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72 stories matching flight
- The Fall of the City Treasurer
Adolph Krug, Seattle’s defaulting city treasurer, returns to the city in custody after a failed flight to the East.
- The Pigeons That Flew Down From Rainier With News the Mountain Was Smoking
Seven homing pigeons carried dispatches from Mount Rainier's slopes, disproving the era's altitude limits and delivering word that the volcano was steaming.
- The River Escape That Failed
A riverside elopement turns into a dramatic showdown when a steamer captain intervenes in a young woman's flight.
- The Deadly Farce of Frontier Justice
When a Whatcom jury ignored the law to acquit a man who murdered his wife and her lover, the press decried an epidemic of 'momentary insanity' defense.
- The Divorce That Shook Tacoma: A Wife’s Flight to San Francisco
In a rare public airing of domestic betrayal, Judge Allman grants Frank Lunkley a divorce from Mary after evidence revealed she had eloped with a Seattle man.
- A Refugee's Flight Across Washington
A man forced to flee for his life across Eastern Washington finds himself branded a murderer by the very people he sought to aid.
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Banker Linus E. Post
After leaving his wife and daughter in Tacoma, a prominent banker vanishes to Europe under a cloud of financial mismanagement.
- A Runaway Laundry Wagon
Horses pull a laundry wagon down a steep Seattle hill, ending in a wreck that miraculously injures no one.
- The Disappearance of Hillman F. Jones
A former Justice of the Peace vanishes from Kitsap County following accusations of financial impropriety.
- The Treasury Betrayal
An editorial indictment of the city treasurer’s flight and the prosecutor’s leniency toward civic corruption.
- The Feast of Tabernacles in Early Seattle
Celebrating the ancient Jewish holiday of Sukkot with prayers and a makeshift booth at the local synagogue.
- Abandoned and Searching
A young German immigrant mother, abandoned by her husband, struggles to survive in Seattle with her two small children.
- The Runaway Horse and the Vanishing Whiskers
A local man's vanity is literally snatched away by a runaway horse during a dramatic street rescue in downtown Seattle.
- A Horse-Thieving Liveryman’s Great Escape
After mortgaging his entire business and selling off his neighbor's property, a British Columbia liveryman makes a desperate flight across the border into Washington.
- The Desperate Flight of Charles E. Myers
Accused of a fatal arson in Asotin, a man is moved from jail to jail across the state to escape an angry lynch mob.
- The Candidate and the Embezzlement Allegations
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Henry J. Snively defends his past against accusations of financial misconduct and abandoning his legal wards.
- The Brutal Spectacle at West Seattle
Protesters condemn the planned Fourth of July pigeon shoot as cruel and lacking in true sportsmanship.
- The Miner's Mile-Long Chase
A coal miner faces a harrowing race for his life when a falling slab of coal forces him into a pitch-black tunnel escape.
- The Endless War for the Fire Chief’s Chair
Seattle’s fire department remains leaderless as a bitter political feud between the mayor and city commissioners paralyzes the city's emergency services.
- The Flight of 'Japanese Tommy'
A notorious 'bunko' con artist evades justice after the supreme court upholds his conviction for swindling a farmer.
- The Watch Thief of Front Street
A desperate thief snatched a gold watch from a construction site, triggering a neighborhood chase that ended in a vacant lot.
- The City Treasurer’s Chaotic Flight
Seattle’s city treasurer, Adolph Krug, is arrested in St. Paul, Minnesota, following his alleged embezzlement of funds, sparking a bizarre legal struggle and an urgent scramble by Seattle officials to ensure he doesn't walk free.
- The Bookkeeper Who Played Lawyer
A former insurance company clerk, accused of forgery, stunned the King County courtroom by ditching his defense counsel to argue his own case.
- The Deadly Gilman Saloon Brawl
After a brief trial, a local man is found guilty in a fatal shooting sparked by a dispute at a Gilman establishment.
- The City Settles with Embezzler's Bondsmen
A complex financial deal ends the civil litigation over Adolph Krug’s flight from the City Treasurer’s office.