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44 stories matching detent
- Logan Billingsley Saws His Way Out of Detention
After his sentencing in a high-profile whiskey graft trial, Logan Billingsley vanished from the immigration detention station using a hacksaw.
- Clergyman Detained for Extradition
A minister faces serious criminal charges in Washington state as authorities move to detain him in British Columbia.
- Tacoma Moves to Protect Youth from Adult Jails
Local reformists push the county for a separate facility to keep children away from the influence of 'coarser' criminal prisoners.
- The Strange Detention of the British Yeoman
A British ship captain claims he was arbitrarily detained at Port Townsend while trying to sail for Seattle, fueling local frustration with customs enforcement.
- The Search for a Runaway
A teenage boy from Olympia is detained in Green Lake after being reported as a runaway.
- Labor Leaders Held Without Charge in 'Bull Pen'
A legal battle ensues for the release of union officials held in an extra-legal detention facility during an ongoing labor dispute.
- Smallpox Scare Hits Newport
A logging camp worker arrives in town carrying a contagious disease, forcing the city to confront the need for a pest house.
- Legal Resistance to Deportation
Attorney Marshall K. Snell challenges the illegal detention of three Chinese merchants by federal authorities in Tacoma.
- A Murder Near Auburn, Two Suspects Freed, and a Sheriff Still Waiting for Someone to Talk
Zenga Maseda was killed near Auburn. Two Japanese men were arrested, then released for lack of evidence, while deputies kept hunting the murderer.
- The Unwarranted Detention of Chinese Miners
Four Chinese men are arrested and detained in Seattle while passing through to their homeland.
- The Kidnaping of Sam
A witness speaks out against the detention and deportation of a Chinese laborer by a local official.
- The Elusive Dr. Pillsbury Caught in Spokane
A notorious swindler wanted for crimes across Washington and Idaho faces a legal battle over his extradition.
- A Mother’s Threat Against the House of the Good Shepherd
A bitter custody dispute over a child surrendered to a religious institution takes a dangerous turn.
- The City Council’s Hammock Scandal
Seattle’s city fathers clash over the 'reckless extravagance' of buying thirty-four hammocks for the city jail.
- 1892 Storm Washes Out Northern Pacific Rail Lines
A catastrophic deluge wrecks infrastructure and bridges across the Cascades, isolating Yakima as the Yakima River rises three feet in a day.
- Age Technicality May Free Convicted Youth
A young man sentenced to reform school for burglary finds a path to freedom after it is revealed he is over the legal age for juvenile detention.
- Ballard’s Police Judge Questioned
A dairyman challenges the legitimacy of his jail sentence and the authority of the judge who signed the warrant.
- The Trial of a Shadow Marriage
A Chinese man faces a perjury charge in Seattle after a complex legal battle to reclaim his 'wife' from immigration detention.
- Fifteen Stowaways Discovered in Hyades Cargo Hold
After two weeks at sea, a search of the steamship Hyades revealed fifteen Japanese stowaways hiding among the freight.
- The Trial of George Miller: A Chilling Murder Investigation
A brutal double murder on Lake Washington shocks the city as testimony reveals the harrowing details of the arrest and the suspect's behavior in custody.
- The Sheriff’s Shabby Costume: A Prisoner’s Trick to Escape the Penitentiary
In a bizarre twist of early Washington Territory justice, a sheriff attempted to smuggle a prisoner into the territorial penitentiary by disguising him in shabby clothes. The trick failed, but not before the warden made a memorable quip.
- The Dog Who Defied Gravity (and the Mayor)
A canine visitor to Seattle’s Tremont Hotel proves that while political patronage is hard to shake, a dog’s instinct for self-preservation is stronger.
- The 'Commonweal' Prisoners in Court
After weeks of legal maneuvering, fifteen members of the industrial army are released, though questions of their forced transport and detention remain.
- 1892 Health Board Stops Trains at County Line
As cases of smallpox multiply across the Northwest, Seattle health officials impose a desperate quarantine on labor camps and mandate mass vaccinations.
- The Iron Road Presses Through the Swamp
As Seattle expands its industrial footprint, laborers battle the elements to push a new railroad through a boggy frontier.