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10 stories matching lamoreux

  1. The Mystery of the Cedar River Monsters

    A fishing expedition into the wilderness turns into a strange, unexplained struggle against an unseen force in the depths of the river.

    May 28, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerCedar River, Maple Valley, King CountyTrue Crime · Strange But True

  2. The Bellboy and the Purse Trap

    A Rainier Hotel manager ends a spree of thefts by setting a sting operation for a dishonest employee.

    Apr 24, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  3. A Judge Called Unpaid Hotel Work 'Mild Larceny'—and Freed the Bellboy Who Stole $1.15

    Nathan Sanguinetti, a West Indian bellboy at Seattle's Rainier Hotel, was convicted of stealing a planted purse. When Judge Humes learned the hotel had made him work 18 months without pay, he called that the real crime—and a pardon followed.

    Sep 16, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyWork & Pay

  4. Grim Discovery in a Remote Cabin

    The discovery of a skeleton and a bullet in a nailed-shut cabin suggests a cold case of murder from the previous year.

    Sep 8, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBeaver, Clallam CountyTrue Crime

  5. The Tragic Wreck of the Leonor

    Survivors and debris on the coast near La Push tell a harrowing story of a ship lost to the jagged rocks during a gale.

    Nov 6, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerQuillayute River, La Push, Clallam CountyDisasters

  6. A Million-Dollar Piece of Everett Nearly Slips Through a Homestead Loophole

    A years-long fraud contest over the land beneath the Pacific Steel barge works is quietly withdrawn and struck from the record — and the waterfront keeps its fortune.

    Mar 15, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerEverett, Snohomish CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

  7. The Squatters of Port Angeles

    A government land reservation intended for protection is caught in a web of bureaucratic delays, shifting administrations, and local political infighting.

    Dec 11, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerPort Angeles, Clallam CountyFollow the Money · Strange But True

  8. The Hotel Thief Who Slept Under the Same Roof He Robbed

    Sat Sanguinetti begged the Rainier Hotel's manager for a place to sleep, then used a skeleton key to strip its guests of diamonds and gold — until a private watchman caught him red-handed.

    Sep 17, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  9. The $2 Million School-Land Grab

    A federal land inspector was accused of rushing a hearing to help speculators claim Tacoma's School Section 16—land the state said was worth $2 million.

    Sep 15, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerTacoma, Pierce CountyFollow the Money

  10. Monte Cristo’s Residents vs. the Placer Claim

    A federal commissioner orders a new hearing in the fight over whether a mining claim swallowed a Snohomish County townsite.

    Jul 20, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMonte Cristo, Snohomish CountyFollow the Money

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