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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 1 |
1 story matching bernstein
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- The Tragic End of a Gambler
After losing his entire fortune at the gambling tables, L.W. Bernstein ends his life in Tacoma, leaving his family behind in Seattle.
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- An Eccentric Prisoner's Optimistic Dance
A man awaiting sentencing in a local court baffles reporters by dancing a jig and promising a champagne celebration upon his release.
- Jailhouse Quartet Organized by Accused Professor
A former Iowa State College professor, currently held in Yakima on check fraud charges, is finding a new rhythm behind bars.
- ‘You Are Hanging an Innocent Man’: A Condemned Killer’s Last Words Before 4,000 Witnesses
Ezra Snoderly, one of the Cummins murderers, is hanged in Dayton’s courthouse square — insisting to the very end that he dies for another man’s crime, while the crowd judges him ‘game.’
- A Tragic End in the Wire
A well-known Seattle man is found dead in a field near the Orphan's Home, his body tangled in barbed wire.
- The Final Deadline
A foreman for the Times, devoted to his craft until his final breath, dies after a sudden illness.
- The Sermon on the Breach of Promise
A Seattle pastor sparks a local controversy by invoking the 'stones in glass houses' parable to defend the morals of the parties in the infamous national Pollard-Breckinridge scandal.
- The Theater Continues: A Seattle Scandal of Mistaken Identity
In a twist of fate that could only happen in the Pacific Northwest, a husband’s search for 'joy' in Butte leads to an awkward reunion with his wife at the city's theater.