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  1. The Night Watchman Who Traded His Lantern for a Crab Net

    After trading the damp misery of night-shift railroad duty for the docks, a Seattle man explains how he makes a living pulling crab from the bay—and why the job comes with its own set of neighborhood troubles.

    Nov 5, 1887Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle

  2. The 'Crab Man' and the Brutal Reality of Frontier Discipline

    A teenage girl escapes her abusive father only to be returned to his custody by a legal system that viewed children as the property of their parents.

    Aug 26, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle