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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1854 | 4 |
| 1858 | 2 |
| 1859 | 3 |
| 1860 | 1 |
| 1861 | 2 |
| 1862 | 11 |
| 1863 | 2 |
| 1872 | 8 |
| 1876 | 17 |
| 1877 | 26 |
| 1878 | 18 |
| 1879 | 2 |
| 1880 | 2 |
| 1882 | 3 |
| 1883 | 20 |
| 1884 | 17 |
| 1885 | 19 |
| 1886 | 14 |
| 1887 | 9 |
| 1888 | 15 |
| 1889 | 36 |
| 1890 | 4 |
| 1891 | 28 |
| 1892 | 53 |
| 1893 | 47 |
| 1894 | 75 |
| 1895 | 87 |
| 1897 | 1 |
| 1898 | 3 |
| 1899 | 9 |
| 1900 | 2 |
| 1902 | 1 |
| 1903 | 26 |
| 1904 | 8 |
| 1905 | 3 |
| 1907 | 1 |
| 1908 | 3 |
| 1909 | 20 |
| 1910 | 8 |
| 1911 | 2 |
| 1912 | 3 |
| 1914 | 4 |
| 1915 | 2 |
| 1916 | 6 |
| 1917 | 2 |
| 1922 | 1 |
| 1923 | 3 |
| 1924 | 2 |
| 1925 | 2 |
| 1928 | 2 |
791 stories matching execution, the 265 most mentioned
People 185
- A. A. Denny1872–189510
- Grover Cleveland1885–18899
- Judge Hanford1889–19049
- John H. McGraw1888–19109
- Calvin H. Hale18629
- L. V. Wyckoff1872–18788
- John Collins1876–18947
- John Leary1883–18937
- James Hamilton Lewis1892–18957
- Judge Humes1894–18957
- James J. Hill1893–19046
- J. T. Ronald1892–18936
- Elisha P. Ferry1877–18956
- Byron Phelps1894–18956
- Mayor Phelps1894–18956
- Eugene Semple1887–18955
- Judge Jacobs1872–18995
- W. D. Wood1884–18955
- E. O. Graves1894–18955
- John Thompson18775
- William D. Wood18955
- Gov. McGraw1893–18955
- Abraham Lincoln1860–18894
- Theodore Roosevelt1903–19084
- Dexter Horton1878–18954
- Thomas Burke1892–18954
- Roger S. Greene18954
- Nelson Bennett1892–18954
- Arthur A. Denny18784
- Benj. Stretch18774
- Robert Bridges1892–18954
- Judge Lichtenberg1891–18954
- Charles W. Nordstrom1893–18944
- Henry L. Yesler1891–19023
- John B. Allen1888–18933
- Chester A. Arthur1884–18893
- Sheriff Cochrane1888–18893
- John Arthur18943
- W. H. White1872–18943
- J. R. Lewis1877–18923
- Edmond S. Meany1893–18953
- Jacob Furth1892–18953
- President of the United States1882–18893
- Price1893–19033
- John Sherman1885–18893
- Watson C. Squire1885–18873
- Elisha Ferry1872–18923
- Watson Squire1886–18933
- Henry White1889–19033
- Sheriff Woolery1893–18943
- John Wiley1891–18943
- T. F. Oakes1883–18953
- Chief of Police Rogers1894–18953
- George Hazzard1892–18943
- Mayor Ronald1892–18933
- William Howard Taft1909–19113
- James Murphy1892–18953
- Judge Langley1894–18953
- Thomas Jefferson18892
- Senator Foster19032
- Miller18862
- Governor Ferry18912
- Chief of Police1886–18872
- T. J. Milner1886–18892
- E. P. Ferry1872–18912
- W. R. Ballard18952
- Henry Yesler1880–18932
- D. T. Denny1885–18912
- Beriah Brown1872–18782
- Sullivan1882–18922
- Brents1882–19032
- Judge Wingard1883–18842
- Jay Gould1886–18902
- Henry Villard18832
- Ulysses S. Grant1883–18892
- Cyrus Walker1876–18802
- Crawford Harrington1876–18772
- Gardner Kellogg1872–18772
- Lewis V. Wyckoff18782
- C. B. Bagley1872–18772
- Colonel Haines1889–18912
- Thomas W. Prosch1885–18932
- Bolton Rogers18922
- Addison G. Foster1899–19032
- Henry Hewitt, Jr.1893–18992
- Peter Sandberg1904–19092
- Levi Ankeny1894–19032
- Commissioner Emery1894–18952
- Clark1877–18912
- Louis Sutherland19032
- Senator Squire1894–18952
- Colman18802
- Louis Rottmann19142
- Luke Walsh19142
- Morgan1888–18942
- McGraw1888–18912
- Sheriff Cochran1887–18892
- Rutherford B. Hayes1876–18892
- City Marshal18762
- J. J. McGilvra1872–18952
- John L. Wilson1894–18952
- John McGraw1892–18932
- Thornton1892–18942
- D. H. Gilman18922
- Hon. O. Jacobs1876–18772
- William H. Gilliam18762
- L. V. Wykoff1876–18782
- Charles McDonald1884–18942
- A. C. Campbell1877–18782
- James McNaught1880–18952
- C. B. Wright1892–18952
- Eliza Jackson18782
- James Crawford1878–18942
- Thomas J. Jamison18782
- Chief Moses18832
- Solomon Baxter18772
- David Kellogg1877–18912
- James M. Coleman18772
- Harvey W. Light18782
- Wm. Whitfield18782
- Albert Schaeffer18892
- Thomas F. Bayard1886–18892
- William M. Evarts1883–18892
- Walter H. Page1889–19082
- William Phillips1889–18942
- Rogers1877–18892
- Judge Osborn18952
- Fred H. Peterson1893–18952
- J. A. Hatfield18952
- Judge Gordon1894–18952
- Metcalfe1886–18952
- E. M. Carr1884–18952
- Judge Rivers18922
- Governor Newell1883–18842
- E. S. Meany1885–18932
- Henry Drum18922
- William Mason18942
- Chief Rogers18942
- Judge Robinson18912
- John W. Considine1892–18952
- Alexander Parker18922
- John Considine18942
- Dr. Palmer1892–18952
- Charlie Irwin18922
- Judge Dunbar1893–18942
- Henry McBride1903–19042
- Bennett1877–19092
- Samuel Gompers1909–19102
- Judge Linn1903–19162
- Albert E. Mead1908–19092
- J. H. McGraw18952
- John R. Allen1893–18952
- Jim Clements1915–19162
- Col. Wright1858–18952
- John W. Linck19092
- Ferdinand Toklas1892–18952
- Joe Young1893–18942
- Attorney General Jones18942
- Phelps1891–18952
- James McPherson18832
- Mary McElroy19032
- E. P. Edsen18952
- Samuel Bass1893–18942
- Commissioner Wallingford1893–18942
- Judge McBride1894–18952
- Deputy Sheriff McDonald1893–18952
- P. B. Egbert18942
- Nordstrom1894–18952
- Simon Rumpf18942
- Joseph Mayer18942
- Commissioner Cheasty18942
- John Y. Terry18922
- Frank Twichell18942
- Eames1892–18942
- Charles F. Gloystein18942
- Arthur E. Griffin18942
- William Harris18942
- Van de Vanter18952
- Thomas Blanck18952
- Willie Holmes18952
- Dr. Aaron Baldwin18952
- Lena Shay Baldwin18952
- A. K. Shay18952
- Mrs. J. M. E. Atkinson18952
- George A. Virtue18952
Organizations 80
- Northern Pacific Railroad1877–191028
- Knights of Labor1886–189410
- Republican Party1876–19169
- Northern Pacific1889–19059
- Oregon Improvement Company1886–18958
- Chamber of Commerce1887–18997
- Post-Intelligencer1885–18957
- Seattle Post-Intelligencer1882–18946
- Commercial Club1903–19166
- American Railway Union18946
- Democratic Party1887–18925
- Seattle General Hospital18955
- Seattle & Lake Washington Waterway Company18955
- Seattle City Council1893–18994
- Tacoma City Council1884–19044
- Seattle Chamber of Commerce1884–19044
- Great Northern Railway1893–19104
- Washington State Legislature1895–19094
- Indian Department1859–18624
- Board of Public Works1891–18933
- Oregon Railway & Navigation Company1889–19033
- Seattle Fire Department1887–18953
- McNaught & Leary1876–18773
- Tacoma National Bank1892–18953
- Western Central Labor Union1892–18943
- Great Northern1892–19223
- Seattle National Bank1894–18953
- Seattle Athletic Club1893–18953
- Bureau of Associated Charities1892–18953
- Everett Trades Council1910–19123
- Office of the Superintendent of Indian Affairs18623
- Municipal League1894–18953
- Northern Idaho Montana Power Co.19093
- General Land Office1885–18942
- Chinese Government18862
- Northern Pacific Railway1888–18972
- Pacific Coast Steamship Company1889–18942
- Salvation Army1894–18952
- Schwabacher Bros. & Co.1886–18952
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad1877–18882
- Territorial University18722
- Puget Sound Dispatch18722
- Oregon Railway and Navigation Company1882–18842
- Talbot Coal Company18782
- Board of Regents1892–18932
- U.S. Senate1859–18762
- Secretary of the Interior1876–18942
- Territorial Legislature1878–18852
- Seattle and Walla Walla Railroad and Transportation Company1884–18862
- King County Board of County Commissioners1891–18952
- The Oregonian1877–18922
- Hansen, Ackerson & Co.1877–18782
- Puget Sound Stoneyard18772
- Tacoma Land Company1883–18952
- First National Bank1895–19032
- People's Party1892–18942
- Columbia and Puget Sound Railroad Company1884–18862
- King County Superior Court1885–18952
- Committee of Fifteen18922
- Equal Suffrage Association1891–19092
- First Presbyterian Church18952
- Tacoma Light and Water Company18922
- Seattle House of Delegates1892–18932
- American Federation of Labor1894–19112
- Washington Supreme Court1891–18922
- The Statesman19032
- International Association of Machinists1910–19112
- Populist Party18942
- Denny Clay Company18942
- Prosser Tax League1915–19162
- Woman's Auxiliary18952
- Security Savings Bank1894–18952
- Philistines18942
- Jacobites18942
- Rockford Watch Company18942
- Seattle Police Commission18942
- Seattle Lake Washington Waterway Company18952
- Northern Electric Co.19092
- Lake Washington Waterway Company18952
- H. M. Byllesby Co.19092