MacDougall & Southwick Company
Named in 7 stories. Back to all names
- May 5, 1893The Disappearance of Miss Nellie HolgateA young clerk vanishes during a rowing trip on Lake Washington, leaving behind her boat, a bonnet, and a sinister trail of missing pearl buttons.Madrona Park, Seattle, WA
- May 14, 1893The Patent-Leather FugitiveA suspected post-office burglar was tracked from Seattle to the Grays Harbor woods, only to be found asleep in millworker's clothes—and incongruous footwear.Seattle, WA
- Jun 1, 1893The Unsolved Disappearance of Nellie HolgateAfter a saleswoman vanished from Lake Washington, a web of suspicious rewards, unidentified buttons, and mysterious boat trips left the city wondering if she had been killed or simply fled.Madison Park, Seattle, WA
- Jun 4, 1893Nellie Holgate’s Account Arrives Postmarked From NebraskaAfter vanishing during a rowing trip to Madison Park, a Seattle woman reappears with a fantastical story of abduction by a mule-driving 'Italian' in the woods.Madison Park, Seattle, WA
- Jun 21, 1893The Persistent Mailbox Bandit of the Pacific CoastMortimer Fox, a serial forger and letter-box thief, faces three years at hard labor after his final spree targeting Seattle businesses.Front Street, Seattle, WA
- May 17, 1894The Inside Job at MacDougall & SouthwickA trusted department manager is arrested after he is caught pocketing cash from a customer sale.Seattle, WA
- Apr 30, 1895The Imaginary Mine of Seattle's Would-Be Count of Monte CristoA charming elderly German claimed a Mexican mine, a California ranch and a German inheritance—then paid for gifts with checks no Seattle bank would honor.Seattle, WA