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6 stories matching fiddl

  1. The Wandering Minstrel of Puget Sound

    A profile of an itinerant street performer and songwriter, known as 'Fiddler Williams,' who became a familiar, if beleaguered, fixture of late 19th-century Washington city life.

    Jan 2, 1891The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends

  2. The Child Who Danced for Pennies

    A twelve-year-old runaway is arrested in a Seattle saloon while performing a wing dance to escape his father's abusive vaudeville routines.

    Jan 13, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerJackson Street, Seattle, King CountyNightlife

  3. The River's Mystery

    A young businesswoman visiting her family in Aberdeen vanishes while rowing alone on the Wishkah River, sparking a frantic and desperate search.

    May 26, 1892Aberdeen HeraldAberdeen, Grays Harbor CountyTrue Crime

  4. The Officer, the Wife, and the Bouquet: A Seattle Courtroom Melodrama

    John Brown gets thirty days for disorderly conduct, but he blames a handsome policeman for stealing his wife—who arrives in court with flowers and a secret for the judge.

    Jul 24, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

  5. Too Many Lawyers, One Accused Man

    A convicted man’s defense became a fight among attorneys, a wealthy widow’s charity and an accusation aimed at Seattle’s police chief.

    Jan 6, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  6. A Polish Rancher in Muddy Boots Sits Down at the Piano and Steals the Show

    Two hundred people in fancy dress fill the Olympia Theater to raise $83.75 for a Sherman Valley schoolhouse — with the lieutenant governor on fiddle, the mayor managing, and the sage of the valley in blue overalls at the keyboard.

    Feb 25, 1892The Olympia TribuneOlympia Theater, Olympia

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