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- A Bloody Political Dispute in a South Third Street Saloon
Partisanship and liquor lead to a brutal knifing after two men argue over their respective roles in local conventions.
- The Unidentified Logger of Thirty-Ninth
A man found gravely injured on an embankment dies before he can reveal his name.
- The Silent Fisherman of West Point
A fisherman is discovered dead in his boat near the lighthouse after a freak accident.
- The Discovery of an Abandoned Infant
A tragic mystery unfolds in Ellensburg as a newborn's remains are found in a discarded valise.
- Unidentified Man Found Slain Near Seattle
A young immigrant worker is found brutally murdered in the woods, highlighting the dangers facing newcomers in the rugged economy of 1880s Washington.
- Tragedy at the Puyallup Indian School
A young student is killed in a firearm accident during a gathering on the reservation.
- Holiday Violence Flares on Jackson Street
Two separate cutting incidents in the early hours of Christmas morning left two men severely wounded, as police hunt for a missing suspect.
- The Overachieving Schoolgirl of 1888
A reporter interviews a fourteen-year-old girl struggling under the crushing weight of an hyper-academic curriculum.
- Tragedy in Two Acts on the Cowlitz
A young man's accidental death in the woods is followed by the complete destruction of his family's home by fire, leaving the mourning parents with nothing.
- A Deadly Surprise at North Bend
A box of dynamite detonators exploded at a local tent, leaving a woman critically injured by metal shrapnel.
- Suspicious Death of Indigenous Woman Near Charleston
An Indian woman was found dead in a canoe after an evening of drinking; local authorities noted a suspicious head wound.
- The Redemption of a Drunkard
A harrowing night of domestic violence and neglect ends a decade later in an unexpected act of grace.
- The Solitary Tragedy of Maple Valley
A lonely squatter, once neighborly, ends his life in a wretched cabin while local settlers eye his unclaimed homestead.
- A Schoolteacher Vanishes Between Fargo and Puget Sound
A letter to Washington's school superintendent asks after Minnie Cooper, last heard from in Tacoma and bound for a country school west of the city.
- The Tragedy at Port Angeles
A government signal officer takes his own life on the morning his divorce case was scheduled to be heard.
- Miners Trapped in Newcastle Cave-In
Two workers survived a terrifying collapse in the Coal Creek mine after being pinned under four feet of rock and coal for ninety minutes.
- The Garrison Creek Brawl
A horse trade gone wrong ended in a violent, multi-generational melee that left an entire family bloodied in court.
- Blood on the Rails Near Thorpe
A railroad conductor was nearly killed by an impudent waiter on an eastbound train, leading to a tense standoff and a dramatic shooting.
- A Sailor's $27,000 Lawsuit Against a Brutal Captain
Emil Grundstrom says he was beaten, starved, and crippled aboard the ship Willie Rosenfeld—now he's taking the captain and owners to court.
- A Mystery in the Garden Tracts
A Kennewick man is found critically wounded in his home garden, leaving police to speculate on a stray bullet from a nearby orchard.
- Tragedy at Falling Springs
A domestic terror incident near Pomeroy ends in the perpetrator's suicide.
- The Tribune Editor and the Colonel: A Duel of Paper and Fists
A simmering political grudge in 1878 Seattle boiled over into a public brawl on the street after an editor criticized a local Colonel in print.
- A Lonely Death on the Way to the Hospital
An unidentified man, likely a former builder suffering from dropsy, dies in the arms of a jailer while being transported to Providence Hospital.
- Tragedy at the Ballard Mill
A routine day of labor on the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern railroad turns fatal when a worker is struck by a rolling log.
- New Year's Eve Terror at the Brunswick
A head cook is struck down by an unknown assailant in a downtown lodging house, sparking a city-wide investigation and an arrest of a desperate, unemployed plasterer.