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- The Intellectual Con Artist of the Fife Hotel
A well-dressed man claiming to be the former secretary to Sir John Macdonald flees Tacoma after leaving behind a trail of worthless checks.
- A Hotel-Keeper's Last Night: The Saloon Shooting at Sultan
George Britton, 28, shot through the groin in a saloon row in the Snohomish County timber town of Sultan, is told he will not last the afternoon — so he sends for a preacher and a lawyer and makes his will.
- A Tacoma Marriage Ends in Murder and Suicide
Isaac H. Bratton shot his wife and then himself after weeks of suspicion, religious friction, and threats—a domestic tragedy that consumed a Tacoma household.
- A Cold Case from the Underground Cellar
Twenty years after a brutal murder in California, a man suspected of being an accomplice is arrested in Spokane, bringing a buried crime back to the surface.
- A Night in 'Hotel de Pearson'
Two brothers pay the price for a spirited Sunday of drinking in Aberdeen.
- The Sagebrush Metropolis
A state representative predicts Clarkston will soon eclipse Lewiston as the premier railroad hub of the Snake River Valley.
- The Crackdown on the Race Track Resort
A disreputable gambling and liquor house near the local race track is finally shuttered by officials following a violent brawl.
- A Ballard Tragedy
A three-year-old child dies after his dress catches fire from matches while his mother is away.