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2 stories matching taunt

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  1. Hanged on a Doubt: Washington Territory's First White Execution

    When John Thompson was hanged in Seattle in 1877, many believed he was guilty of manslaughter, not murder. The Dispatch made the case that the law had taken a life it should have spared.

    Oct 6, 1877Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  2. The Brutal Politics of the 1878 Press

    A Seattle editor rails against 'poisoned shafts of calumny' after a local newspaper attacks prominent citizen H.G. Struve, labeling the lawyer a 'deserter' and a 'perjurer.'

    Aug 3, 1878Puget Sound DispatchSeattle, King CountyScandal

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