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53 stories matching mcneil
- Domestic Violence and a Very Public Feud
John and Mary McNeil return to court in a case of assault involving biting, teeth-marks, and threats of revenge.
- McNeil Island Residents to Get New Ferry Float
County commissioners force construction after government restricts access to the penitentiary's private ferry service.
- The Unsafe Penitentiary at McNeil Island
Repeated escapes from the government facility lead to complaints that the island's prison buildings are dangerously insecure.
- Expulsion of Chinese Laborers
Two Chinese men arrested at a cannery are sent to McNeil Island before deportation.
- The Great McNeils Island Prison Break
Two convicts who vanished while building jetties for the government spark a frantic, bloodhound-led manhunt across the Puget Sound.
- The Strange Disappearance of Nellie McNeil
After a frantic police search, a woman reported missing is discovered living in a rooming house above a local saloon.
- Three Masked Men Knew Where the Grocer Kept His Money
A Steilacoom storekeeper is robbed of $137 at closing time, and police first look to twenty men just released from McNeil’s Island.
- Tragedy at McNeil Island: Guard and Prisoners Lost in Sound
A routine transport between the island and Steilacoom turns fatal after a sudden squall capsizes the boat.
- The tugboat captain who challenged a federal marshal
When the captain of the tug Tacoma ignored a U.S. marshal's order to stop a libeled ship, the law caught up with him at the McNeil Island penitentiary.
- Federal Judge Imprisons 'Wealers' for Labor Protests
Twenty-nine members of the 'Industrial Army' are sentenced to McNeil Island after defying a federal injunction in North Yakima.
- The Forgotten Prisoners of McNeil Island
Thirteen men held in limbo for years, caught between a nation that didn't want them and a border that refused their return.
- The Senator and the Prisoner
A political jab at U.S. Senator Levi Ankeny highlights a local man's sentencing to McNeil Island Penitentiary, linking corporate influence to the justice system.
- The Sad State of McNeil Island
A former inmate calls for books to replace the monotony of prison life.
- A Convict Hangs Himself at McNeil's Island — and No One Comes for Him
Charles Carlson, forty, serving eight months for selling whisky to Indians at North Yakima, is found hanging in a water-closet at the federal penitentiary. The warden cuts him down minutes too late.
- Tales of Torture at McNeil Island Penitentiary
A newly released prisoner brings harrowing allegations of medical neglect, forced labor, and death to the attention of Seattle officials.
- The Governor’s Dilemma: The Hand-Me-Down Prison
When Washington became a state, the federal government tried to offload the McNeil Island Penitentiary and its prisoners to state control—but Governor Elisha Ferry wasn't having it.
- The Warden Stole His Son’s Fiancée—Then Got Fired Over Eggs
A federal prison appointment at McNeil’s Island unearths a family romance gone wrong and an expense account full of phantom eggs.
- The Jesuit Who Shot an Archbishop: A Murderer’s Cold Confession on the Way to Prison
Frank Fuller, convicted of killing Catholic Archbishop Seghers in the Alaskan wilderness, speaks to reporters as he is transported by steamship from Port Townsend to McNeil Island.
- The Whiskey Wagon on the Reservation
Law enforcement in Yakima hunts a bootlegger accused of supplying alcohol to the Yakama Reservation.
- The Price of Citizenship: John Adam Schmidt Convicted
A federal judge sentences a man to prison for orchestrating a fraudulent naturalization scheme for Russian immigrants.
- Fatal Shooting in the Auburn Woods Ruled Justifiable
A jury exonerates John North for the killing of Charles Paulson after hearing testimony that the act was carried out under the direction of the city marshal.
- Federal Judge Hanford Sentences Coxeyite Protesters
Twenty-six members of the Coxeyite industrial army face jail time after seizing a Northern Pacific train in defiance of federal court orders.
- The Secret Census of Incarcerated Aliens
Federal agents conduct a quiet, month-long sweep of Washington’s state institutions to identify non-citizens for deportation.
- The Final Voyage of the St. Stephen
Tragedy strikes the Pacific Northwest as a beloved vessel goes missing in a violent storm, leaving a city in mourning.
- A Counterfeiter's View of the Seattle Jail
A convicted woman, while en route to San Quentin, dismisses the Seattle jail as the 'poorest excuse' in the country.