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123 stories matching flight
- The Great Spokane Stock Forgery Escape
After allegedly forging a million shares in mining stock, a well-connected broker slips out of a sanitarium to evade arrest.
- A Violent Outbreak Near the Similkameen Bridge
A notorious local man sparks a manhunt after a stabbing and a brutal attack on a school teacher.
- The Whistle That Broke a Marriage: A Trainer’s Flight from His Own Scheme
When Alfred Nickella’s wife bought a police whistle to protect herself from his threats, the device backfired spectacularly, sending the horse trainer fleeing Seattle in haste.
- Billy Fife: Self-Taught Caricaturist of Frontier Seattle
A biography of Billy Fife, a sailor and self-taught caricaturist whose sharp wit and rare artistic skill captured Seattle's frontier life.
- The Night the City Tried to Eat Itself: A Confidence Man’s Flight Through the Woods
In May 1877, a swindler stole cash from a saloon, fought off a citizen, and fled into the Seattle wilderness—only to be caught by an officer hiding among ruins at dawn.
- The Gilded Union: A Chorus Girl and a Chinese Actor Defy Convention in Seattle's Chinatown
In a scandalous departure from social norms, Jessie Kitchie and Ah Bock exchanged vows in the opium-scented apartments of Jackson Alley, marking a rare public union across racial lines in 1889.
- The Doctor’s Disappearing Act
A Sacramento physician abandons his wife, fakes his departure for Oregon, and is tracked to a Seattle hotel by the Chief of Police.
- The Tragedy of a Boy on Mercer Island
A young runaway’s desperate flight leads to a dramatic intervention by the county sheriff.
- The City Mission's Winter Struggle
A basement mission in 1892 Seattle provides soup, shelter, and strict discipline for the city's growing population of out-of-work laborers.
- The Saloon Stoop Feud
A corner clothing shop proprietor scores a court victory against a neighboring basement saloon's attempt to wall off the sidewalk.
- The Bookkeeper Who Played Lawyer
A former insurance company clerk, accused of forgery, stunned the King County courtroom by ditching his defense counsel to argue his own case.
- The Sudden Flight of Ballard's Prominent Citizen
A local businessman flees to Chicago, leaving unfinished projects and a cryptic telegram behind, out of a sensitive fear of public scandal.
- The Great Train Escape
A federal prisoner leaps through a train window at 30 miles per hour while handcuffed, sparking a desperate manhunt in the woods near Pasco.
- Abandoned and Searching
A young German immigrant mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to survive in Seattle with her two small children.
- The 175-Pound Ghost That Fought Back
A skeptic grabbed a séance spirit, discovered a 175-pound man under the gauze, and touched off a fistfight in a Fremont parlor.
- A Lawyer's Desperate Flight
A prominent attorney vanishes, leaving behind a wake of financial ruin and betrayal.
- The Jailbreak of Port Angeles’ Fake Banker
After fleecing investors and local organizations, Benjamin F. Schwartz slips past his jailer to disappear into the night.
- The Desperate Flight of Charles E. Myers
Accused of a fatal arson in Asotin, a man is moved from jail to jail across the state to escape an angry lynch mob.
- The City Settles with Embezzler's Bondsmen
A complex financial deal ends the civil litigation over Adolph Krug’s flight from the City Treasurer’s office.
- The Treasury Betrayal
An editorial indictment of the city treasurer’s flight and the prosecutor’s leniency toward civic corruption.
- The Trial of a Fallen City Treasurer
A scathing editorial lambasts former City Treasurer Krug for his 'technical' defense after being caught embezzling public funds.
- Heroic Teacher Critically Burned at Rainier School
A beloved educator sustained severe injuries while attempting to prevent a lamp fire during school closing exercises.
- An 18-Year Pursuit Ends in an Ellensburg Jail
A fugitive who thought he had outrun his past is finally captured for an 1871 shooting in Los Angeles.
- The Disappearance of Hillman F. Jones
A former Justice of the Peace vanishes from Kitsap County following accusations of financial impropriety.
- Chief Moses’ Nephew Wanted: A Family Murder and a Reservation Manhunt
Jack Osakin, nephew of Chief Moses, is accused of killing his mother after earlier slaying his brother. The chief, grief-stricken, has ordered him shot on sight as authorities fear he may flee to Canada.