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380 stories matching commit
- Gambling Interests Attempt to Oust Mayor Ronald
Pro-gambling factions in Seattle conspire to force Mayor Ronald's resignation through threats of impeachment.
- The Street-Side Brawl Over Union Labor
A bakery driver was fined after physically attacking a union member who was picketing his wagon in 1891 Seattle.
- A Desperate Act of Domestic Despair
A local woman survives a suicide attempt following prolonged marital conflict and jealousy.
- In the County Jail, a Prisoner Fashions His Own Rope From a Sash
Awaiting a trip to Auburn to face a murder charge, a Japanese prisoner tries to end his life with the only materials his cell allows — and is found in time.
- The Confession of a Century: Allen Hewitt Admits to Poisoning a Rival
Prominent Seattle attorney and son of the city's namesake dies at his father's home after confessing to a murder committed decades ago in Spokane.
- The Waterfront Stabbing
A discharged sailor commits a gruesome, unprovoked assault on a steward in a Seattle saloon, leaving the victim’s life hanging in the balance.
- The Slaughterhouse Tragedy
A young worker’s mental health decline is met with the blunt reality of institutionalization.
- Was it Murder or Manslaughter?
A Seattle newspaper criticizes a jury's decision to convict William Wilcox of manslaughter instead of murder for the death of Mrs. Charlotte Petting.
- The Forger Who Faked His Own Death
A swindler who planted a fake death notice in a Denver paper is arrested in Seattle and returned to Colorado to face forgery charges.
- A Gift of Land for Seattle
G.C. Phinney proposes gifting his Lake Avenue Park to the growing city of Seattle, provided the Council commits to its improvement.
- The Great Strawberry Heist of 1885
After the ladies of the Trinity Guild finished their social, two Seattle boys broke into the hall to steal the remaining ice cream and strawberries.
- The Loophole Arsonist
A man accused of burning down his own house escapes conviction because the law failed to define arson as a crime when committed against one's own property.
- The Bailiff Who Lost a Prisoner
A procedural mishap in the municipal court leads to a humiliating embarrassment when a defendant simply walks out of the custody line.
- The Peeping Miner and the Stolen Money
A miner from Franklin claims to have witnessed a robbery at a saloon on King Street through a crack in the door.
- The Rooster Who Refused to be Dinner
A captive bird makes a dramatic, fatal leap into Puget Sound to escape the Thanksgiving table.
- The Lonely End of an English Settler
A quiet man living in seclusion in a remote cabin near Seattle is found dead after years of isolation.
- The Wife Asked Three Times: 'Henry, Where Were You Monday Night?'
Already charged with a double murder in South Seattle, Henry Craemer now stands suspected of a second killing after a cheap silver watch and a pillow-rigged fire surface as evidence.
- A Fatal Cocktail on Pike Street
A railroad foreman, suffering from heavy drinking and paranoid delusions about his son, takes his own life in a downtown boarding house.
- Tragic Death of a Woman at Her Family Home
Lola Cohn, 24, died by strychnine suicide in her father's Main Street home, months after prior attempts.
- Street Chase and Arrest of a Known Tough
A jeweler's clerk helps police apprehend a suspect following a daring daytime robbery on Front Street.
- The Jury Struggles with a High-Stakes Financial Scandal
As the White forgery trial nears its conclusion in a Seattle courtroom, the jury is reportedly deadlocked and leaning toward acquittal, leaving the city in suspense.
- The Trial of Ursula Unfug
The woman accused of murdering Olympia editor Thomas Henderson Boyd is bound over for trial in a scene of somber gravity.
- A Marriage Cut Short by Tragedy
A young bride dies suddenly on her second wedding anniversary, triggering a callous rumor mill that the press quickly works to correct.
- The Tailor Who Floated
A tailor discovered dead in Lake Washington defied the depths thanks to a gruesome phenomenon of physics.
- The $35 Alibi in Seattle's Miller Murder
Henry Craemer says a Tacoma prospector repaid an old debt just before Mrs. Philipena Miller and her baby were killed; detectives are trying to break the story.