Research the archive
Narrow 27,002 newspaper stories by words, years, place, newspaper and subject. See when and where they ran, then download what you find.
Put a phrase in quotes ("rent strike") or leave a word out with a minus (strike -baseball). Old scans misspell names, so when little is found, near-spellings are offered.
Refine1 on
Show the numbers
| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 1 |
| 1876 | 7 |
| 1877 | 4 |
| 1878 | 1 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 8 |
| 1885 | 3 |
| 1886 | 2 |
| 1887 | 7 |
| 1888 | 2 |
| 1889 | 12 |
| 1890 | 1 |
| 1891 | 12 |
| 1892 | 33 |
| 1893 | 38 |
| 1894 | 29 |
| 1895 | 24 |
| 1899 | 7 |
| 1900 | 1 |
| 1903 | 14 |
| 1904 | 21 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 1 |
| 1909 | 17 |
| 1911 | 1 |
| 1914 | 3 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 5 |
| 1917 | 2 |
7 stories matching burglar
- Burglar Nabbed After Jewelry Store Heist
A bold thief who robbed a jewelry store of $400 in goods was apprehended in Seattle after a sharp-eyed witness spotted him breaking the glass.
- The Mayor’s Peaches and the City’s Panic: A Night of Burglary in Pioneer Square
Burglars break into Mayor Gattert’s home on Third Street, fleeing with nothing but a can of peaches, while public outrage over crime reaches a fever pitch.
- The Man Who Slept in a Law Office Window
A destitute former resident of Chimacum is found crawling into a Seattle law office window, claiming he has nowhere else to go.
- The Audacity of the Midnight Knife: A Burglary Attempt on Fourth Avenue
Two men risked everything to crack a store's back door in the dead of night, only to be thwarted by a vigilant clerk and the sound of sawing.
- The Night the Burglar Met a Bullet: A Seattle Homeowner’s Close Call
In October 1876, Mr. Morehouse of First Street didn't just call the police—he fired back at a window-breaker, sending the thief fleeing with a bullet in his coat.
- The Paradise of Thieves: Seattle’s 1876 Corruption Crisis
When the Territorial Legislature legalized gambling to fund a mountain road, Seattle residents warned that the city was becoming a lawless playground for criminals.
- Old Yank, the Sequim Inventor Who Rigged His Counter to Sting Thieves
A correspondent visits Professor Watkins of Sequim Prairie, an eccentric mechanic whose inventions ranged from a needle-spring burglar trap to a wooden mowing machine and a windmill made to grind the prairie's wheat.