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10 stories matching packag
- The Mystery of the Vanishing Gold
A government shipment of gold disappears between Seattle and Port Townsend, leaving investigators baffled by a tampered seal.
- The Cigar-Box Bomb That Came in the Mail for Gertie Spicer
A Washington woman suspected a prank, set the package on the sidewalk and opened it with a stick—just before it exploded and shook the buildings.
- The Senator Who Wanted to Cut Off Every Chinese Man's Queue — and Jail Him
After Chinese cooks boycotted his Tacoma spice business, a state senator proposed fining and jailing any Chinese man who wore a queue, with state agents sent out to shear them.
- The Express Company Accused Him of Stealing $3,000—Now He Wants $10,000
Charles Squires says Northern Pacific Express officials locked him in a hotel room, threatened arrest, and fired him over a missing gold sack without ever charging him.
- A Skeleton, a Revolver, and $10.70: The Trailside Mystery No One Could Name
A hunter in Wahkiakum County found a well-dressed man's remains beside a five-shot revolver—an apparent suicide that had lain undiscovered for perhaps eighteen months.
- A Dog Led Seattle to a Dead Newborn—and a Woman in Black
A sugar-sack bundle hidden at Squire Avenue and Barclay Street held a newborn with a crushed skull; the mother vanished into the night.
- The Vanishing Husband and the Ticket to Honolulu
A Seattle wife says her husband's disappearance was a plot to lure her across the Pacific — and out of divorce court.
- The Canal Fund Was Almost Full—and St. Louis Was Waiting
Seattle waterway boosters needed $50,000 to start contract No. 3. With a deadline looming, Eugene Semple promised the money in three or four days.
- A Vashon Island Farmer Stumbles on 80 Pounds of Smuggled Opium
A boy’s shout over a “funny box” on the beach leads customs inspectors to a sloop and an Italian sailor accused of running opium from British Columbia.
- He Burned Every Paper He Owned, Then Kept a Promise to Himself
One day after the Northern Pacific pushed its general manager out, the man who built the Sunnyside Canal methodically destroyed his records, mailed a letter to an actress, and shot himself — as he had long said a man had a perfect right to do.