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9 stories matching storekeep

  1. The Ballard Merchant's Divorce War

    A Ballard storekeeper and his wife trade accusations of cruelty, abandonment, and theft in a bitter divorce proceeding.

    Nov 11, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerBallard, Seattle, King CountyScandal

  2. Tragedy on a Seattle Lot

    A lonely stonecutter, haunted by his past and struggling with addiction, ends his life in a public spectacle that leaves a city stunned.

    Mar 26, 1892The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King County

  3. The Confidence Man of Colby

    An elderly immigrant family arrives in Washington only to be swindled of their life savings at the docks.

    Oct 10, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

  4. The 'Ten Cents' Holdup: A Seattle Storekeeper Calls the Robbers' Bluff

    Two armed men tried to rob J. B. Johnson's Front Street store, but Johnson told them the till was empty and bolted for the back door as a shot rang out.

    Apr 28, 1895The Seattle Post-Intelligencer506 First Avenue, SeattleTrue Crime

  5. The City's Sweeping Misjudgment

    Seattle's street department decides that the best time to sweep streets is during a windstorm, leaving storefronts and pedestrians choked with debris.

    Apr 29, 1893The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall

  6. The Thief Who Crawled into a Hole

    A petty shoplifting chase leads to an absurd standoff underneath a downtown storefront.

    Jun 10, 1883Seattle Daily Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyStrange But True

  7. Seattle's Canal Gamble

    Boosters asked Seattleites to pledge a weekly sum to bring the Lake Washington ship canal—and the jobs and ships they believed would follow.

    Apr 5, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerLake Washington Ship Canal, Seattle, King CountyFollow the Money · Boom & Bust

  8. A Judge Reverses Himself and Lets the Gamblers Walk

    A raid on Moy Lung's Washington Street gambling house netted twenty-two Chinese men. Then Municipal Judge Glasgow dismissed the cases, reversed a guilty verdict, and remitted the one fine he had already imposed.

    Mar 16, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyCity Hall · Nightlife

  9. The Stove Thief, the Opium Smoker, and the Crooked Colony

    A red-haired plumber's slip of the tongue and a morphine-addicted burglar's hidden shack give Seattle police a busy day in court.

    Mar 12, 1895The Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle, King CountyTrue Crime

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