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4 stories matching skeleton

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  1. Dredging Up the Past in the City Waterway

    Human remains and a rusted knife are unearthed from the Tacoma waterfront, likely belonging to a sailor from a ship that capsized years prior.

    Mar 10, 1904The Tacoma TimesCity Waterway, Tacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

  2. Loggers Used a Dead Man's Skull for a Ball Game — and Wrecked the Only Clue to a Wood Full of Skeletons

    A week of horseplay in the timber near Newport has left the coroner unable to explain why one body after another keeps turning up in the same thicket.

    Feb 12, 1909The Tacoma TimesNewport, Pend Oreille CountyTrue Crime

  3. A Year-Old Mystery Ends in a Shallow Grave Near Kirkland

    A skeleton found buried outside Kirkland is identified as Alfred Earl Plummer, missing from Seattle since the same date last year—and a revolver beneath the body suggests he died defending himself.

    Sep 16, 1904The Tacoma TimesKirkland, King CountyTrue Crime

  4. Thief Caught Red-Handed at the Lansing Hotel

    A young man looking for a room is thwarted by a vigilant saloonkeeper who catches him searching through hotel belongings.

    Feb 17, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma, Pierce CountyTrue Crime

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