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| Year | Stories |
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| 1872 | 16 |
| 1876 | 18 |
| 1877 | 8 |
| 1878 | 7 |
| 1879 | 1 |
| 1880 | 1 |
| 1882 | 2 |
| 1883 | 10 |
| 1884 | 6 |
| 1885 | 12 |
| 1886 | 6 |
| 1887 | 4 |
| 1888 | 10 |
| 1889 | 23 |
| 1890 | 5 |
| 1891 | 14 |
| 1892 | 64 |
| 1893 | 39 |
| 1894 | 41 |
| 1895 | 34 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 10 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 2 |
| 1903 | 16 |
| 1904 | 10 |
| 1905 | 1 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 4 |
| 1909 | 18 |
| 1910 | 4 |
| 1912 | 4 |
| 1914 | 1 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 4 |
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| 1918 | 1 |
407 stories matching ring
- The Opium Ring and the Floating Body: A Seattle Murder Mystery
When Abner Abbott’s body was found in the tide flats, suspicion fell on a smuggling ring. Was he silenced for knowing too much about a $400 check from China?
- A Night in the Cooler
A local burglary investigation unfolds after a city marshal's late-night visit from an agitated victim.
- The Paper War That Split Thurston County
A rival weekly, a political machine, and a defiant editor: Olympia’s Tribune accuses the Owings-Murphy ring of spending thousands to “down” it.
- The Great Circus Showdown of 1888
When the Sells Brothers’ traveling circus arrived in Seattle, it brought a sprawling, multi-ringed spectacle that promised to transform the town's public thoroughfares into a Roman-style festival.
- Couple Arrested with Loot from A.B. Gage & Co.
A husband and wife were caught with stolen goods in their hotel room, linked by police to a 'New York' shoplifting ring.
- Puyallup Families Finally Win Title to Their Land
While the President ordered land titles for the Puyallup people in 1884, a corrupt 'ring' of speculators held up the process to seize the property for profit.
- The Great Seattle Railroad Swindle
How corporate speculators and land rings bypassed honest stockholders and plundered the future of the city's waterfront.
- The Daredevil of Seattle: A Near-Fatal Balloon Plunge
Thousands watched from the waterfront as Professor Van Tassell's aerial exhibition went awry, nearly ending in disaster over the harbor.
- The Night Seattle Painted the Town Red
After a landslide victory in the 1892 city elections, thousands of jubilant supporters flooded Pioneer Place to celebrate the end of a 'brazen, triple-plated' political ring.
- The Public Shut Out of the 'Floating Palace'
Residents gathered in the rain to welcome a massive new steamer, only to be denied entry by a locked-out policy.
- The Outsider Candidate Fighting the Political Ring
Frank W. Bixby of Lynden emerges as a reform-minded candidate for prosecuting attorney, bucking against established county political machines.
- The Political Rings of Olympia
An editorial from 1872 exposes a 'carpet-bagger' political machine using public funds to bankroll a partisan newspaper and manipulate Territorial elections.
- The Diamond Stud Caught Between Two Wives
A tangle of divorce, debt, and pawnbroking ends up in court as two wives fight over the same piece of jewelry.
- The 'Ring' Was Busted: Inside Tacoma’s Fiercest Municipal Election
In 1892, Tacoma voters flocked to the polls in a high-stakes showdown that saw Republicans sweep the mayoralty, fueled by intense campaign betting and deep suspicion of local political machines.
- The Secret Underground Boxing Ring
A reporter hides in an attic to witness a clandestine sparring match while the city maintains a facade of propriety.
- The Raggedy Ball: Seattle’s First Great Social Scandal
In September 1876, the city’s elite donned rags for a masquerade at Yesler’s Hall, turning social climbing into a contest of who could look the most destitute.
- Primary Election Fraud Alleged in King County
Citizens of the People's Party accuse local political rings of rigging ward primaries through intimidation and mass-importing voters.
- An Umbrella, A Locked Door, and a Young Girl's Ordeal
A teenager finds herself an unwilling prisoner in a Pacific Avenue hotel room after a chance meeting on a streetcar leads to an alleged theft and coercion.
- Bankers May Take Over Washington’s Republican Convention
On the eve of the state convention in Seattle, a Tribune correspondent warns that a “ring” of bankers could choose the delegates—and leave farmers and Grand Army veterans out in the cold.
- Bootleg Rings Thrived Under Washington's Dry Law
As Washington State’s 1916 'dry law' causes bootlegging to explode, local newspapers argue that criminalizing private habits only breeds corruption and crime.
- A Ring, a Resignation and a Democratic Landslide in Seattle
Mayor-elect Ronald insists the sweeping Democratic victory was no party triumph but a popular revolt against boss rule, a pliant police chief and corrupt registration.
- Battle for the Soul of Tacoma’s City Hall
Republican and Democratic mayoral candidates trade sharp accusations of corruption, ring rule, and financial mismanagement in final campaign rallies.
- The Notorious Haytian Republic Seized in Seattle
A federal investigation into a sophisticated smuggling ring leads to the sudden impounding of a steamship at the Seattle waterfront.
- The Political Ring’s Tight Grip on Chehalis County
Aberdeen’s Republican convention devolved into a 'cut and dried' affair as local party bosses utilized proxies and backroom maneuvering to maintain control.
- The Opium Ring Debauching Tacoma’s Messenger Boys
Detective Flannigan uncovers a ring of adults using opium and illicit lodging houses to exploit children in the messenger service.