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8 stories matching fenton
- The 175-Pound Ghost That Fought Back
A skeptic grabbed a séance spirit, discovered a 175-pound man under the gauze, and touched off a fistfight in a Fremont parlor.
- Five Years on a Fraud's Word
John Bryan was pardoned out of the Walla Walla penitentiary after the real robbers confessed — but his companion was still inside.
- The Loophole in Mount Tacoma National Park
A mill hand arrested for poaching in the national reserve might walk free because the law governing the park lacks a penalty clause.
- The Body in the Grave: A Spokane Poisoning Trial Takes a Strange Turn
Prosecutors secretly exhumed James Grier's body a second time to identify it, and the court ordered yet another examination in Helen Grier's murder trial.
- A Logger's Close Call
A Bainbridge Island logger survives a horrific accident after accidentally slicing his own wrist.
- Armed Robbery on the Sixth Avenue Line
Two masked gunmen held up a streetcar at the end of the line, leaving the crew stranded and making off with the cash.
- Olympia's Backroom Bargain Over a Senate Seat
Lawmakers arrive in Olympia pledging to organize fast, but the fight over a U.S. Senate seat and the speakership is already reshaping the session.
- Commuters Fight for Better Transit
The Puget Park Improvement Club clashes with the streetcar company over fares and service.
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- The Pioneer Priest Who Cleared the Forest for a Church
In 1883, Father Frefontaine laid the cornerstone of a grand new cathedral in Seattle, reflecting on a journey that began with clearing dense timber by hand to serve a tiny, fractured congregation.
- The Iron Will of the Puget Soundry
How a local iron works became the pride of a young Seattle, forging the industrial future of the territory.
- The Fugitive Foreman of Franklin
A man working at the Oregon Improvement Company’s stables in Franklin is revealed as a wanted fugitive for a fatal land dispute in Indian Territory.
- The Fallen Clergyman of Seattle
A once-renowned lecturer and minister of the gospel descends into alcoholism, leaving behind a trail of unanswered letters and ruined potential.
- The Smooth Talker of Tacoma
A persuasive con man leaves a trail of bamboozled businessmen and empty wallets.
- The Flat-Iron, the Umbrella, and the Inkstand: A Port Townsend Divorce Suit
J. K. Meyer's divorce petition turns a respectable Port Townsend marriage into a catalogue of thrown household goods, alleged affairs, and very public embarrassment.
- Sunday Scuffles and Saloon Culture
Three men arrested for fighting in separate incidents as heat and drink fuel local tensions.
- The Glass-Chewing Drifter of Seattle
A traveling laborer with a bizarre appetite is arrested after a barroom brawl ends in broken glass and a ruined mirror.