Sadie Brantner
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- Feb 20, 1889The Judge’s Double Life: Seduction, Abortion, and the Cover-Up That Shook TacomaIn 1889, a young canvasser named Sadie Brantner took the stand to accuse Pierce County Probate Judge James Wickersham of luring her into a trap in Seattle, forcing an illegal abortion, and paying her off to silence. The trial revealed a web of deceit involving fake names, land fraud, and medical conspiracies.Seattle, WA
- Feb 22, 1889The Trial of Judge Wickersham: A Tacoma Scandal Over Land, Lies, and 'Delirium'In February 1889, the trial of a powerful federal judge in Tacoma exposed a web of political corruption, land fraud, and sexual scandal involving a young woman named Sadie Brantner.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 24, 1889The Trial That Shook Tacoma: The Scandal of Sadie Brantner and Judge WickershamA dramatic courtroom battle in the late 1880s reveals a web of sexual politics, professional ethics, and character assassination involving a prominent probate judge and a young woman accused of immorality.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 26, 1889The Wig and the Wire: How a Tacoma Newspaper Owner Tried to Destroy a JudgeIn the sensational Wickersham trial of 1889, prosecutor R.P. Radebaugh’s own past and his alleged conspiracy to frame Judge Wickersham for 'immorality' were laid bare in court.Tacoma, WA
- Feb 27, 1889The Judge Who Was Both Defendant and AccusedIn a stunning legal double-header, Judge Wickersham is convicted of seduction in one court, then immediately indicted for perjury by the federal grand jury in the very same day.Seattle, WA
- May 3, 1889The Detective’s Trap: A High-Stakes Kidnapping and Coercion Plot in 1889 SeattleA young woman, under legal guardianship after a landmark trial, is lured into a carriage by a female imposter and delivered into the hands of a desperate man wielding a pistol.Seattle, WA