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3 stories matching pale

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:pal, palefac, pall, palm, palo, palac

  1. The Man Who Forgot His Own Murder

    Edward Spencer takes the stand in his own murder trial, claiming amnesia and absinthe-induced blackouts to explain why he shot Ella Mundt in Spokane.

    May 29, 1903The Evening StatesmanSpokane, Spokane CountyTrue Crime

  2. 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

  3. The Woman With the Little Girl and the Worthless Checks

    A forger calling herself Myra F. Parker worked Ellensburg shopkeepers with small purchases and big checks, then vanished into a Northwest-wide manhunt.

    Nov 23, 1903The Evening StatesmanEllensburg, Kittitas CountyTrue Crime

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