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159 stories matching howard
- The Murder That Made Washington Decide Who Counted as Tribal
In 1903 the state Supreme Court upheld Tommy Santiago Howard's manslaughter conviction for killing Kate Arquette on the Puyallup Reservation, ruling that because he had no tribal ties, state court—not federal court—had jurisdiction.
- A Frontier Vendetta Spills onto the Beach
An Indigenous man is shot in a dispute over a death attributed to 'bad Tamanas' or spiritual curses.
- The Churchgoer With a Murder Warrant Waiting
For three years, Sprague knew R. J. Howard as a trusted young man and Methodist probationer. Then a Lincoln County sheriff walked into Lewis' store and called him by another name.
- The Vigilantes’ Bones: Seattle Dug Up Its Most Notorious Lynching
Thirteen years after a mob hanged three men on James Street, a county doctor exhumed their skeletons for anatomy students— ropes, necktie and all.
- The Schoolteacher vs. The Coal Baron
An outspoken Newcastle teacher risks his career to confront the Oregon Improvement Company over its brutal labor practices and the displacement of local widows.
- The Uncertain Fate of Tommy Santiago Howard
Convicted of killing Kite Arquette years ago, Howard faces the penitentiary despite lingering doubts about his guilt and a potential pardon effort.
- The Tragedy at the Medicine Bottle: A Seattle Child’s Fatal Mistake
In a heartbreaking incident that has gripped the community, three-year-old Howard Pontius drank from what he thought was a treat, but was actually his mother’s morphine prescription for a cold.
- The Log That Almost Killed: A Logger’s Narrow Escape
In a dangerous era of manual labor, Mr. Howard of Eddy & Howard survived being crushed by a rolling timber on the Snohomish log road.
- The Boss’s View on Coal, Labor, and Anti-Chinese Agitation
A rare 1885 look into the mind of the Oregon Improvement Company’s representative during a volatile era of Seattle’s labor history.
- The Human Cargo in the Ash Pan
A steamship captain reveals the desperate lengths to which his crew went to smuggle Chinese laborers past authorities in the Puget Sound.
- The Coal Mine Standoff: A Strike and a Struggle for Control
As tensions mount at the Newcastle mines near Seattle, the company and the Knights of Labor clash over worker autonomy and the future of coal wages in the Washington Territory.
- A Missing Lawyer, a $350 Deed, and the North Olympia Land Scheme
With Attorney D. P. Ballard absent, Olympia lawyers are tracing suspicious transfers in a platted addition—land already sold to dozens of owners, now used as security for a $4,000 mortgage.
- The Flying-Machine Inventor Who Vanished and Left the Carpenter Unpaid
An Englishman named Howard hired a Tacoma carpenter to build a “living machine,” then disappeared with the key to the storeroom—leaving a very anxious workman and a mysterious apparatus.
- Bank Bets Big on Spokane Falls Corner
A livery stable lot at Main and Howard sells for a tidy sum as the National Bank plans a three-story brick block, proof of the city's soaring property market.
- The Great Horse Thief of Seattle: A Van Buren Mystery
A dramatic arrest at the Artisan Hotel reveals a tangled web of stolen property, false accusations, and theatrical intrigue involving Edward Howard and Cornelius Vanderbilt.
- Tragedy at the Runway: A Logger’s Fatal End in Cowlitz County
A routine day at a logging camp near Freeport turns deadly when a log jam triggers a sudden, violent chain reaction, claiming the life of C.C. Howard.
- A County Assessor, a Restaurant Keeper’s Wife, and a $10,000 Scandal
Mount Vernon’s county assessor is accused of stealing the affections of a restaurant keeper’s wife—who has reportedly fled to Seattle.
- The Night of the Three Nooses
A double lynching followed by a swift vigilante mob justice against a third prisoner defined one of the most violent episodes in early Seattle history.
- Exploiting Labor at Grays Harbor
A scathing report reveals how labor contractors are cheating workers with predatory 'discounts,' abysmal living conditions, and wage theft on harbor improvement projects.
- The Morning After the Fire: Spokane Wakes Up in Tents and Vows to Rebuild
A day after the great conflagration swept the city, Spokane's banks reopen, merchants trade under canvas, and outside capital pours in — even as thousands who were prosperous on Sunday night are left homeless.
- The Converted Burglar Who Asked Kansas to Come and Get Him
After a Salvation Army altar call in Seattle, an escaped Leavenworth prisoner walked into the Post-Intelligencer and confessed—then notified the governor he was ready to serve the eight years he owed.
- The Great Spokane Stock Forgery Escape
After allegedly forging a million shares in mining stock, a well-connected broker slips out of a sanitarium to evade arrest.
- The Price of Coal and the Cost of Labor
After shifting from Chinese laborers to white workers, mining companies find themselves in a standoff over wages that leaves miners idle and mines shuttered.
- The Tragedy on Howard Street
A household servant disappears after a toddler dies from arsenic poisoning.
- The Stolen Petition That Could Have Split Spokane County
In 1883, a push to carve a new county out of Spokane turned ugly when a 350-name petition vanished from a Howard Street law office.
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- A Burglar Caught in the Act
Howard Dodd, caught ransacking a home on North L Street, is sentenced to up to 14 years in the state penitentiary.
- General Howard’s Seattle Revival
The Civil War general takes the pulpit to debate the 'infidelity' of the American West.
- Political Tension Turns Violent in Ellensburg
A racially charged argument over the Jack Johnson vs. James Jeffries heavyweight title fight leads to a shooting.
- The Colonel’s Campaign Roadshow
Roland H. Hartley kicks off a seven-week statewide tour, bringing a university quartet to belt out campaign ballads and challenging the power of organized labor.
- The Neighborhood Vigilante Cat of Howard Avenue
An aggressive, property-owning tomcat is terrorizing the chicken coops of Seattle, prompting fed-up neighbors to organize a vigilante committee.
- After Disaster, Shipyards Scrutinized
Following the tragic Clallam disaster, federal inspectors turn a watchful eye toward ongoing construction at Tacoma’s Heath shipyards.
- A Hunter’s Sudden Tragedy on Chambers Prairie
A young man’s life is cut short in a freak accident while hunting near the Deschutes River.
- A Local Merchant’s Grand Tour of China
Gee Hee, a prominent local Chinese capitalist, returns to Seattle after three years abroad, bringing tales of Chinese industrialization and failed railway schemes.