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43 stories matching shaw
- No Honor Among Gamblers
A Seattle judge dismisses a lawsuit between two gambling house partners, ruling that the courts have no jurisdiction over crooked dealings.
- The Union Club's Roulette Wheel
A judge rules that a seized roulette wheel isn't necessarily a gambling tool, sparking a debate over the city's power to destroy property.
- The Judge Forgot the Evidence, and the Gambling Case Walked
Charles Shaw’s Union Club prosecution ended when the judge couldn’t recall Chief Rogers’ key testimony. The gambling furniture went out the door anyway.
- Chief Seattle's Promise, Recalled in a Fishing-Rights Case
Col. B. F. Shaw came to Seattle to testify in a Point Roberts fishing case—and remembered the 1855 Point Elliott treaty, when 6,000 Indigenous people gathered and Chief Seattle offered friendship.
- Deadlock in Olympia: Allen Four Votes Short as Legislators Flee
The Washington state legislature remains gridlocked over the election of a U.S. Senator, with Senator Allen stuck at 41 votes and political maneuvering turning farcical.
- Sunday Poker at the Union Club Draws a Police Raid
Detectives Philbrick and Hart entered the exclusive Union Club on Front Street, found men hiding chips, and carted away two loads of furniture and cards.
- The Plot to Lock Up a Witness: How Greed Tried to Silence a Pioneer
William De Shaw, a respected Seattle merchant and witness to a will worth millions in British Columbia, was nearly committed to an insane asylum by land speculators who wanted his testimony silenced.
- The Key-House Raid: Seattle Police Break Up a Gambling Club
Chief Rogers raided the Union Club in the Cobb Block, seizing 1,150 chips and 63 decks of cards—and arresting two men who each claimed to be in charge.
- The Church Revival Gang
A group of young men terrorized a River Park church with indecent songs and laughter, leading to a showdown with a determined pastor.
- Insurance Agent Vanishes After Passing Spurious Checks
A smooth-talking insurance agent charms his way through Seattle's business community before disappearing with premiums and bad checks.
- Federal Pressure on Port Angeles Settlers
Senator John B. Allen pressures the Land Department to resolve the stalled Port Angeles townsite survey.
- The 'Citizens' Ticket' Plot in San Juan County
A Friday Harbor editor claims Democrats and Populists will skip their own nominations, then run a fusion slate disguised as a nonpartisan citizens' ticket.
- Chief Willard Smashes the 'Black Jack' Tables
Police Chief Willard ended a South Third Street gambling operation by raiding the game and tossing the furniture off a high fence.
- The Final Chapter for a Lewis County Pioneer
A veteran of the Indian wars and a founding figure in Centralia passes away, leaving behind a legacy tied to the early settlement of the region.
- Brawls Erupt Outside a Pioneer Square Billiard Hall
A night of violence in Seattle’s waterfront district leads to a messenger boy and a laborer fighting on the sidewalk.
- The Mystery of the Vanished Port Angeles Surveyor
A government townsite project stalls as the surveyor disappears, leaving the Interior Department scrambling to find his missing field notes.
- The Last-Day Bill Rush—and a Women’s Suffrage Amendment
Washington’s Senate introduced dozens of measures on the final day of bill introduction, from railroad assessments and a company-store ban to a referendum on votes for women.
- Vigilante Mob Lynches Two Prisoners at Whitman County Jail
A masked party of fifty men broke into the courthouse to extract and hang a convicted assailant and a murder defendant, while a jury slept just feet away.
- The Judge, the Marshal, and the Restaurant Rumor
A federal judge denied a Tacoma newspaper's claim that he had plotted with election marshals—and defended the government's right to police the polls.
- A Treasure Hunt Gone Underwater
While digging for a water source on Shaw Island, a local man struck a geyser that swallowed his tools and promised a new lake.
- Passenger Train Derails Near Walla Walla
An engineer is severely scalded after a train crashes through a bridge near Riparia, prompting insurance agents to offer a reward for arsonists.
- The Opium Ring's Man on the Inside?
A government inspector alleges that a U.S. Deputy Marshal in Spokane is actively protecting opium smugglers.
- Seattle’s Canal Demand Became a Political Trap
At the 1892 Democratic state convention in Olympia, King County’s push for a Lake Washington ship canal collided with a Pierce County-led alliance—and James Hamilton Lewis’s gubernatorial hopes hung in the balance.
- Democratic Party Feuds in the Young State of Washington
George Hazzard offers a biting critique of party politics, arguing that political leaders are 'rushing' the careers of young hopefuls and neglecting the party's true architects.
- The City Wants Its Fair Share: Republican Wards Revolt Over Delegate Math
Three ward clubs storm the county Republican committee to protest an apportionment that hands the countryside outsized power — and the committee adjourns without budging an inch.