Armed Robbery in Nearby Pasco Triggers Local Manhunt
Kennewick law enforcement mobilized to patrol rail lines following a violent highway robbery of a tourist in neighboring Pasco.
Deputy Sheriff E. L. Baxter and Chief of Police C. E. Copeland were warned this afternoon to be on the lookout for two highwaymen who held up a tourist in Pasco about 2 o'clock. The victim was relieved of $19.00 and received a gunshot wound in the thigh. Particulars of the robbery were not given. Since receiving the word, the local officers have been patrolling the jungles and watching every eastbound train.
“Since receiving the word the local officers have been patrolling the jungles and watching every eastbound train.”
In 1915, 'the jungles' referred to transient camps near rail lines, a common sight during the era's economic instability. The fear of 'highwaymen' and the focus on policing train depots reflect the high social anxiety surrounding mobile, unhoused populations in early 20th-century Washington.
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