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5 stories matching devilish
- The Mutiny on the Bark Hesper Comes Back to a Seattle Courtroom
Two mariners who spent fourteen months confined on Alcatraz are brought to Seattle to testify in the retrial of a sailor accused of murdering an officer and plotting to turn a ship pirate.
- The Unflappable Horsewoman of Riverside Avenue
Before she was a Washington local, she was a Civil War guerrilla and expert rider, breaking 'refractory' horses that no man could handle.
- The Insurance Fugitive's Last Laugh
After orchestrating a bizarre life insurance fraud involving a fake cremation, William Radloff writes a rambling, taunting letter to the Seattle police from his secret hiding place.
- The Night Olympia Went to War — and Nobody Shed a Drop of Blood
A touring tragedian closes his engagement with six acts of Shakespearean murder, and the army court-martial in town turns out in force to watch.
- City Hall Bans the Big Firecrackers
A heated debate over fireworks and public safety ends in a compromise measured by the inch.
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- The Devil-Fish of the Chehalis
Two local fishermen survive a terrifying encounter with a massive, tentacled monster in the waters of Grays Harbor.
- The Pulpit vs. The Ring
Dr. S. Alonzo Bright uses a sermon on the 'Demoniac' to launch a stinging public rebuke against corrupt city politicians.
- A Coal Town's Benefit Concert for a Fire Victim's Grave
Black Diamond's Ladies' Aid Society raised money on Feb. 22 to improve the burial lot of Daniel Downey, killed in a fire.
- The Hell of Black Diamond
A local clergyman takes a fiery stand against a saloon and dance hall he claims is corrupting the village.
- The Devil's Ledger: A Local Poet Exposes the Hypocrisy of Pullman’s Elite
In a rare moment of social commentary for Whitman County, an anonymous writer publishes a scathing series of rhetorical questions challenging the moral double standards of wealth, gender, and justice in 1889.
- The Devil's Range
A drunken seaman's terrifying hallucination on a Port Townsend stove.
- A Fifty-Pound Devil Fish Stuns West Seattle
Local anglers land a massive cephalopod in the harbor, turning it into a grisly roadside attraction at a neighborhood saloon.
- The Devil's Own: Oak Harbor's Waggish Protest Against the Preacher
When a reverend tried to post a notice for his Sunday sermon in the Grange Hall, the locals of Oak Harbor responded with a satirical flyer that dared the Devil himself to show up.