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66 stories matching knive
- Lawmakers Mocked for 'Infra Dig' Stationery and Cutlery
Legislators receive low-quality office supplies, sparking protests, ridicule, and a formal proposal to donate the cheap jack-knives to a butcher's association.
- The Roslyn Wedding Brawl
A double wedding in the Hungarian quarter of Roslyn devolved into a chaotic riot involving knives and heavy drinking.
- Thomas Dolan Tried Soap and Knives to Escape Jail
A desperate inmate’s attempt to saw through the county jail's steel bars with repurposed table knives ends in a dark cell.
- Industrial Terror at the Shingle Mill
A Mount Vernon mill worker is gravely injured after a jointer wheel explodes, sending lethal blades through the building like cannonballs.
- Bloodshed at the Ellensburg Saloon
A violent confrontation involving knives and pistols leaves one man hospitalized and his opponents marked by his resistance.
- The Widow’s Silverware Swindle
A 'weeping widow' targets charitable Seattleites with a high-pressure sales scheme for cheap knives.
- The Shack on South Third Street
A tenant returns to find his small business, stock-in-trade, and silver knives unceremoniously dumped in the street.
- Anatomy of a Jailbreak
Sheriff Woolery foils a plot to escape the King County jail, uncovering acid and a sharpened knife.
- The Strange Demise of the Human Ostrich
James Fitzgerald, a former White Bluffs resident who earned fame by consuming knives, nails, and gold coins, has died at age 69.
- The Watches, Pipes and Toothbrushes of the Unclaimed Dead Go Up for Auction
Two years of the coroner's unclaimed effects — purses, cuff buttons, knives and one gold timekeeper — will be sold at the courthouse door on July 7. Their owners died violently, died poor, or were pulled from the bay and written down as 'unknown.'
- Blood on the Diamond: A Baseball Riot Stabs Two Men in Rockford
When a local baseball game between Tekoa and Rockford turned violent, knives, bats, and bricks flew. Two men were stabbed, several beaten insensible, and the town was left reeling from a brawl that started on the field and ended with arrests.
- Three Break-ins at One Hardware Store—and an Armed Holdup in the Lumber Yards
Reid Hardware was burglarized for the third time, with guns and knives stolen, while Ralph Kennedy was relieved of $2.80 at revolver-point in the lumber yards.
- The Jailer's Secret Cache
When nine prisoners attempted a daring escape from the Pierce County Jail, they left behind a strange assortment of contraband that revealed their desperate ingenuity.
- A Violent Prison Break in Early Seattle
A brutal struggle erupts in the King County jail as desperate inmates ambush the jailer in a failed escape attempt.
- Industrial Hazards in 1876 Seattle
A furniture factory worker suffers the loss of his fingers in a dangerous machinery mishap, highlighting the grim reality of manual labor in early Seattle.
- Seattle’s 'Industrial Army' Mobilizes for Washington, D.C.
Unemployed workers organize under strict military discipline to march across the country to protest economic conditions during the Panic of 1893.
- The Hardware Heist Ends in Betrayal
Two young burglars thought their sailor friend was the perfect fence—until he walked them straight into a police ambush.
- Knife Duel Near Pacific Avenue
A late-night confrontation at 14th and Pacific Avenue ended in a stabbing, with one man arrested and the other hospitalized.
- The Bold Jewelry Store Heist
Burglars bypass a safe to clear out a downtown shop's gold and timepieces.
- Relics of a Coast Salish Landing Found Beneath Seattle’s Locks
Stone tools and bone implements from an old Native American gathering place have been classified and added to the University of Washington’s Coast Salish collection.
- A Gold Umbrella for the Starter
Before the Walla Walla derby, local horsemen honored track judge Robert Leighton with a surprise tribute for his fair and steady hand on the racing circuit.
- A Saloon Brawl on South Third: No Knives, No Proof
A cutting scrape at the Golden State hotel leaves authorities puzzled: was it a knife or just a fight? The charge is reduced to simple assault.
- A Bad Day at the Ballard Shingle Mill
A fire in Ed A. Auld's shingle mill is stopped by a neighboring company's apparatus, then two workers are maimed in separate accidents.
- Racial Violence Erupts in Roslyn Mines
Tensions turn deadly in a mining town as white citizens clash with Black laborers.
- Violent Attack Leaves Italian Laborer Critically Injured
A confrontation at Third and Jackson results in a fractured skull for an Italian immigrant, sparking a swift police investigation in North Seattle.