Mr. Davis
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- May 20, 1876The River That Swallowed a Steamboat: A Brave Attempt to Reach Snohomish FallsTwenty-five passengers and tons of freight battled the treacherous Snoqualmie River on the steamer *Columbia*, only to be stopped by a massive landslide just miles from their destination.Snohomish, WA
- Aug 14, 1883The Roadmaster's Gold Watch and the Mail Robber Who Came Back for MoreSamuel Henry of the N.P.R.R. woke to find his watch gone and assumed it was a joke. A Tacoma marshal followed a hunch to a young man fresh out of the penitentiary — who confessed, sold the watch on Pacific Avenue, and then disappeared.Pacific Avenue, Tacoma, WA
- Jan 10, 1885The Con Artist of the Y.M.C.A.A smooth-talking grifter exploited the goodwill of Seattle churchgoers by playing on his 'sick wife's' needs, until an umbrella heist landed him in the city jail.Y.M.C.A., Seattle, WA
- May 3, 1885The Preacher Who Turned Court Into a Prayer MeetingA local street preacher, arrested for his public fervor, turns the tables on the magistrate by forcing a courtroom to its knees.Seattle, WA
- Oct 20, 1891The School Law That Existed Only in the Enrolled BillA $3,700 school-fund dispute in Spokane exposed a legislative clerk's error—and left Washington's superintendent asking whether the enrolled bill or the journals were law.Olympia, WA
- Nov 17, 1892The 'Cigarette Fiend' of Port AngelesA desperate machinist attempts suicide, citing a struggle to overcome a tobacco habit that led to severe insomnia and mental decline.Port Angeles, WA
- May 30, 1899The Branding of a Child in a Seattle Blacksmith ShopA young boy, terrorized and silent, comes home with a 'fiery red' brand scorched into his body, allegedly by three men at a local forge.Seattle, WA