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33 stories matching blanch
- The Rapid Rise of Stage Star Blanche Walsh
A profile of actress Blanche Walsh, who went from a convent school in Manhattan to the leading role in 'Aristocracy' in just three years.
- The Human Trafficking Trial of Alexander Fanchaut
A Walla Walla man faces federal charges for bringing a French woman to the United States under false promises of marriage and coercing her into sex work.
- She Married the Man She Sued — Then Her Lawyers Came for Their Cut
A breach-of-promise case ends in a wedding, but the attorneys who won the judgment want $6,100, and the newlyweds leave for Walla Walla with papers in hand.
- The State Ousts its Leading Champion of Working Women
Blanche H. Mason, Assistant State Labor Commissioner, is fired for 'the good of the department' after aggressively enforcing labor laws for women.
- The Whistleblower Who Was Silenced by the State
Blanche Mason, a deputy labor commissioner, accused Washington's governor and his labor chief of burying her reports on the exploitation of working women to protect big business interests.
- The Labor Inspector Who Got 'Too Close' to the Truth
Blanche Mason is fired from her state post after effectively enforcing labor laws against powerful companies, sparking a fierce reaction from the unions.
- A Fugitive's Reckoning
A French woman sues her partner for $15,000 after he allegedly abandoned her in America—while he sits in jail for human trafficking.
- She Divorced Her Husband, Married Him Again, and Had to Do It Twice
A Seattle judge grants Olive Blanche Rogerson her child, Kitsap land and a canceled mortgage after a remarriage that repeated the cruelty of an earlier Minnesota divorce.
- Cattleman Arrested in Alleged Human Trafficking Scheme
A wealthy Walla Walla cattle rancher is caught trying to flee to Mexico after being charged with bringing a Parisian woman to Washington for immoral purposes.
- The Vaudeville Star and the Seattle Showdown
After her husband allegedly cheated her out of her share of a touring variety show, Blanche Norris took the business to court in Seattle—and won a $4,450 payout.
- A Child’s Fall into a City Excavation
A young girl’s tumble into a construction pit sparks a damages lawsuit against an investment firm.
- Labor Leaders Wage War on State 'Incapacity'
Union officials lash out at Labor Commissioner Charles P. Hubbard and Governor M. E. Hay over the controversial firing of Blanche Mason.
- The Relentless Fate of the Tug Blanche
For the fourth time in a single year, a local tugboat has met a watery end at the Seattle Lumber company wharf.
- Brakes Fail on the Yakima River Embankment
A young woman leaped into a runaway automobile as it rolled toward a ditch, highlighting the dangers of early car ownership.
- A Wedding Behind Bars
Facing a federal trial for alleged human trafficking, a Walla Walla man escapes prison by marrying his accuser in a startling turn of events.
- The Hammer in the Woodshed: Henry Creamer's Death Sentence
A Seattle jury convicted a foreign-born laborer of Mrs. Meller's murder on circumstantial evidence, while his lawyer insisted the real killer—or at least a missing witness—was in the room.
- The Evangelists and the Brothel
In 1887, a group of women conducted prayer meetings inside Seattle’s houses of prostitution, confronting the grim reality of life for the women living and working within.
- The Day Seattle Shut Down: Sailors, Longshoremen and the First Labor Day
Banks, courts and public offices closed for the first time in the city's history, 2,500 people packed Pioneer Place for a 36-minute tug-of-war, and a labor orator told the crowd that good wages are the engine of everyone's prosperity.
- The Firing of a Labor Advocate
Organized labor in Washington wages war on the state labor commissioner after he fires a deputy who actually enforced the law.
- The Firing of the Deputy Labor Commissioner
Organized labor in Washington wages a public war of words against Commissioner C.F. Hubbard after he fires his female deputy for actually enforcing labor laws.
- Five Dangerous Prisoners Escape King County Jail
A jailer was overpowered and robbed in a brazen Sunday night escape by inmates facing charges ranging from life sentences for murder to bank robbery.
- The Great Hotel Heist That Wasn't: How Seattle’s Gamblers Were Fooled by a Fake Fortune
A broken-down cardsharp named 'Splitcheck Jimmy' was tricked into stealing an envelope full of newspaper, only to be ambushed by actors in a staged robbery at the St. Denis Hotel.
- The Unwanted Devotion of 'The Indian Kid'
A popular actress at a Seattle theater seeks police protection from a fan whose obsession escalated from flowery letters to threats of suicide and murder.
- Police Raid the 'Whitechapel' District
Justice Miller fines two dozen women in the wake of a citywide vice sweep.
- The Unsung Battle for Workplace Sanitation
A discharged state labor official details the uphill struggle to secure basic sanitary standards for Washington's female industrial workers.
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- The Condemned Murderer Who Ran the Jailhouse Court
Thomas Blanck, awaiting execution for murder, was unanimously elected to preside over the county jail's prisoner-run tribunal—complete with fines, lashes, and a Bible in his cell.
- The Deputy Who Outdrew Tom Blanck
Wounded in the wrist and neck, John Shepich recounts the railroad-track shootout near Kent—and insists that the fatal bullet was his alone.
- A Desperate Act in Waitsburg
A young woman is found unconscious after ingesting carbolic acid, sparking local debate over whether the act was a tragic mistake or a suicide attempt.
- The Jury's Boozy Banquet
A Pierce County jury demands a lavish spread of food and a gallon of Scotch while deliberating a verdict.
- The Fiery Wreck of the J. C. Brittain
A freight steamer loaded with lime catches fire after hitting rocks in a thick Rosario Straits fog.