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4 stories matching chast

Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:chas, chastis, chastiz, chase, chasm, chass

  1. The Judge Who Was Both Defendant and Accused

    In a stunning legal double-header, Judge Wickersham is convicted of seduction in one court, then immediately indicted for perjury by the federal grand jury in the very same day.

    Feb 27, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Scandal

  2. The Judge’s Double Life: Seduction, Abortion, and the Cover-Up That Shook Tacoma

    In 1889, a young canvasser named Sadie Brantner took the stand to accuse Pierce County Probate Judge James Wickersham of luring her into a trap in Seattle, forcing an illegal abortion, and paying her off to silence. The trial revealed a web of deceit involving fake names, land fraud, and medical conspiracies.

    Feb 20, 1889The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  3. The Lonely Life of the Seattle Bachelor

    A local writer laments the lack of respectable social outlets for unmarried men, arguing that the city’s saloons and variety shows offer nothing but 'hardening influences.'

    Mar 20, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSecond Street, Seattle, King CountyNightlife

  4. The Skating Rink Panic of 1892

    When a local major tried to shut down a Tacoma skating rink after a scandal involving his stepson, the local press defended the rink as a space for social independence rather than a den of iniquity.

    Mar 10, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

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  1. The Trial of the 'Swiss Chalet' Messiah

    A courtroom is packed as Josua Klein, who allegedly held young women under his sway in a remote mountain chalet, begins his trial for assault.

    Mar 10, 1909The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  2. The Last of the Crib-Dwellers

    A railroad company successfully clears the last remaining shack underneath the King Street trestle.

    Jan 19, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing Street, Seattle

  3. Tragedy in Succotash Valley

    A pioneer farmer is killed while clearing land, leaving his wife to discover the gruesome scene in their remote homestead.

    Jul 24, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerElbe

  4. New Life for the Halstead Hotel

    A longtime coal miner purchases a familiar local establishment at a public auction.

    Sep 19, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerTacoma

  5. Crushed on the Dry Dock

    A pioneer ship carpenter sues the Union Transit Company after a workplace accident leaves him permanently injured while building the steamer Utopia.

    Jan 16, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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