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207 stories matching raid
- The Midnight Raid at the Fourth Avenue 'Rooming House'
When local authorities descended on a house on Fourth Avenue, they found four women they deemed 'disorderly'—a snapshot of 19th-century policing of women's lives in Seattle.
- The Horseshoe Saloon’s Midnight Raid
Police bust a gambling den on Yesler Avenue, only for the owners to reopen before the morning shift.
- The Gambling Den Raid
After the Post-Intelligencer exposes the police department's cozy relationship with local gambling halls, authorities are forced to act.
- Police Raid a Pioneer Square Poker Game
Officers break up a high-stakes poker game at the New Zealand House, arresting the 'cappers' and seizing evidence.
- The Prohibition Crackdown on the Yakima Cafe
Following a quiet investigation, police raid a local eatery and seize over sixty pints of illicit alcohol.
- The Crap Game Hidden Behind a Punching Bag
Police raid a basement gambling den run by Pop Daly that attempted to masquerade as an athletic gym.
- A Police Raid on the Iroquois Club
Detectives break up a poker game at the Iroquois clubrooms, highlighting ongoing tensions between gambling houses and city law enforcement.
- The Midnight Raid on Seattle's Gambling Halls
A surprise police sweep through Seattle's gaming dens sends hundreds of players scrambling into the rainy streets, leaving gambling tools and jail cells in their wake.
- Police Chief Declares War on Women
A sweeping raid by Tacoma's Chief of Police forcibly targets Black women, marking the start of a local purge.
- Gambling Dens Raided After Backroom Deal Goes Public
Mayor Ronald's 'reform administration' is forced to shut down four gambling houses after a secret protection scheme becomes a public scandal.
- The Desperate Final Days of an 'Opium Den' Raided in Seattle
A police raid on a Grant Street boarding house exposes a web of illicit activity, homelessness, and the grim reality of life in the city's fringes in 1890.
- Camp Murray Soldiers Arrested for Refreshment Raid
A group of guardsmen, frustrated by poor rations, caused a late-night commotion by raiding a local fruit stall, leading to mass arrests and a disciplinary crack-down.
- Baseball Magnates Raided in Saloon
Chicago White Sox owner Charles Comiskey and other baseball officials swept up in an early-morning police raid on a Seattle saloon.
- Vigilantes Raid Chinese Miners in Black Diamond
A mob of armed, masked men forces Chinese laborers to flee their camp, marking a sharp escalation in regional anti-Chinese hostility.
- The Hotel Opium Haul
A mysterious guest leaves behind two massive trunks at a Tacoma hotel, only for customs officials to raid the room and uncover hundreds of pounds of contraband.
- The Skagit Cougar’s Poisoned Last Meal
A bold mountain lion terrorized a Sedro farmstead, but an ingenious local farmer ensured it was the predator’s final raid.
- Police Raid Opium Den; Suspect Leaps from Hotel Window
Alfred Dupre broke his leg and suffered internal injuries after jumping from a second-story window at the Pacific Hotel during a police raid on an alleged opium joint; two women were also arrested.
- The Theater Owner's Vicious Reckoning
After a gambling raid, a theater owner allegedly beat his accuser within the walls of his own business.
- Chief Butterfield's Night Raids on Two Gaming Houses
After weeks of public defiance, Seattle’s police chief launched a series of high-stakes raids on the city's most prominent gaming houses, leading to dramatic foot-booted entries and stacks of confiscated faro layouts.
- Chief Butterfield Raids Two Seattle Gambling Houses in 1889
When the city's top police officials swept through Washington Street, they found locked doors, battered them down, and hauled the proprietors off to jail.
- Seven Men Taken in a Roche Harbor Smuggling Raid
A country store, a captured sloop, and a federal night raid on San Juan Island.
- Police Raid the 'Whitechapel' District
Justice Miller fines two dozen women in the wake of a citywide vice sweep.
- Violence on the Sound: Northern Raids at Bellingham Bay
Settlers at Bellingham Bay describe a harrowing series of robberies and murders, fueling fear that northern tribes intended to systematically attack frontier settlements.
- The Sermon That Demanded a Vigilante Raid
Local clergymen spar over how to handle a notorious 'dive' in Tacoma, with one pastor inciting his congregation to take the law into their own hands.
- The Midnight Rail Raid in Kennewick
Law enforcement turns a routine freight train inspection into a high-speed chase, leaving hoboes running for their lives.