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| Year | Stories |
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| 1861 | 3 |
| 1862 | 2 |
| 1863 | 1 |
| 1864 | 1 |
| 1872 | 3 |
| 1876 | 5 |
| 1877 | 3 |
| 1878 | 6 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 1 |
| 1883 | 8 |
| 1884 | 5 |
| 1885 | 7 |
| 1886 | 3 |
| 1887 | 5 |
| 1888 | 4 |
| 1889 | 13 |
| 1891 | 9 |
| 1892 | 26 |
| 1893 | 12 |
| 1894 | 16 |
| 1895 | 9 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 1 |
| 1899 | 3 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1903 | 7 |
| 1904 | 13 |
| 1909 | 10 |
| 1914 | 2 |
| 1915 | 2 |
7 stories matching assail
- A Nighttime Scuffle in Palouse
An unexpected shooting between two strangers in a small Washington town turns into a case of mistaken identity.
- The Shadowy Assailant of Main Street
A prominent local real estate man is jumped by a stranger in a crowd of harvest hands, leaving the city wondering who turned to violence in the night.
- Brutal Robbery on the Northern Pacific Train
A young man narrowly escapes death after being beaten and pushed from a moving train during an attempted robbery near Kennewick.
- The Russian Settlement Brawl
A Christmas evening dispute between locals turns into a violent street encounter near Lincoln School.
- An Unidentified Tragedy on the Tracks
A well-dressed, unidentified man is found murdered near Auburn, leaving local authorities with few clues and a growing sense of alarm.
- A Child's Final Act of Mercy
A nine-year-old boy, dying from a pen-knife stab wound inflicted by a playmate, spends his final moments begging police to let his assailant go free.
- The Traveling Salesman Who Out-Wrestled a Footpad
When an armed robber tried to hold up a local salesman late at night, he found himself in a Greco-Roman wrestling match instead of an easy mugging.