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2 stories matching beat

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:beaten, beater, beatin, beaton, beatti, beatric

  1. The Constable Who Wouldn't Quit

    A Franklin constable survives a gunshot wound to the head and returns to the beat, only to find the man who escaped his custody.

    May 2, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFranklin, Black Diamond, King CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Brutal Reality of the Black Diamond Ring

    A quiet, illicit prize fight in a local hall ended with a forced surrender as seventy-five spectators watched a miner beat a man from Franklin.

    Apr 9, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBlack Diamond, King CountyNightlife

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