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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1903 | 22 |
| 1904 | 1 |
23 stories matching lock
- Con Men Target Ranch Owner With Locked-Box Poker
A Spokane County farmer loses his life savings in a classic confidence scheme involving a locked box and a mysterious stranger.
- Locksmiths Needed for Failed Jailbreak
Six inmates in Whatcom were so eager to escape they jammed their own cell locks shut, requiring a blacksmith to cut them loose for breakfast.
- The Girls Locked in the Walla Walla Jail
Two young women who went missing were briefly detained by police, much to their dismay.
- Stanwood Child Attempts to Burn Down Family Home
After being locked in a room by his mother for unruly behavior, a five-year-old boy used matches to ignite a fire that nearly destroyed the family's restaurant apartment.
- The Wage War at City Hall
Mayor Boyd locks horns with the city attorney over a mandatory $2.25 daily wage for city contract workers.
- The Forged Check and the Third-Story Leap
J. R. Seeley tried to cash a check bearing another man's name, then fled across the college campus and out a third-story dormitory window. His father is searching for him in Moscow.
- Seattle Mayor's Sons Jailed After Altercation
Mayor Thomas Humes publicly stands by the law after his two sons are arrested for forgery and assaulting a police officer.
- A Father’s Long Journey to Reclaim His Daughter
A desperate father travels to Colfax to bring his teenage daughter back home after she was found in a locked room.
- The Gas Monopoly and the Hunt Administration
A political war over city franchises and utility prices threatens to lock Walla Walla into a high-cost energy future.
- Mental Health Crisis in Prescott
A man’s history of institutionalization clashes with inadequate mental healthcare services in the rural community.
- Gunfire in the Streets of Bellingham
A local marshal engaged in a dangerous foot chase and shootout near a boiler works to apprehend a pair of counterfeiters passing bogus bills.
- A Farmhand’s Violent Break in Eureka Flat
After terrorizing his neighbors, a worker goes on a wild, clothes-tearing spree fueled by alcohol.
- Farmer’s Descent Ends in City Jail
After years of heavy drinking, a once-prosperous Walla Walla farmer takes his own life while held in city custody.
- A Violent Encounter Ends in a Courtroom Technicality
After stabbing a man multiple times, Fagan Scott dodges a serious felony conviction through a judicial error.
- Walla Walla Questions Paying Twice for Water Rights
City officials and the press lock horns over a costly, potentially unnecessary land acquisition for a municipal gravity water system.
- The Butcher Who Walked to Kill the President
John Bushey, a displaced laborer from Pendleton, was arrested in Walla Walla after claiming he carried a rifle and cartridges for both Theodore Roosevelt and the German Emperor.
- The Shadowy Killing of the Italian Chieftain
Conflicting accounts of a posse's lethal encounter in Valley, Washington, raise questions of vigilante violence and missing money.
- A Neighborhood Terrorized by Revolver
A domestic dispute turns volatile at Third and Poplar streets.
- The Privatization of the Walla Walla River Basin
Wealthy sportsmen have locked up local hunting grounds behind fences and permits, shutting out the public to ensure a private preserve for their weekend outings.
- A Child's Final Act of Mercy
A nine-year-old boy, dying from a pen-knife stab wound inflicted by a playmate, spends his final moments begging police to let his assailant go free.
- The Tragedy and Redemption of Alice Cady
After a young woman fled to Seattle to escape scandal, her father and lover reunited with her to formalize their bond.
- The Tragedy of an Obsessive Pursuit
A Scandinavian immigrant's obsessive courtship in Tacoma turns violent, ending in a police manhunt and a quiet deal to exile the suitor.
- The Man Who Thought He Was Being Hunted: A Walla Walla Tragedy
A prosperous farmer’s descent into religious mania ends with his confinement at Medical Lake, revealing the era's fragile understanding of mental health.