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- May 26, 1889The Confidence Man of Madison StreetA charismatic stranger built a house in Seattle, charmed local investors, and pulled off a sophisticated bank fraud that left the city stunned.Madison Street, Seattle, WA
- Jun 11, 1889The Rebirth of a Burned CityFollowing the Great Seattle Fire of 1889, the city pivots from disaster to rapid reconstruction, grappling with housing, labor, and the challenge of rebuilding a metropolis from ashes.Seattle, WA
- Jul 1, 1893Judge Strikes Down Tax on National BanksA landmark injunction prevents King County from collecting discriminatory taxes from the city's national banks.Seattle, WA
- Jan 5, 1894The Seattle Bazaar Bankruptcy ScandalBank sues Samuel Levy, alleging the Seattle Bazaar’s closure and stock seizures were a scheme to defraud creditors.Seattle, WA
- Jan 6, 1895The Denny Family's Streetcar Empire Comes DueA tangle of promissory notes, pledged railway stocks and bonds lands D. T. Denny and his sons in superior court, with a judgment looming over Seattle's early car lines.Superior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle, WA
- Jan 13, 1895The Man Who Robbed Seattle's Fire Relief Fund Walked Out of Prison on FridayFive years after the great fire of 1889 turned Seattle to ash, the secretary trusted to hand out relief money — an inspector who forged checks to invented men — finished his sentence and went free, his full take never known.Seattle, WA
- Mar 25, 1899The Hot Linseed Poultice: A Seattle Marriage Ends in Burns and BankruptcyWhen Mrs. Water’s anger boiled over, she didn’t just yell—she slapped a steaming poultice of linseed mush onto her husband’s head. The Superior Court had to decide if this was cruelty or just a bad day.Seattle, WA
- Aug 18, 1899The Seattle Shakedown: A Klondiker’s Lost FortuneFresh from the gold fields, a miner’s life savings vanish in an instant at a local hotel, exposing a web of downtown con men.Seattle, WA
- Jan 6, 1904The Senatorial Machine of Seattle’s Banking KingPowerful banker Jacob Furth, whose corporations control Seattle’s streetcars and credit, is positioned to dominate the race for the U.S. Senate through money and influence.Seattle, WA