A Bloody Midnight Brawl at the Kinnear Block
A broken window on a dark street led to the discovery of a three-way battle on the fifth floor.
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The crash of a pane of glass on the sidewalk in front of the Kinnear block, at the corner of South Third and Jackson streets, attracted the attention of Officer Barbee about midnight last night. He found a piece of the glass sticking edgewise in the sidewalk, and tracing it to the fifth floor, found H. L. Stack, E. P. Richards and K. G. Kyle engaged in a deadly battle. One had a bleeding nose, another a cut hand, and all were more or less gory. With the aid of Officer Lennard he took them to police headquarters.
“One had a bleeding nose, another a cut hand, and all were more or less gory.”
The historic Kinnear Block was once a central hub in Seattle's Pioneer Square. Today, the area remains a dense urban corridor, though the 'fifth-floor battle' is long replaced by the high-tech bustle of the modern district.
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