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91 stories matching whiskey
- Crackdown on Illegal Liquor Sales in Puyallup
Deputy U.S. Marshals arrest two men caught selling whiskey to Indigenous workers during the harvest season.
- The Whiskey Wagon on the Reservation
Law enforcement in Yakima hunts a bootlegger accused of supplying alcohol to the Yakama Reservation.
- The Jailhouse Remedy for a Bad Case of Whiskey
A desperate man suffering from the effects of alcohol voluntarily surrendered himself to the Seattle sheriff, asking to be locked away until he could regain his senses.
- Gunfire and a Moral Cleanup in Cusick
A whiskey-fueled crowd shot out the windows and back bar at Joe Cusick's saloon; the town's 'better element' answered by ordering 'lewd women' to leave.
- The Pox Patrol: When Smallpox Patients Went Out for Whiskey
In 1880, Seattle's quarantine measures were so lax that victims were reportedly slipping out of the pesthouse at night to hit the saloons.
- The Ghost Crime of the Head of the Bay
A man turned himself into the sheriff for a murder that happened only in his own whiskey-soaked mind.
- Logan Billingsley Saws His Way Out of Detention
After his sentencing in a high-profile whiskey graft trial, Logan Billingsley vanished from the immigration detention station using a hacksaw.
- The Candidate Nobody Came to Hear
George A. Allen ran against the corporations and the whiskey trust, but his Newport campaign meeting was called off for lack of interest.
- The Point Roberts Dinner Party Murder
A celebratory dinner at the border turned fatal when a drunken argument over whiskey escalated into a stabbing, leaving one man dead and a community in shock.
- A Candidate's Disreputable Journey
A political traveler's penchant for whiskey and poker leaves his campaign coffers dry.
- The Prohibition Crackdown on the Yakima Cafe
Following a quiet investigation, police raid a local eatery and seize over sixty pints of illicit alcohol.
- Pitchfork Violence in the Harvest Field
A simple argument over a whiskey bottle near Pullman escalated into a violent assault with a pitchfork and a heavy roller.
- The Unruly Fourth: A Snohomish Independence Day
A look at the chaotic, whiskey-fueled celebrations of 1878, where the lack of 'dueals' (money) was the only thing standing between the town and total revelry.
- The Great Pigeon Whiskey Heist
A Seattle police officer's bungled attempt to intoxicate local church pigeons ends in his own humiliation.
- The Strange Craze of Inhaling Whiskey
A local saloon patron discovers a new way to enjoy spirits without taking a drink.
- The Policeman, the Whiskey, and the Sober Pigeons
A Seattle officer's attempt to trap church-dwelling pigeons using liquor-soaked corn ended in a hilariously humiliating failure when the birds refused to lose their composure.
- A Whiskey Flask on the Pend Oreille: Laborer Drowns at Usk Landing
Fred Campbell fell from the Steamer Spokane while intoxicated; his body was brought to Newport as officials searched for anyone who knew him.
- The Steamer's Narrow Escape
A brush with disaster on the Snohomish River turns into a local scandal involving the engine room and a bottle of spirits.
- Colville Agency Indigenous Displacement
Newspaper reports indicate that Indigenous people at the Colville Agency in Washington Territory are being actively forced off their ancestral lands by encroaching white settlers.
- Tragedy on the Duwamish River
A deadly brawl among Duwamish tribal members following a day of heavy drinking leads to a hunt for justice and a call for a crackdown on illegal liquor.
- The Butcher's Close Shave
A drunken patron at the local butcher shop turned violent, leading to a physical altercation with the proprietor.
- The Dangerous Whiskey of Washington Street
A domestic dispute turns criminal in 1887 Seattle, as a man is accused of spiking his partner’s drink with a lethal dose of sulphate.
- The Kentucky Saloon's Bitter Lesson
A local saloon keeper faces legal consequences after a 12-year-old boy is found in a state of delirium from consuming whiskey and beer.
- The Pioneer Moralists of Chehalis
While Seattle’s 1872 boosters bragged about their town’s vibrant saloon culture, the neighboring Chehalis valley was being touted as a teetotaling, prosperous paradise of butter-makers.
- The Fight for the City's Conscience
Prohibitionists and law-and-order advocates rally at the Congregational Church, declaring their intent to purge local politics of 'whiskey men.'
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- The Lawyer's Bill Included Whisky, Sherry and Plasters
Sued for grave irregularities, John P. Dore answers with 157 items for advice—and an account full of whisky, medicine and groceries. He says Mrs. McDonough still owes him $139.70.
- The Ultimatum: Lager or Love
A Snohomish woman forces a choice between the bottle and the altar.