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7 stories matching drifter

  1. The Glass-Chewing Drifter of Seattle

    A traveling laborer with a bizarre appetite is arrested after a barroom brawl ends in broken glass and a ruined mirror.

    Dec 21, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyLocal Legends

  2. The Unraveling of a Grifter

    A well-connected drifter faces consequences after passing bad checks in local saloons.

    Jun 11, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerWashington Street, Seattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  3. Unnamed Drifter Saves Girl from Drowning

    A homeless man risked his life to pull a young girl from the water near the Great Northern tracks, only to walk away and spend the reward money on liquor.

    Aug 15, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerVirginia Street, Seattle, King CountyStrange But True

  4. The Shadowy Death of Charles Smith

    A suspected opium smuggler dies by his own hand in the Puyallup reservation jail, leaving behind a cryptic note that hints at corruption and a hidden fortune in contraband.

    Apr 20, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPuyallup reservation, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  5. The Mother Who Faced Down a Lynch Mob

    When a gang of miners prepared to hang a young drifter, the town laundress did the unthinkable: she claimed him as her own son.

    Apr 3, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  6. The Heavy Bundle that Gave Away a Thief

    A German drifter's scheme to fund his return to Prussia is undone by a suspicious, heavy bundle of stolen goods left on a train.

    May 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerColfax, Whitman CountyTrue Crime

  7. The Strange Confession of Henry Lattimore

    After the murder of C. Grant in a Tacoma boarding house, a 19-year-old drifter with a 'straightforward' story was captured by rail workers and police.

    Jul 25, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

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