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19 stories matching loui
- The Lonely Death of a Local Restaurateur
Louis Marri, owner of the Maison Riche, was found dead in his room after expressing despair over his failing business.
- The Tragic End of a Restaurant Proprietor
Louis Marri, owner of the struggling Maison Riche, was found dead of a morphine overdose, leaving behind a legacy of business failure and despair.
- The Jesuits Build a College on Broadway
In 1894, Seattle's Jesuit fathers secured a block at Broadway and Madison for a new church and school, brought in two priests from St. Louis, and set fall classes for September 4.
- Henry George’s Disciple Draws a Crowd in Seattle
Louis F. Post, a leading advocate for the single-tax movement, captivated a Seattle audience with a lecture on land value and tax reform.
- The Unlucky Suicide
A farmhand attempts to take his own life twice, only to find himself frustrated by his own survival and a change of heart.
- Bank Records Lifted the Shadow of Murder From Louis Kiendl
A Seattle suspect in the killing of a mother and her baby traced the $200 found in his trunk to savings accounts in California.
- The Passing of a Wishkah River Pioneer
A local settler who carved a life out of the river valley dies at sixty.
- A Gambler's Murder, and the Widow in the Web
North Yakima detectives arrest five alleged accessories and a suspected triggerman in the killing of 'Tex' Bagwell, with a confession said to be in hand.
- Brutal Robbery at the Chicago Restaurant
A local restaurant owner was found unconscious and severely beaten after a targeted assault in his own home.
- The Shell Game at Myers Cannery
Two women are swindled out of $300 by a gang of con artists near the Myers Cannery, leading to a police hunt for the perpetrators of this classic 'gold brick' scam.
- Two Trains Met at McMillan Station. A Jury Blamed One Man at a Telegraph Key.
A coal train and a shingle train collided on the Northern Pacific near McMillan, killing trainman Louis Harmon. The coroner's jury ruled the death criminal negligence — charged not to the railroad's schedules, but to dispatcher F. S. Rawlins, who had been running a post-strike backlog.
- A Dispatcher's 'Lap Order' Sent Two Freight Trains Head-On Near Orting
A single mistake on a foggy single-track line killed engineer Louis U. Harmon and critically injured fireman Edward F. Martin—and left the dispatcher waiting helplessly for the crash.
- A South Bend Mill Assigned Itself to Creditors, Then Burned to the Ground That Night
The Willapa Cedar Lumber Company signed its assets over to creditors at 4:55 p.m. By 11 that nightthe shingle mill and dry house were in flames, five car loads of shingles lost and $12,000 gone up in smoke.
- Seattle's Amateur Athletes Rally for the Franklin Miners
Mandolins, wrestling, slackwire and buck dancing packed the Seattle Theater to raise relief money for the families of the Franklin mine disaster — pushing the fund toward $2,000.
- The Hammer in the Kitchen
A killer waited until the men left for a labor-hall meeting, then entered a Seattle house, beat Mrs. Miller and her baby to death, looted a valise, and set the place ablaze.
- The Tacoma Strike, Undone and Redone in a Single Day
Northern Pacific tries to declare victory, but firemen, switchmen and engineers vote to stay out—while Debs wires that the fight is still solid.
- A Mountain of Coffins: Franklin Buries Its Miners
After a mine fire killed 37 men, the coal town of Franklin held a day of funerals—five graves at Black Diamond, three Italian miners on a hillside, and widows whose grief doctors feared would kill them.
- The 'Gold Brick' King: How a Master Con Man Sold Copper to a Banker
A too-trusting Aberdeen banker, a man disguised as an Indian, and a forged letter from the San Francisco mint—the Seattle trial of the notorious swindler 'Rebel George' Knowlton.
- The Circular of Rumors That Landed a Minister in Court
A four-hour Seattle libel hearing ends with Rev. M. H. Nichols bound over after he admits his charges against Rev. Dr. T. E. Ford were built on hearsay.