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3 stories matching georgi

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  1. 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.

    Nov 27, 1903The Evening StatesmanSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  2. The Clerk Who Stole Everything to Run Away

    A young Seattle clerk, blinded by a whirlwind romance at a Washington Street boarding house, betrayed his own mother to fund a desperate escape to San Francisco.

    Sep 4, 1885Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerWashington Street, Seattle, King CountyScandal

  3. The Ghost of the Puyallup Valley

    A traveling account reveals a local man's elaborate deception, as his supposedly dead family is found alive and well at the Puyallup station.

    May 3, 1879The Northern StarPuyallup Station, Puyallup, Pierce CountyScandal

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  1. The Mercer Island Cabin Killing

    A man is on trial for the murder of his cabin-mate, claiming self-defense after a violent confrontation over driftwood collection.

    Dec 14, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMercer Island

  2. Violence at the South Tacoma Shops

    An Italian laborer is taken into custody following a brutal altercation involving a lead pipe at the Northern Pacific facility.

    May 18, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  3. The Persistent Gamble of Fritz Dietrich

    Despite a Supreme Court ruling against him, a man convicted under new anti-gambling laws attempts to delay his sentence through legal maneuvering.

    Aug 11, 1903The Evening StatesmanWalla Walla

  4. Razor Violence in the Mascotte Saloon

    An argument between two men on a Seattle sidewalk ends in a gruesome public stabbing.

    Apr 27, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle

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