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5 stories matching incest

  1. A Father’s Scandal in Tacoma

    A house painter is jailed after accusations of incest involving his teenaged daughter.

    Nov 7, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyScandal

  2. The Shadow of Violence and Secrecy in Pioneer Seattle

    A shocking arrest on charges of incest pulls back the curtain on the private lives of men who posed as 'dudes' in the city's downtown cigar district.

    Jan 4, 1891The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyScandal

  3. A Daughter's Testimony Sends Her Father to Jail

    Paul R. Nelson, a Swedish M.E. church janitor, was convicted of incest after his 14-year-old daughter told a neighbor she was pregnant and named him as responsible.

    Sep 6, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  4. The Lie That Kept a Father in Jail

    Clara Sellers, 13, recants her incest charge, freeing A. Sellers after seven months—but not before he sold his farm to pay for his defense.

    Nov 23, 1903The Evening StatesmanColfax, Whitman CountyScandal

  5. The Iron Hotel: Seattle's Jail Let Convicted Killers Wait Out the Law

    A 1905 exposé inside the King County jail found convicted murderers lingering for years in a steel cage while appeals stalled, one prisoner fashioning a pistol from a shoe shank and escaping, and taxpayers footing the bill.

    Mar 24, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerKing County jail, SeattleCity Hall · True Crime

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