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1. A Saloon Brawl Turns Deadly in Zillah

   A bartender kills a man behind his bar after a confrontation over who was in charge of the establishment.

   Oct 9, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerZillah, Yakima CountyTrue Crime

2. A Merchant's Defiance in Olympia

   A Chinese merchant addresses accusations of smuggling, asserting his identity as a successful, law-abiding American pioneer.

   Oct 9, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerOlympia, Thurston CountyExclusion & Resistance

3. The Toll Road Gunman of Snoqualmie Pass

   A mysterious defender emerges for the man who tried to charge immigrants with a shotgun.

   Oct 9, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCle Elum, Kittitas CountyFollow the Money · True Crime

4. 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.

   Oct 10, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPike Street, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

5. The Ballard Sewer Standoff

   A local contractor and city engineer lock horns in a heated public council meeting over the technicalities of neighborhood infrastructure.

   Oct 12, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBallard Avenue, Seattle, King CountyCity Hall

6. The Price of 'The Reform Administration'

   A juror protests the Seattle municipal court's practice of fining sex workers as a de facto monthly licensing scheme.

   Oct 16, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

7. The Courtroom Scream

   A witness in a railroad injury trial lets out a blood-curdling set of shrieks from a locked room, sending the entire Federal Court into a panic.

   Oct 17, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFederal Court, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

8. The Trial of a Man Known Only as a 'Pimp'

   A Seattle lawyer challenges a city ordinance that allows for arrests based on reputation rather than criminal acts.

   Oct 18, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

9. The Great Steamboat Swindle

   A small-time owner was left high and dry after smooth-talking confidence men vanished with his launch to Victoria.

   Oct 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

10. Seattle's First Real Street Paving

    A specimen half-block is laid on Commercial Street as a test to end the era of plank roads and mud.

    Oct 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyBoom & Bust · Gone Forever

11. A Trans-Pacific Reunion

    After decades apart, a father and daughter separated by the globe reconnect on a Seattle street.

    Oct 22, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

12. The Wild-Goose Chase to the 'Review'

    A cruel prank lures the coroner and police to a notorious house of ill-repute, only to find the 'victim' alive and well.

    Oct 23, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyNightlife

13. The Bold Horse Thief of Kent

    A brazen stranger makes off with a horse from a dance hall, leading authorities on a chase toward the British boundary.

    Oct 23, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSouth 3rd Avenue, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

14. A Deadly Surprise at North Bend

    A box of dynamite detonators exploded at a local tent, leaving a woman critically injured by metal shrapnel.

    Oct 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerNorth Bend, King CountyDisasters

15. The Hop-Picker’s Trial

    A jury acquits a young laborer following a violent camp dispute that exposed the raw realities of life in the hop fields.

    Oct 25, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWhite River, Auburn, King CountyWork & Pay · True Crime

16. The Price of a Scandalous Dinner

    When the Liberal Club stopped holding dinners at the Tacoma Hotel, the local Ledger newspaper turned its editorial page into a weapon.

    Oct 26, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma Hotel, Tacoma, Pierce CountyScandal

17. The Opium Dream of Lee Fook Bow

    After surviving a suicide attempt on a train, a Chinese man is convinced he has died, visited heaven, and been reborn as a different man.

    Oct 28, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

18. The Pacific Coast’s First Chivalric Tournament

    Seattle society adopts the traditions of the antebellum South with a grand equestrian event at Madison Park.

    Oct 29, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMadison Park, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

19. The San Mateo Blown Apart in Semiahmoo Bay

    A coal-hauling steamer is rendered a floating wreck by a sudden gas explosion, leaving the crew battered but alive.

    Oct 31, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSemiahmoo Bay, Blaine, Whatcom CountyWork & Pay · Disasters

20. The Mystery of the Capsized Sloop Martha

    A maritime mystery unfolds near Marrowstone Point after the steamer George E. Starr discovers an abandoned, overturned vessel.

    Nov 1, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerFort Townsend, Port Townsend, Jefferson CountyDisasters

21. The Criminalization of Unemployment

    A Seattle candy maker, down on his luck during hard times, faces repeated arrest for the 'crime' of being unable to find work.

    Nov 3, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

22. The Stingy Grocer of South Seattle

    A local real estate agent’s wife files for divorce, detailing a marriage defined by her husband’s bizarre and extreme parsimony.

    Nov 3, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

23. The Geary Act in Port Angeles

    A customs inspector initiates a crackdown under the Chinese Exclusion-era registration laws.

    Nov 5, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyExclusion & Resistance

24. The Minor Land Grabbers of Port Angeles

    Federal authorities rule that underage settlers may claim townsite lots, sparking a unique legal experiment.

    Nov 8, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyFollow the Money

25. The Tragedy of a 'Model' Citizen

    A wealthy man's obsession with his wife's supposed infidelity leads to a dramatic, morphine-fueled insanity trial.

    Nov 10, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend, Jefferson CountyScandal

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