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59 stories matching overcoat
- The Overcoat Thief Is at Work in This City
A wave of coat thefts sweeps through Seattle hotels and lodgings; one suspect is caught red-handed with a warrant.
- The Pen for Petty Theft
Two young men are sentenced to the state penitentiary for stealing an overcoat and rubbers from a church in Endicott.
- The Night the Burglar Lost His Shoes: A Seattle Thief Flees in Stockings
A daring break-in at a Bell Street laundry ends in farce when the thief is spotted before he can steal anything, forcing him to flee barefoot and leaving behind his footwear as evidence.
- Burglars Clean Out the Kennewick Clothing Store
Thieves forced the back door of the Kennewick Clothing store with a crowbar and made off with suits, overcoats and shoes; a patrolman may have passed the store while they were still inside.
- The Ghost of Ballast Island
A laborer’s body washes up on the Seattle waterfront, leaving a trail of questions about a midnight splash and a missing man with a light overcoat.
- The Bullet and the Bankroll: A Saloon Feud on Pike Street
A Seattle land swindler survived an assassination attempt at the Abbott House, thanks to a well-placed $20 gold piece in his vest pocket.
- The Knife in the Overcoat: A Seattle Street Fight
A local businessman outsmarts two footpads on a dark corner of Battery Street.
- The Jailer and the Cell: A Brutal Scuffle in 1891
A repeat offender turns the city jail into a ring for a violent, bloody showdown with his longtime adversary, the jailer.
- The Boy Who Stole a Coat: Seattle’s Teenage Burglars and Their 'Ingenious' Defense
Two teenagers, aged 16 and 17, were caught red-handed stealing overcoats on King Street. Their attempt to blame a mysterious third party failed, but their defiant attitude offers a rare glimpse into the juvenile justice system of early Seattle.
- Rescued from the Tide Flats
A man found clinging to a pile on the tide flats with no memory of how he arrived there suggests a dark night in the city's underbelly.
- Henry Sprague Died by Suicide in an Unfinished House
A young farmer in Medical Lake ends his life in the unfinished house he was building for his bride-to-be after she marries another.
- The Mother Who Ran Through Burning Oil
A lamp explosion trapped two boys in a Whatcom kitchen; their mother rushed through flames to save them and was badly burned.
- Theft Attempted During Church Service
Two young boys are caught trying to steal an usher's coat during a church service, only to be arrested by a member of the congregation.
- The Pugilist's Revenge
A Tacoma man finds a lawyer in his wife's rooms and responds by destroying the visitor's clothing in a stove.
- Brutal Attack Near Camas Leaves Worker for Dead
A plumber was waylaid on a bridge near the Washougal River, robbed of his tools and savings, and thrown from the span by assailants who remain at large.
- The Bailiff Who Lost a Prisoner
A procedural mishap in the municipal court leads to a humiliating embarrassment when a defendant simply walks out of the custody line.
- Winter House Fire Destroys Family Home
Community efforts save neighboring barn and garage after house fire likely caused by defective flue in White Bluffs.
- The Mystery of the Admiralty Bay Boatman
A lonely death in a remote bay leaves more questions than answers about a man whose final protest was written on a slip of paper.
- A Shootout on the Border
A prospector and a frontier rival face off in an armed dispute at the mouth of the Pend Oreille River, only to be stopped by a local storekeeper.
- A Body in the Bay: The Cryptic Note Left in a Dead Man's Skiff
An unidentified man is found adrift in Admiralty Bay, and the only clue is a strange note in his pocket about a neighbor, a house, and cloth nailed to the walls.
- The Gang That Left the Coat Hangers Behind
Two break-ins in twelve days, fifty-five suits and a thousand dollars gone, and a trail of hangers in a brush heap behind the Kennewick Hotel.
- The Midnight Parlor Shootout
A bank bookkeeper’s frantic, armed response to an 'imaginary burglar' leaves a piano shredded and a cat terrified in Colfax.
- A Violent Altercation at Taggard's Saloon
A dispute over a gambling debt nearly turns fatal when a patron draws a knife.
- The Indigent Shuttle: Seattle's 'Loathsome' Dumping Scandal
A 1892 report reveals a bitter inter-city blame game, as Tacoma officials accuse Seattle of shipping its impoverished and sick residents south to dodge medical costs.
- A Mangled Dynamo, A Crippled Provider
A young Tacoma motorman loses his arm while performing a dangerous maintenance task on a moving streetcar.