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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1892 | 1 |
1 story matching eshleman
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- Building the Iron Road
Yakima citizens gather to propose a massive, citizen-funded narrow gauge railroad to open new agricultural and industrial routes.
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- A Bloody Hat and a Missing Republican Farmer in Spokane County
Charles Gloystein was called from his bed at midnight and vanished. A search party found his hat bloodied and cut, and neighbors pointed to the Populist feud that had already hanged him in effigy.
- A Midnight Knock, a Bloody Hat, and the Farmer Who Vanished
Charles Gloystein joined an oath-bound farmers’ society near Mica, tried to leave, and disappeared. A bloody hat was all searchers found.
- The Cashier Who Fled to Canada
A defaulting cashier, retrieved from British Columbia to face seventeen counts of embezzlement, finally enters the city prison.
- The 'Lumberman' Who Swindled Seattle's Elite
A smooth-talking con man gains the trust of the city’s fashionable society before vanishing with thousands in unpaid debts.
- Brutal Robbery on the Northern Pacific Train
A young man narrowly escapes death after being beaten and pushed from a moving train during an attempted robbery near Kennewick.
- The Deadly Cost of a Supreme Court Precedent
A tragic railroad workplace death in Pennsylvania becomes a rallying cry for Everett labor activists opposing the appointment of a pro-corporate judge.
- A Fugitive's Reckoning
A French woman sues her partner for $15,000 after he allegedly abandoned her in America—while he sits in jail for human trafficking.
- Gambling Debt Leads to Tragedy in Ellensburg
A young painter ends his life following financial ruin and personal turmoil.