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1 story matching headsman

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  1. A Packed House Watches a Dying Cardinal Bring Down the Curse of Rome

    Touring tragedian Keene fills the Olympia Theater with Bulwer's 'Richelieu' — and promises Shakespeare's Richard III for tonight, with 'but a few seats left.'

    Nov 6, 1891The Olympia TribuneOlympia Theater, OlympiaNightlife

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  1. The Serpent Slayer of Chehalis

    A man wanders into town wearing a top hat to battle a monster he believes is terrorizing the rail lines.

    May 9, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerChehalis

  2. A Gold-Headed Cane for the Man Who Stayed on the Phone in a Burning Mine

    Newcastle honored C.C. Anderson, who kept giving orders to trapped miners as the roof burned above him.

    Jan 28, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerNewcastle

  3. Miners Clash at a Wilkeson Roadhouse

    A quarrel over a woman and drinks ends in a shooting, sparking a community uprising in the coal-mining town.

    Feb 23, 1904The Tacoma TimesWilkeson

  4. The Trusted Watchman’s Secret Life

    After 16 years of loyal service, a Hoquiam mill watchman is caught red-handed with a secret kit of burglary tools.

    Jul 21, 1905The Kennewick CourierHoquiam

  5. The Councilman and the Kentucky Saloon

    A Tacoma city councilman faces a public scandal after a local bartender accuses him of ruining business.

    Mar 28, 1904The Tacoma TimesTacoma

  6. The Outlaw Who Bought His Way Into a Saloon

    Frank Mossman, a notorious repeat offender with three prior jail breaks, walked into a Port Townsend saloon on Sunday night and refused to leave—until he threw rocks at the bartender.

    May 22, 1888The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Townsend

  7. A Section Foreman's Death at Gilman, and the $100 He Sent Home to Ireland

    J. G. Caroian, a Lake Shore road foreman, was killed switching cars at Gilman. His Odd Fellows lodge will bury him at Marysville; his aged mother in Ireland will get no more Christmas money.

    Dec 19, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerIssaquah

  8. A Fatal Nap on the Tracks

    A tired freight brakeman, exhausted by days of overwork, pays the ultimate price after falling asleep on the job.

    Apr 6, 1900The Colfax GazetteColfax

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