 27, 1891The Blind Doctor’s Lethal PrescriptionDr. William Campbell, a blind pioneer and one of Olympia’s oldest residents, was charged with manslaughter after a 14-year-old epileptic girl died under his lobelia-and-capsicum treatment. A justice set bail at $2,000 and sent the case to the January superior court term.Olympia, WA
- Nov 27, 1891A Boy, a Boarding House, and Two Stolen Diamond RingsA missing quilt unravels into a ring theft, a confession behind jail bars, and a man bound over for the January court term.Olympia, WA
- Feb 24, 1892Women, Workers, and a $40,000 School BondOlympia prepared to vote on a new high school, with women at the polls and labor demanding that local hands build it.Olympia, WA
- Jun 20, 1894The Spanking That Became a Fugitive HuntAllen Weir says a child-discipline complaint in Olympia was magnified into a criminal manhunt — and he wants the public to hear his side.Olympia, WA