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45 stories matching adulteri
- The Theater Owner's Divorce
John Considine, proprietor of the People's Theater, admitted to adultery and desertion, but claimed bankruptcy to minimize alimony payments.
- A Wife Followed Her Husband to Tacoma. Then She Swallowed Laudanum.
William Woodard's wife tracked him from Portland to the Auburn House, where she found him living with Mollie Agnew. A suicide attempt, an adultery charge and a stack of newspaper clippings followed.
- A Scandalous Arrest in Room 43
A manicure and massage parlor operator is arrested in a Seattle hotel on charges of adultery with a prominent Tacoma contractor.
- A Scandal in Tacoma: The Gun-Toting Wife and the 'Typewriter'
A Peruvian socialite hunts down her husband’s suspected mistress in a public scene of jealousy and potential violence.
- The Ritzville Scandal That Rocked the Town
A small-town mayor faces adultery charges after the school superintendent's wife was caught in a scandalous affair, leaving the community in shock and the 'best society' reeling.
- The Adultery Scandal at the Denny Block
A public courtroom spectacle reveals an illicit domestic arrangement in downtown Seattle.
- The Tacoma Scandal That Turned Domestic
After filing for divorce and suing for damages, a wife launches a criminal adultery prosecution against her husband and his new business partner.
- The Price of a Scandal in 1877 Seattle
A public notice in the territorial court reveals the harsh, legal reality of a divorce filing on the grounds of 'frequent adultery' in late-19th-century Seattle.
- A Divorce Suit Reveals a Secret Life
A Seattle woman sues for divorce, alleging her husband is living a double life under an assumed name while employed by the city.
- The Olympia Scandal: A Town’s Moral Reckoning
A prominent local official’s public affair with a woman known as Mrs. Birdie Maxwell ruptures his household and sparks a criminal trial that captivates the community.
- A Six-Month Divorce Rule Meets a Quick Idaho Wedding
A Spokane court asks whether a divorced woman's speedy remarriage makes her an adulteress—and whether hundreds of local marriages and land titles are at risk.
- A $25,000 Suit for Stolen Affection
An 1892 Seattle husband took his wife’s alleged lover to court—and put a price on heartbreak.
- Scandal at the Orting Soldiers' Home
The commandant of the state home for veterans faces a morals charge brought by an inmate.
- Divorce and 'Big Bertha': A Jailer’s Scandals
After 34 years of marriage, Louisa Bogart sues her husband, a former city jailer, alleging cruelty and infidelity.
- The Capitalist, the Runaway Wife, and the Chicago Sport
A wealthy New Whatcom man won a Seattle divorce after his wife fled to Europe with another man—and his lawyer chose desertion over adultery to spare her.
- The Divorce That Split Seattle Real Estate
A Seattle judge grants Mrs. Steel her divorce, hands her the city property, and leaves her mining-magnate husband the Montana claims—while calling her 'indiscreet' but not adulterous.
- The Flat-Iron, the Umbrella, and the Inkstand: A Port Townsend Divorce Suit
J. K. Meyer's divorce petition turns a respectable Port Townsend marriage into a catalogue of thrown household goods, alleged affairs, and very public embarrassment.
- The Campaign Against the 'Mormon Menace'
A fiery editorial calls for the federal government to outlaw Mormon membership, framing the faith as a cancerous threat to social and moral order.
- A Woman’s Plea to Shed a Violent Past
A Seattle woman files for divorce and a name change, citing severe physical abuse and her husband's cruelty toward her children.
- Scandal at the State Capital
A political exposé details how legislators used committee clerkships as patronage bribes to maintain illicit affairs, resulting in a public divorce case.
- A Scandal at the Simcoe Reservation
Protests erupt over the dismissal of religious personnel at a Washington Indian Agency.
- The Price of Matrimony in Territorial Seattle
A public court summons from 1877 highlights the rigid legal and social standards for marriage and family in the Washington Territory.
- Divorce and Duty in 1877 Seattle
A legal notice exposes the harsh realities of matrimonial dissolution and property disputes in late 19th-century Washington Territory.
- The Complicated Divorce of John Cort
A local variety theater manager finds his personal life—and marriage—dragged through the courts again.
- The Wife's Side of the Story
A woman arrested for adultery in Olympia tells a harrowing tale of abandonment, abuse, and survival in the Washington Territory.