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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1902 | 7 |
7 stories matching known
- The End of the Road for the 'Manitot' Bunco Ring
After weeks of shadowing, Spokane detectives cornered three notorious confidence men in a hotel room, closing the book on a string of swindles that had plagued the city.
- The Bread That Wouldn't Wrap: How Spokane’s Bakers Went on Strike Over a Label
In November 1902, a dispute over union rules and bread packaging sparked a walkout at the Quaker Bread Company, revealing the complex web of labor alliances in early 20th-century Spokane.
- Five Years of Waiting: The Silver Rush That Never Was
Spokane’s mining elite face a bureaucratic delay that threatens to stall fortunes built on the promise of the Spokane Indian Reservation's mineral wealth.
- The Scissors That Broke the Jail: A Spokane Prisoner’s Audacious Escape Attempt
Convicted hold-up man Harry Kelly nearly freed himself from the county dungeon using nothing but a rusty pair of scissors and sheer determination, leaving Sheriff Doust scrambling to find who supplied the tool.
- The Boycott of the 'Stage Irishman': Spokane’s Hibernians Take on Theater
In November 1902, a local committee from the Ancient Order of Hibernians launched an organized campaign to banish caricatures of the Irish race from Spokane stages, threatening boycotts against any theater company that dared to perform them.
- The Vagrant Preacher: An Elderly Man’s Desperate Plea for Dignity in Spokane
Paul Hoffman, a German Lutheran minister turned job-seeker, was arrested for vagrancy after collecting donations from churchgoers. In his cell, he wept as he recounted his fall from grace.
- The Bunco King of Riverside Avenue
A Wisconsin farmer falls for a classic card-sharping trap in downtown Spokane, while local firemen demand more pay for shoveling coal.