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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 2 |
| 1910 | 2 |
4 stories
- The Banker Who Vanished: A $300,000 Collapse Comes Home to Bellingham
After fleeing two days before his bank failed, H. J. Weltry promises to return, plead guilty, and help untangle the wreckage of the Home Securities Bank.
- A Revolver in the Baker Hotel Lobby
Bert Taylor shoots at the man he calls his sister’s betrayer in a crowded Bellingham hotel; a jury convicts him of simple assault, not attempted murder.
- A $125 Doctorate: Bellingham's Normal School Principal on Trial
Sixteen charges — misapplied funds, incompetence and a mail-order Ph.D. — land the best-known educator in the Northwest before a governor-ordered hearing.
- The Bellingham Bank President Vanished — and Left $10,000 Missing Behind Him
A warrant is out for H. J. Welty, ex-president of the Home Security Savings Bank, closed by the State Examiner on March 31. He is charged with embezzling $10,000 back in June 1907, and has been missing for months.