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16 stories matching getaway
- A Forged Check and a Clean Getaway
A discharged Tobin camp laborer signed his former boss’s name, cashed the check in Newport, and vanished before the bank caught on.
- A Dance-Hall Manager, a Terrible Beating, and the Midnight Train to Montana
Newport police only learned of the assault after the man had already boarded a midnight train out of town — and the paper's whole account turns on that gap.
- The Tool Chest Heist
Three young men are caught after stealing tool chests from a construction site and selling them to fund a getaway to Victoria.
- A Daring Jailbreak in Prosser
A robbery suspect awaiting trial in Kennewick makes a brazen roof-top escape from the Prosser jail while ostensibly doing his laundry.
- The Bank Heist Gone Wrong
After an attempted robbery of the First Bank of White Bluffs, the one man who stayed to stand trial is found guilty.
- The City That Waited for a Comet
Halley's Comet was predicted to bring doom, but Everett's residents found the celestial visitor to be a massive letdown.
- The Carriage-Trade Heists of Seattle
A stylish young couple is arrested for a string of hold-ups where the wife served as the getaway driver while her husband robbed pedestrians.
- Chloroformed at the County Fair: A Naked Chase Through Davenport
A Newport man woke to a thief in his hotel room, gave chase in his birthday suit, and let the night air—and a roll of bills—decide the outcome.
- Two Boxers Escape County Jail With False Keys
Two incarcerated pugilists manage a clean getaway from the county jail after an apparent inside job with smuggled keys.
- Third Break in Two Weeks: A Prisoner Simply Walks Off the County Farm
A Newport man jailed for refusing to pay his poll tax slipped his shackles and disappeared into the hills, handing the county's chain-gang overseer his third escape in a fortnight.
- The Great Seattle Theater Con: A Swindler’s Exit
A smooth-talking promoter claiming to represent an opera company flees Seattle under the cover of night, leaving behind a baffled police guard and a nearly empty safe.
- The Perilous Fishing Trip of Two Seattle Daredevils
Two young men’s weekend getaway turned into a two-day survival ordeal when they were swept away by tide and wind in the Puget Sound.
- A Costly Penny-Pinching Heist
Local burglars use high-grade explosives to crack an unlocked safe at a lumber company, netting exactly five cents in copper.
- The Violent Kidnapping at Lake Union
A domestic dispute escalates into gunfire as a father forces his child into a boat for a getaway to Victoria.
- The End of the Footpath Across the Columbia
Northern Pacific enforces a strict no-trespassing rule on the bridge between Kennewick and Pasco, severing a vital pedestrian link.
- Brazen Burglary in Richland Leaves Storekeeper Empty-Handed
Thieves looted a general store and commandeered a local horse and wagon to escape the scene.