Mayer
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- Mar 23, 1883The Disappearing Clerk of Commercial StreetA dry goods clerk accused of larceny abandons his bond and flees to Port Townsend under an assumed name.1st Avenue, Seattle, WA
- Dec 5, 1886The Great Seattle Theater Con: A Swindler’s ExitA smooth-talking promoter claiming to represent an opera company flees Seattle under the cover of night, leaving behind a baffled police guard and a nearly empty safe.Theater district, Seattle, WA
- Sep 8, 1894Midnight in the New York Block: A Creditor Catches a Stock ShuffleWilliam Harris watched from an alley as goods were moved between Rumpf's and Mayer's stores, then helped attach the stock before dawn.Seattle, WA
- Jan 4, 1895The Ballot Box Was Too Full in FranklinPopulists brought witnesses to court to show that votes in Franklin precinct were pushed, shaken and crammed into an overflowing box—irregularity, they argued, even if not outright fraud.Seattle, WA
- Oct 7, 1909Unsafe at Any Depth: Detillion Bridge Condemned, Emergency Contract LetA joint inspection finds the Spokane River crossing beyond repair, forcing Stevens and Lincoln counties to rescind a contract and fast-track a replacement.Davenport, WA