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72 stories matching morphin
- He Missed the Masquerade Ball. She Filed for Divorce. He Took Morphine.
Paul J. Ravage died at St. Joseph's Hospital after his wife divorced him over a forgotten night out in Spokane.
- Despair and Survival in Tacoma
A woman near the Garfield House is saved after attempting to end her life with morphine following a lover's betrayal.
- The Forgotten Addicts of Seattle's Skid Road
A railroad man's harrowing story of dependency reveals the hidden suffering behind the headlines in the turn-of-the-century city.
- A Desperate Leap into the Sound
A former railroad official jumps from a steamer into the Puget Sound, allegedly following a morphine injection.
- A Night in the Ideal Saloon
When a woman in a Washington Street brothel suffered an overdose of morphine, the man who brought it to her fled in panic to the courts—only to be arrested himself.
- The Agony of the Morphine Fiend
A defendant on trial for theft suffers from withdrawal in a Seattle courtroom.
- The Tragic End of a Restaurant Proprietor
Louis Marri, owner of the struggling Maison Riche, was found dead of a morphine overdose, leaving behind a legacy of business failure and despair.
- A Desperate End on the Waterfront
After allegedly being robbed of fifty dollars in Tacoma, a laborer was found nearly dead from a morphine overdose.
- The Baker Who Left a Sign Reading 'Out Painting'
Christian Gutheil's morphine suicide and the cryptic notice on his Second Avenue bakery door.
- The Lonely Death of 'Mike the Rooster'
A once-prominent figure in the city's sporting fraternity dies in a lodging house on Washington Street from a morphine collapse.
- A Prospector's Final Twenty Cents
Penniless and despondent, a traveler takes his own life in a Seattle lodging house after a failed attempt to mask his actions as an accident.
- A Tragic End at K and 11th
A Tacoma carpenter, struggling with alcoholism and personal despair, takes his own life.
- A Barroom Brawl on Washington Street
A morphine-addicted laborer brings chaos to a downtown saloon, highlighting the volatile daily life of Seattle's waterfront workers in 1899.
- The Man Who Couldn't Be Named: A Mysterious Suicide on Pike Street
In the early hours of a Seattle morning in 1902, a barkeeper discovers a stranger dead in his room with no ID and a note addressed to 'Joe.' The city is left with a body, a mystery, and a morphine bottle.
- A Cook's Last Night in Tacoma
Injured, stranded ashore and facing the loss of his berth, a steamboat cook spends his final hours quarreling with his wife before swallowing morphine in a boarding-house room.
- The Tragic Awakening at the St. Charles Hotel
A man awakes to find his roommate dead from a suspected morphine overdose, revealing the dark side of a local sailor's life.
- The Tragedy of Eliza Hicks
A young woman of mixed heritage, suffering from the grief of a lost partner, succumbs to an overdose in a Seattle saloon boarding house.
- The Tragedy of a 'Model' Citizen
A wealthy man's obsession with his wife's supposed infidelity leads to a dramatic, morphine-fueled insanity trial.
- A Captain Tries Twice to Die—and Walks Home
Capt. Alfred Garton took morphine, then a bullet, in an Occidental Hotel room. Both failed, and his letter blamed a fortune in real estate that no one would buy.
- A Morphine Death at the Concord House
Allan McDonald, a Toronto-born piano player struggling with morphine, was found dead in a Seattle rooming house with a jealous letter beside him and 85 cents in his pocket.
- A Fugitive’s Final Escape in a Seattle Lodging House
Facing a retrial for a violent attempted murder, a young man ends his life in a room above a downtown saloon.
- The Tragic Last Notes of L. R. Shaw
A desperate local resident details his financial ruin, drug dependence, and final instructions to his family in a series of haunting letters before taking his own life in Seattle.
- The Death Rate Was Up. The Health Officer Blamed the Syringe.
In 1891 Olympia's health officer reported an unprecedented mortality spike—and pointed to morphine and cocaine injections, with young women said to be using them 'just for fun.'
- Thirty Grains of Morphine and a Baker’s Plea to Be Let Go
Christian F. Gutheil, a Seattle bakery owner, survived an overdose after a long spree—then told a reporter he wished the doctors had not interfered.
- The Tragedy of a 'Shake' on Jackson Street
A despondent man attempts suicide in a Seattle saloon after being abandoned by his partner.