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34 stories matching wesley
- The Tragic End of a Nooksack Valley Feud
A bitter dispute over character defamation concludes in a double shooting and a frantic manhunt in the woods near Ferndale.
- The Sea Gives Up a Member of the Ganiard Party
Four months after a storm swallowed a family of musicians bound for a dance, the body of young Wesley Ganiard is recovered near the mouth of the Snohomish River — but his mother is still missing.
- A Chinese Student's 1929 Speech Named the Racism Washington Tried to Forget
At the University of Washington's Cosmopolitan Club, Wesley Kai Hwa Kwang catalogued a century of anti-Chinese violence — including the 1885 killings in Squak Valley and the burning of Tacoma's Chinatown — and asked a white audience to account for it.
- Whatcom County Vendetta: A Land Claim Reopens a Frontier Killing
A routine land-office inquiry near Ferndale revived the story of John Guildy, who shot two members of the Mayfield family and was then hunted down and killed by a nine-man posse.
- Predatory Behavior and the Messenger Boys
The arrest of a waiter reveals a pattern of abuse targeting A.D.T. messenger boys in the rooms above downtown saloons.
- The Toughest Job in the State
Senator Wesley L. Jones defends Prohibition Director Roy C. Lyle against critics, promising severe penalties for any official caught winking at law-breakers.
- South Seattle's New Gothic Sanctuary
A growing neighborhood celebrates the dedication of the Wesley Methodist Episcopal Church, a community effort built on faith and fundraising.
- The Effigy in the Pine Tree
Charles Gloystein crossed Spokane County's Populists and woke to find himself hanged in straw. Then he vanished.
- The Octopus and the Seal: A Local Captain’s War Against a Washington Monopoly
In 1901, Port Townsend resident James G. Swan published affidavits from experienced hunters to debunk Professor Elliott’s claim that seal pups sink like stones, exposing the Alaska Commercial Company’s stranglehold on federal policy.
- The Allegorical Wedding of Two Great Rivers
Thousands gather at the Kennewick waterfront to celebrate the opening of the Celilo Canal with a symbolic union of the Columbia and Snake rivers.
- The Traveling Quack and the Stolen Girl
A traveling doctor accused of abducting a 12-year-old girl is arrested in Tacoma after a trail leading from California to the Puget Sound.
- The Senatorial Bomb Threat at the State House
A local man causes a panic in the Olympia senate gallery while screaming threats of violence over a U.S. Senate election.
- The Trial of the 'Swiss Chalet' Messiah
A courtroom is packed as Josua Klein, who allegedly held young women under his sway in a remote mountain chalet, begins his trial for assault.
- Seattle's Railroad Strike Goes Quiet—but the Unions Keep Fighting
As the national railroad boycott convulses the country, Seattle's yards stay quiet under troops and deputies while local unions back Debs, condemn violence, and negotiate food and livestock passage through boycotted lines.
- A Murder Near Auburn, a Suspect Who Almost Walked, and a Translator Called In
The killing of a Japanese man near Auburn left investigators with little cooperation and a suspect named Joe; a Japanese-born interpreter was brought in as officials waited for more evidence.
- Twenty Thousand Acres vs. the River: Calispel Valley Takes Its Case to Congress
Farmers around Usk and Cusick organize a diking district and send a committee to Spokane to beg a rivers-and-harbors congressman for a dredge, a dike, and a federal appropriation.
- The Street Preacher on Pioneer Square
A Seattle man, parading through the city with a Bible and an American flag, faces a jury trial to determine his sanity while his wife struggles to support their family.
- The 'Hard Times' Social in Black Diamond
Coal miners and their families in Black Diamond held a 'Hard Times' social, where the most bedraggled costumes were awarded prizes, offering a brief moment of levity during a period of economic strain.
- The Great River Wedding
Kennewick and Pasco prepare for an elaborate, day-long celebration to mark the opening of the Celilo Canal, complete with an 'allegorical wedding' of the Columbia and Snake rivers.
- 100 Miners Take a Receiver to Court Over Cut Wages—and the Company Store
A petition filed in King County Superior Court says a coal company's receiver cut pay, forced miners to shop at his store, and fired a man who refused to back his candidate for police justice.
- From a Blacksmith Shop to a Million Members: Seattle's AME Centenary
Rev. Allen W. Whaley traced 100 years of African Methodism from a Philadelphia blacksmith shop to a global church—and named the race prejudice that forced its founders out.
- The Doctor Wasn't Who He Said He Was
Found dead along the Northern Pacific tracks near Olympia, Dr. C. S. Smith was unmasked by his own will as S. C. Thompson, an Iowa county treasurer who had fled a defalcation in 1872.
- The Senator Asks: To Prep for War or Build for Peace?
Facing mounting pressure for military expansion as the Great War rages in Europe, U.S. Senator W. L. Jones takes the unusual step of polling Washington constituents on their views.
- The Christmas Custody Battle That Ended in Jail
A divorced mother and her alleged accomplice face kidnapping charges after a bitter custody dispute over two young sons.
- 'Ground Under the Wheels': The Railroad Strike That Landed Gilman Miners in Court
Five men were held for trial after a Seattle commissioner heard testimony that striking miners abused and intimidated non-union trainmen on the Seattle, Lake Shore & Eastern.
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- The Sedro-Woolley Auto Thieves
Two youths sentenced to the reformatory after a desperate joyride across the state.
- The Wheat Harvest Duel of Whitman County
A boozy dispute over farm chores between two longtime neighbors ends in a shotgun confrontation that left one man injured and the other behind bars.
- The Fugitive Foreman of Franklin
A man working at the Oregon Improvement Company’s stables in Franklin is revealed as a wanted fugitive for a fatal land dispute in Indian Territory.
- A Nighttime Scuffle in Palouse
An unexpected shooting between two strangers in a small Washington town turns into a case of mistaken identity.
- A Community Gift for a Sick Neighbor
When J. J. Heatherington fell ill with paralysis, his White Bluffs neighbors organized a subscription to buy him a cow, offering a lifeline of support in a time of crisis.
- A Deadly Struggle in Bremerton
A man attempted to murder a local youth, but in the ensuing struggle, his own weapon turned against him with lethal consequences.
- The Teredo Worm’s Silent Siege
A massive wheat warehouse on the Tacoma waterfront collapses after wood-boring pests hollowed out the foundation, echoing the vulnerability of the region's rapidly expanding infrastructure.
- The Revenue Cutter 'Black Pup' Intercepts Smugglers
Federal authorities captured a launch near Whidbey Island, but the white smugglers escaped into the night, leaving eight Chinese laborers behind.