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4 stories matching brain

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  1. Firebug Terrorizes North Walla Walla

    A series of mysterious barn fires and a woodshed blaze keep police on high alert.

    Sep 26, 1903The Evening StatesmanJefferson Street, Walla Walla, Walla Walla CountyTrue Crime

  2. A Barber Died Behind the Saloon. The Coroner Blamed One Soldier — Then the Other One Walked Out of the Guardhouse.

    A Ballard inquest names Joseph Veno in the clubbing death of barber James Sullivan, but when Veno's companion slips out of the Fort Lawton guardhouse, the soldiers begin to wonder which man actually swung the club.

    Nov 28, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime · Nightlife

  3. A Seattle Preacher Tells Society Women They Are Marching Their Children to the Gallows

    Preaching to women only on "Dying Mothers and Starving Children," Rev. M. A. Matthews calls society "the emptiness of emptiness" — and blames card parties, prizes and maternal neglect for juvenile crime.

    Nov 24, 1903The Evening StatesmanFirst Presbyterian Church, Seattle, Pierce CountyNightlife

  4. The 175-Pound Ghost That Fought Back

    A skeptic grabbed a séance spirit, discovered a 175-pound man under the gauze, and touched off a fistfight in a Fremont parlor.

    Nov 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

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