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  1. Five Masked Men, a $50,000 Payroll, and a Train Robbery That Fell Apart

    A planned holdup of the Northern Pacific's No. 2 near Cle Elum unraveled when the train stopped 500 feet too far ahead, leaving two would-be robbers to run straight into a waiting posse.

    Apr 28, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCle Elum, Kittitas CountyTrue Crime

  2. A Spyglass in the Cascades: How a Ten-Man Tacoma Posse Foiled a Northern Pacific Train Robbery

    An informer, three weeks of hiding in the mountains, and a masked gang waiting on the tracks near Cle Elum — the trap was set for Friday night and it worked.

    Apr 29, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCle Elum, Kittitas CountyTrue Crime

  3. Vigilante Justice in Cle Elum

    Citizens in Cle Elum adopt a brutal method of 'dealing with obstreperous hobos' using whips.

    Sep 19, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCle Elum, Kittitas CountyStrange But True

  4. The Kittitas Range War

    Armed settlers and their wives confront a canal company to defend their family farms from state-sanctioned land seizure.

    Jan 4, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCle Elum, Kittitas CountyFollow the Money

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