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8 stories matching scrupl
- The Unchecked Crime Wave in Blackchapel
A criminal gang operating in broad daylight in Seattle's south end finds total immunity while the police ignore victim reports.
- Democratic infighting over the deputy collector
A power struggle in the local Democratic party leaves the deputy collector post in limbo amid accusations of gambling and political debt.
- The Test of Conscience for Seattle’s Citizen Militia
Company E implements a rigorous questionnaire for recruits, aiming to filter out labor unionists and drinkers in an era of intense industrial unrest.
- The Art of the Townsite Swindle
A cynical promoter explains to a traveler exactly how to manufacture a fake city out of thin air and poor land to bait unsuspecting investors.
- The Almshouse Grand Jury Faces a Conflict of Interest
Jurors with business ties to the contractor under investigation are allowed to remain on the case after an unusual courtroom scene.
- An Interracial Marriage Scandal in Whatcom
A young man files for divorce, alleging his wealthy widow wife treated him as a menial servant and schemed to discard him for a new husband.
- A Packed House Watches a Dying Cardinal Bring Down the Curse of Rome
Touring tragedian Keene fills the Olympia Theater with Bulwer's 'Richelieu' — and promises Shakespeare's Richard III for tonight, with 'but a few seats left.'
- He Loved Her Too Much to Marry Her
Adam Gehm, a Bavarian logger working in Carbonado, shot himself in a Seattle lodging house after confessing to a friend that illness left him unable to provide for the woman he loved. He had tried once before.