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  1. The Effigy in the Pine Tree

    Charles Gloystein crossed Spokane County's Populists and woke to find himself hanged in straw. Then he vanished.

    Aug 6, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaCity Hall · True Crime

  2. Hanged in Effigy, Then Gone: The Disappearance at Mica

    A Spokane County man who campaigned against the Silver Federation was abducted and is presumed murdered — and an exchange paper lays the blame squarely on the movement's rhetoric.

    Aug 10, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaWork & Pay · True Crime

  3. A Missing Man, a Secret Silver Oath, and a Sheriff's Certainty

    Charles K. Gloystein vanished after refusing a vigilante pledge; Sheriff Pugh blamed political enemies in Spokane County's Populist hotbed.

    Aug 22, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaFollow the Money · True Crime

  4. He Walked Out of the House and Into a Whirlpool of Whispers

    A well-liked Spokane County farmer vanishes near Mica, and forty neighbors turn the countryside upside down hunting for him — but the deeper they dig, the stranger the trail becomes.

    Aug 4, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaCity Hall · True Crime

  5. Murder at Mica: A Midnight Political Killing in Spokane County

    Charles Gloystein was called from his home after the Oregon election. Local papers blamed the Farmers’ Protective Silver Federation—and said neighbors were too afraid to talk.

    Aug 9, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaTrue Crime

  6. The Body in the Box: A Political Murder Haunts Spokane County

    Charles F. Gloystein crossed the Freeman's Protective Silver Federation and disappeared. Now his neighbors are offering a $1,000 reward—not for a killer, but for the body.

    Aug 10, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaFollow the Money · True Crime

  7. The Vanishing of Charles Gloystein and the Secret Society That Armed a County

    In 1894, a Spokane County man disappeared. Rumor blamed a secret Populist order, and neighbors began answering their doors with shotguns.

    Aug 16, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaCity Hall · True Crime

  8. A Midnight Knock, a Bloody Hat, and the Farmer Who Vanished

    Charles Gloystein joined an oath-bound farmers’ society near Mica, tried to leave, and disappeared. A bloody hat was all searchers found.

    Aug 20, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaCity Hall · True Crime

  9. A Bloody Hat and a Missing Republican Farmer in Spokane County

    Charles Gloystein was called from his bed at midnight and vanished. A search party found his hat bloodied and cut, and neighbors pointed to the Populist feud that had already hanged him in effigy.

    Jul 31, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaTrue Crime

  10. A Farmer Vanished Near Mica, and His Neighbors Blamed a Populist 'Shotgun Club'

    Charles F. Glovstein disappeared from his Spokane County farm on July 28, 1894. Republicans called it political murder; the governor could offer only $1,000 for answers, and a secret 'protective association' was said to hold its members for life.

    Aug 19, 1894The Seattle Post-IntelligencerMicaCity Hall · True Crime

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