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| Year | Stories |
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| 1903 | 2 |
| 1904 | 12 |
| 1909 | 9 |
23 stories matching trace
- The Mysterious Disappearance of Sergeant Brown
A career soldier vanished without a trace after leaving his post on the cableship Burnside in Tacoma.
- Typhoid Outbreak Traced to Wapato Creek Dairies
City and state health officials issue urgent sanitation ultimatum to local dairymen after tracing typhoid fever cases to contaminated creek water.
- Wireless Expert Disappears Following Mysterious Note
A Marconi Company employee vanishes after writing a cryptic message to his assistant.
- The Sermon that Shook a Seattle Congregation
A Seattle minister caused a sensation by preaching that biblical figures were of the Black race, citing historical and lineage arguments to his congregation.
- The Great North End Porch Raids
A string of minor thefts in Tacoma's North End has residents tracking footprints in the snow to find the culprits who made off with their cold victuals.
- The Final Stand of a Wanted Outlaw
A manhunt across Eastern Washington ends in a fatal shootout at a Spokane cabin.
- Armed Hold-up in Wright Park
A Tacoma resident reports being robbed of his last 50 cents by two masked men near the bandstand in Wright Park.
- The Burglary Mystery at the Bostwick Hotel
A young woman arrested in Ellensburg for a room robbery in Tacoma is released after the accuser drops the charges.
- The Groom Who Never Arrived
A Tacoma feed broker vanishes mysteriously just days before his wedding to a Seattle teacher.
- The Puyallup Kept Its Dead—and an Old Belief Said It Always Would
A boy drowned in the Puyallup River; his father searched the muddy current in vain, while neighbors recalled an old belief that the river never gives up its dead.
- The Bank Gave Way: An 11-Year-Old Fishing for Minnows Is Carried Into the Ship Canal
Harold Conselyea was three blocks from home, catching bait for his kitten, when the soft earth under him slid into the water between Lake Union and Salmon Bay. Only a bait can and finger marks in the mud were left behind.
- The Mystery of the Switchman’s Missing Fortune
A wealthy rail switchman dies before he can reveal the location of his life savings, which he carried in two mysterious suitcases.
- A Runaway's Return
A Parkland father reunites with his son after spotting his face in a newspaper report about a train sabotage arrest in Ballard.
- Seattle Post Office Clerk Caught Stealing Marked Mail
A postal employee was arrested after inspectors planted marked currency in the mail to catch a serial thief.
- Armed Banditry Strikes Auburn
A contractor was accosted by two armed men at his own residence and robbed of a substantial sum of money.
- The High-Speed Chase Between Seattle and Tacoma
A chauffeur chases his stolen $5,000 Pierce Arrow across the county lines only to lose the trail in the dark.
- The Runaway and the Judge's Mercy
After a judge shows leniency to a young bicycle thief, the boy absconds with his brother-in-law's money.
- The City's Filthy Milk Supply
An investigation by The Times reveals local dairies are operating in squalid conditions that physicians link to sickness among city children.
- The Navy Deserters Living Among Us
Bluejackets from the cruiser New York and gunboats Marblehead and Concord are shedding their uniforms to start civilian lives in Tacoma.
- The Miner Who Vanished—and Came Back With a Shanghaied Story
Cox disappeared before Christmas. Then he turned up in Tacoma with a tale of drugging, abduction, and a vessel that would not let him go.
- A Father’s Frozen Grief on the Puyallup River
A four-year-old boy slips from the bank into the river while fishing, leaving his family in a state of shock as he drifts away.
- He Kept a $5,000 Reward Posted for His Missing Wife. Then He Drank Himself to Death.
Christine Nelson stepped into a New York hotel room in October and was never seen again. Her husband spent a fortune and two trips East searching — and died this morning at St. Joseph's.
- The Torch That Saved the Train: How a Fireman’s Light Scared Off Bandits in South Tacoma
In a dark stretch of rail near Lakeview, engineer H.W. Burke faced down armed robbers until his fireman charged them with nothing but a lit torch.