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31 stories matching extradit
- The Bank Wrecker’s Failed Empire
After swindling depositors to fund a coast-wide banking trust, H. St. John Dix faces ten years in the penitentiary.
- The Bank Wrecker’s Last Stand
Convicted financier St. John Dix vows to fight his imprisonment for the Whatcom bank looting scandal all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court.
- The Unlucky Look-Alike
A case of mistaken identity in a Seattle courtroom saw an innocent man nearly extradited for a Pennsylvania forgery because he looked exactly like his cousin.
- An Hour From Canada: The Kansas Fugitive Caught in a Bellingham Barber Shop
Frank Greenwood fled Kansas after a seduction charge, hoping to disappear into Washington and then British Columbia. A persistent Kansas detective tracked him to New Whatcom, where he was arrested in his brother’s barber shop—just an hour before he meant to be gone.
- Populists Told: Stay Off the Street Corners or Get Arrested
With a promised debate opponent a no-show, Seattle's Fourth Ward Populists argued among themselves about unity, the Pullman strike and whether corner speeches win votes or just fill the police blotter.
- Jailed on a Ten-Word Telegram: A New Arrival Fights an Arson Charge From Manitoba
Charles F. Ireland moved his wife and children to Puget Sound to start over. The morning after he landed, a Manitoba 'government detective' wired ten words, and he was locked up with 'convicted criminals of every hue.' He wants Seattle to hear his side.