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3 stories matching morton
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:moreton, mort, moron, morti, moton, orton
- Fatal Crap Game at the Franklin Coal Mines
After an argument over a 75-cent pot, a dispute between miners at a company saloon ends in a shooting and a stabbing.
- A Mining Camp Too Rich to Believe at Bumping River
Two prospectors return with specimens from parallel ledges, one fifty feet wide, and assays up to $100 in gold.
- A Heartbroken Search for a Stolen Boy
A Seattle man heads to Denver to rescue his adopted son, kidnapped from a Yesler Avenue home.