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1 story matching recant

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  1. The Detective’s Trap: A High-Stakes Kidnapping and Coercion Plot in 1889 Seattle

    A young woman, under legal guardianship after a landmark trial, is lured into a carriage by a female imposter and delivered into the hands of a desperate man wielding a pistol.

    May 3, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

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  1. Carried Out of Church, Then Found Reading Luke

    Already expelled for 'lack of moral rectitude,' Dr. Everett O. Johnson returns to a revival service at First M.E. Church and is removed by police and ushers. His open Bible offers the episode's strangest coda.

    Aug 30, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerDaniels Recital Hall, Seattle

  2. The Rowdy Bible Debate

    A theological debate between an ex-rev and a professor turns into a shouting match, leaving the audience divided and the town of Chehalis unsettled.

    May 25, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerChehalis

  3. The Loudmouth of Pioneer Place

    A citizen complains to the Post-Intelligencer about a street orator using obscene language and attacking religions, urging police intervention.

    Nov 20, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPioneer Square, Seattle

  4. The Preacher, the Slanderer and the Methodist Conference

    Tacoma's Methodist conference accepted a report clearing Rev. Ford of charges that he seduced a girl in Arkansas and embezzled money, while branding his accuser a slanderer.

    Sep 9, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  5. A Church Scandal Erupts in a Seattle Libel Trial

    M. H. Nichols stood accused of criminally libeling Presiding Elder T. B. Ford. The defense spent the day trading rumors, old grudges, and one complaint about the prosecutor's booming voice.

    Feb 1, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  6. Seventeen Hours in the Jury Room, Then 'Guilty'

    Rev. M. H. Nichols is convicted of criminally libeling Rev. T. B. Ford after an all-night jury fight; his lawyers promise a new trial.

    Feb 3, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSuperior Court of Washington for King County, Seattle

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