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214 stories matching stewart
- A Divorce Suit Reveals a Secret Life
A Seattle woman sues for divorce, alleging her husband is living a double life under an assumed name while employed by the city.
- Breach of Promise Suit Filed Over Lost Home
A local woman sues for damages after her suitor allegedly reneged on a marriage promise that included the security of a home.
- A Plea for Protection and Independence
After years of alleged abuse and instability, Lucy Stewart seeks a divorce and a restraining order against her husband.
- The Neighborhood Feud Over a Garden
A minor dispute over a neighbor's dog destroying a vegetable garden escalates into a court case involving a physical altercation.
- The Case of 'Doc' Stewart
A young man is headed to the county jail after an altercation in the streets of downtown Seattle.
- The Great Aberdeen Salary Grab
A contentious city council meeting devolves into public accusations of graft and infighting over municipal salaries.
- Legal Battle Over Wishkah River Timber Rights
A local man is held on charges of cutting timber on government land, setting the stage for a major legal test involving the Northern Pacific Railroad.
- The Wells-Fargo Frame-Up
A detective agency is caught attempting to bribe a driver to falsely implicate two men in a $2,000 express heist.
- The Tragedy of a 'Box Rustler' at the Standard Theater
After being abandoned by her partner and facing a string of personal losses, 18-year-old Lillian Stewart took her own life in a downtown hotel.
- Locked in the Slammer
A Seattle lawyer gets a rude awakening after being accidentally locked in the city jail while visiting his client.
- A Populist Outcry Against the 'Money Oligarchy'
Mining tycoon William M. Stewart denounces the economic misery of 1893, blaming the financial elites of New York for the nation's despair.
- Arson Trial Reveals a West Seattle Cover-Up
A grocery store owner on trial for burning his own shop admits to paying 'hush money' to witnesses after becoming 'confused and crushed' by his losses.
- The City Hall Bond Brawl
Aberdeen city officials trade barbs over reckless boom spending and the city’s mounting debt crisis.
- The Fugitive from Gadsden
A young man who killed a railroad yardmaster in Alabama over a dispute about coupling pins surrenders in Seattle after more than a year on the run.
- The Opium Smuggling Ring of Pike Street
A failed nurseryman and a former grocer are arrested in a desperate scheme to smuggle opium in Seattle, orchestrated by a local 'fast young man.'
- Street Robbery on Battery Street
A local attorney is knocked down and nearly robbed in the middle of the night, prompting a swift intervention by concerned citizens.
- The Four-Year-Old at the Heart of a Custody War
After a day of dueling accusations, Judge Humes rules that little Chester Stewart stays with his mother — and has a word for anyone who would take a child over bad language.
- The Timber Case 'Heralded from Here to Scotland' Ends in Nothing
Summoned before a federal grand jury for cutting timber on government land, James Stewart walks free — and a celebrated case quietly closes.
- The Pugilistic Excursion to the Sound
A staged prize fight on a remote island ends in a farce, leaving the crowd with nothing but a boat ride and a band concert.
- At 82, Peter Stewart Seeks Payment for Confiscated Lighthouse Land
After the government seized his land and improvements for a lighthouse in 1853, an 82-year-old pioneer finally seeks compensation from Congress.
- The Horse Thief the Jail Kept Letting Go
Released from the county jail days earlier, Frank Klinefelter walked into a South Commercial Street stable, rode off on a market driver's bald-faced roan — and no one intends to prosecute.
- The Price of Progress on Stewart Street
Forty property owners take the city to court over a doubled assessment for the grading of Stewart Street.
- Log Loader Killed on the Port Townsend Southern
A tragic workplace accident in Bucoda leaves a man dead as he attempts to unload heavy timber.
- The Abandoned Property on Stewart Street
A divorce filing in Seattle details a life of abuse and abandonment, as a woman fights for her home and the support of her children.
- The Passing of Frank Hartley Jones
Members of the bar and the local press mourn a fellow professional at his Stewart Street residence.