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| Year | Stories |
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| 1854 | 1 |
| 1858 | 4 |
| 1859 | 1 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 8 |
| 1862 | 8 |
| 1863 | 4 |
| 1865 | 1 |
| 1872 | 16 |
| 1876 | 14 |
| 1877 | 17 |
| 1878 | 11 |
| 1880 | 5 |
| 1882 | 6 |
| 1883 | 24 |
| 1884 | 24 |
| 1885 | 27 |
| 1886 | 21 |
| 1887 | 16 |
| 1888 | 22 |
| 1889 | 40 |
| 1890 | 9 |
| 1891 | 58 |
| 1892 | 192 |
| 1893 | 168 |
| 1894 | 199 |
| 1895 | 120 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 5 |
| 1899 | 18 |
| 1900 | 7 |
| 1902 | 3 |
| 1903 | 69 |
| 1904 | 62 |
| 1908 | 6 |
| 1909 | 54 |
| 1910 | 19 |
| 1911 | 12 |
| 1912 | 2 |
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| 1918 | 5 |
| 1923 | 6 |
| 1924 | 1 |
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| 1928 | 2 |
7 stories matching accus
- A Judicial Feud Erupts in Whitman County
A former prosecutor and a sitting judge trade public accusations of deceit, perjury, and misconduct involving a prisoner and a local jail scandal.
- The Town Split Over a Whipping
A confrontation between a resident and a school teacher leads to a public trial and community division.
- Quarantined and Cold
A citizen accuses county authorities of abandoning families to suffer in the winter cold during a smallpox outbreak.
- Political Backroom Dealing in Spokane
Populist and Democratic party leaders meet in Spokane to orchestrate a fusion ticket, sidelining grassroots party members.
- The Judge and the Skunk Hole
A local editor alleges that a Whitman County judge engaged in witness tampering, perjury, and attempted kidnapping to secure testimony in a personal vendetta.
- The 'Astonishing Weakness' of the Whitman Democratic Ticket
A scathing critique of local party nomination tactics, accusing the Democrats of poaching 'turncoats' and rejected candidates.
- The Judge on Trial
A defendant accuses a Whitman County judge of coercion, bribery, and witness tampering in a desperate bid to clear his name.