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12 stories matching prowler
- Summer Beach Cottages Targeted by Thieves
A teacher at Tacoma Public Schools loses $300 in silverware as prowlers return to the Quartermaster Harbor beaches.
- A Voice in the Dark: The Burglar Who Knew the Girls' Room
Three young women in Port Townsend wake to a prowler fumbling at the bureau, hand over ten cents and two trinkets, and wait trembling for daylight.
- Robbed at the Depot: A Warning to Night Prowlers
A Chinese laborer for E. H. Bennett is set upon by two men near the railroad crossing and relieved of his wages — and the paper warns the robbers to be out at night no more.
- The Bold Burglars of North Seattle
Citizens are arming themselves as a crime wave sweeps through the growing city, leaving residents on edge as night-time prowlers evade the law.
- The Tramp Who Demanded Breakfast
A gentleman in a suburban cottage tried to shoo away a prowler from his back yard, only to discover the intruder was waiting for his morning meal at the front door.
- The Midnight Prowler of Eighteenth Street
A bold burglar is caught in the act at a private residence, turning an ordinary night into a frantic, weapon-drawn standoff.
- The Burglar Who Walked Into Tacoma From Everett
A single suspect arrested in Everett for robbing a hired girl at gunpoint is now being investigated by Tacoma police as the prime suspect behind a string of local burglaries that have plagued the city for months.
- The Midnight Intruder at the Dye Works
A nervous employee at a Seattle dye works reports a terrifying late-night encounter with a prowler, leading to an arrest of a man found nearby.
- The Peeping Toms of H and Second Streets
A string of late-night window-peeping incidents has left Aberdeen residents on edge and arming themselves for a confrontation.
- Close Call with a Cougar in Orting
Two children playing near the Carbon River were nearly snatched by a massive cougar before a quick-thinking visitor intervened.
- The New Frontier on the Shores of Lake Washington
While the city worried over mysterious prowlers, settlers were carving out orchards and gardens from the old-growth forests near Lake Washington, marveling at the land's hidden potential.
- The Unsolved Mystery of the 'Soft-Footed' Burglar
A quiet intruder terrorizes Seattle residents, leaving victims baffled after appearing in their homes in the dead of night—only to flee at the sound of a voice.