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2 stories matching rat

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:rata, rate, rath, ratz, ratch, ratif

  1. A Body in the Ashes at Rolling Bay

    An eyewitness to the coroner's inquest corrects the Post-Intelligencer's lurid account of a bullet-scarred, half-burned corpse found in a shack on Bainbridge Island — and lays out his own theory of an unsolved Kitsap County killing.

    Jan 15, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerRolling Bay, Bainbridge Island, Kitsap CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Hanging Party That Wasn't: Puget Sound's First Murder Arrest

    A retired sailor recalls the day a ship's crew nearly lynched a stevedore at Port Blakely—and the strange reunion that followed years later.

    Apr 22, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBainbridge Island, Kitsap CountyWork & Pay · True Crime

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