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2 stories matching pitman

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  1. The Treasurer Who Vanished, Then Wrote Home From Puget Sound

    An Iowa county official disappeared in the 1870s. After his death, his family gathered at the Olympia Hotel to settle an estate—and letters revealed a hidden life, a bank failure, and a real-estate boom he hoped would make restitution possible.

    Nov 24, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia Hotel, Olympia, Thurston CountyBoom & Bust · City Hall · True Crime

  2. The Doctor Wasn't Who He Said He Was

    Found dead along the Northern Pacific tracks near Olympia, Dr. C. S. Smith was unmasked by his own will as S. C. Thompson, an Iowa county treasurer who had fled a defalcation in 1872.

    Nov 12, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia, Thurston CountyTrue Crime

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