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- Youths Arrested for Binding Boy Near Interurban Bridge
Two teens were taken into custody after a game of 'play' left a younger boy tied to a structure near the Puyallup River for several hours.
- The Man Who Walked With a Bolt Through His Foot
John Moore, Seattle's most noted diver, recounts the harrowing moment he was impaled by a railroad bolt in the Mississippi River—and how his tender saved him.
- The 'Crab Man' and the Brutal Reality of Frontier Discipline
A teenage girl escapes her abusive father only to be returned to his custody by a legal system that viewed children as the property of their parents.
- The Child Acrobat's Ordeal
A young performer rescued from a traveling act bears the brutal marks of a stove poker and a buckled strap, sparking a court battle over his custody.
- Domestic Abuse in the Care System
A Tacoma widow seeking work finds the woman paid to watch her children was beating them with a leather strap.
- The Daredevil of Seattle: A Near-Fatal Balloon Plunge
Thousands watched from the waterfront as Professor Van Tassell's aerial exhibition went awry, nearly ending in disaster over the harbor.
- The Mule-Mounted Howitzer Fiasco
An ambitious Army experiment at a Western fort goes hilariously and dangerously wrong when a cannon-strapped mule decides to take matters into his own hooves.
- The Missing Will That Would Have Given Seattle a Library
Henry Yesler's widow and two doctors are arrested, accused of burning a will that left the pioneer's fortune—and his mansion—to the city.
- Terrified Chinese Immigrants Flee Tacoma Station
Fearful of mob violence in an anti-Chinese city, seven men abandon their luggage and run for their lives to escape a perceived threat.
- The Horror at Fort Steilacoom
A former minister exposes systemic abuse and torture at the territorial hospital for the insane.
- The Brutal Price of Circus Fame
A young acrobat is removed from his performers' care after enduring systemic abuse in the name of show business.
- The Final Stand of a Wanted Outlaw
A manhunt across Eastern Washington ends in a fatal shootout at a Spokane cabin.
- A Miraculous Escape at the Old Town Mill
A worker's arm was caught in a drive belt, and his body was hurled through an eight-inch opening in the floor, yet he survived with only a broken ankle.
- The End of Fort Walla Walla
General Funston recommends abandoning the Walla Walla garrison, citing it has 'outlived its usefulness.'
- The Confidence Men of the Steamer Route
A trio of swindlers fleeing Seattle justice find their match in a wary traveler on the Puget Sound steamship line.
- The Juvenile 'Stables' Syndicate of 1892
A band of boys from Spokane's elite families formed an organized criminal ring, stealing horses and sleighs to stash in a secret suburban hideout.
- A Tragic End for a Prosperous Rancher
A wealthy farmer near Wilbur, recently come into an inheritance, takes his own life following erratic behavior.
- The Stranger in the Haymow
A lonely death on a Lind farm leaves behind few clues and a question of identity.
- The Unwelcome Suitor of Woodinville
A logging camp worker’s unrequited, erratic affection for a widow leads to a violent struggle and an asylum committal.
- A Horse-Thieving Liveryman’s Great Escape
After mortgaging his entire business and selling off his neighbor's property, a British Columbia liveryman makes a desperate flight across the border into Washington.
- The Price of a Child's Abuse
A Seattle court hears harrowing testimony of an acrobat child beaten by his handlers, sparking a packed, tense courtroom drama.
- The Violent End of Edward Gallagher
A condemned man fought officers for three minutes on the gallows before his execution in Vancouver.
- The Streetcar Blues
A local editor skewers a poet's romanticized version of riding Tacoma's crowded, unreliable trolley cars.
- A Daring Climb Above Second and Cherry
A Home Messenger Company lineman risks a terrifying ascent to repair a flagpole atop the New York building.
- A Sinking Buggy, a Borrowed Team, and a Reservation About to Open
In 1892 a newspaperman packed his wife and infant into a rickety buggy to cross the soon-to-open Colville Reservation, fording the Kettle River and leaning on Native families along the way.