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4 stories matching haver
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- The Strange Case of the Disputed Horses
A local market company and a private buyer clash in court over the rightful ownership of two horses, proving that even a simple livestock dispute requires a judge's intervention.
- The Long Road Back to San Francisco
After months of legal battles and a literal tug-of-war, a man wanted in California is finally extradited.
- The Man Who Brought the Stars to Seattle
John Maguire opens at the Seattle Theater with Maude Granger in 'Inherited.' He recalls the early days of Northwest theater, when he played at Tester's hall across from the P-I office and lost his equipment in the great fire.
- The Judge and the Minstrel Show
When a visiting Chief Justice toured a Seattle courtroom in 1878, he was shocked by the advertisements for a traveling minstrel show plastered on the courthouse walls.
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- The Nahcotta Bear Fighter
A meat market man from the coast fends off an angry mother bear using only his boot.
- The Brewer and the Widow
A Seattle brewing fortune hangs in the balance as a widow sues for breach of promise.
- A Life-Threatening Day at the Yesler Wharf
While working at the coal chutes in 1872 Seattle, a young man is crushed by a rail car, highlighting the brutal risks of the city’s early industrial backbone.
- The Unlikely Enforcer of a Party Game
A jealous husband at a frontier social insists his young wife receives equal attention—or else he will settle the matter with his fists.
- The Perils of the Hand-Crank
A Hover resident sustains a serious injury while starting his automobile, highlighting the physical dangers of early motor travel.
- The Clerk Who Stole His Boss’s Fortune to Gamble Away
Leander Miller returns from a political trip in Olympia to find his confidential clerk, J.H. Corcoran, has drained his accounts through gambling debts.
- The Indictment of Harry Baer
A Spokane man faces a murder charge for a saloon shooting that was initially ruled 'justifiable homicide' by a conflicted jury.
- Legislature Moves to Protect Debtors from Foreclosure
A new bill seeks to allow judgment debtors to retain possession and profits of their property during the legal redemption period.