City Hall Orders Families Out of Town
After a fierce family dispute in Walla Walla turned public, the police chief ordered the parties to camp outside city limits to restore neighborhood peace.
Chief Brown gave orders to the Pullans and Stewarts, who occupied the attention of the public and Huffman a few days ago by engaging in a fierce family fight, to break camp and move outside the city limits. The peace of the neighborhood is said to have been greatly disturbed since the two families took up their residence there, and frequent complaints have been heard from residents.
“The peace of the neighborhood is said to have been greatly disturbed since the two families took up their residence there.”
This incident reflects the informal, authoritative nature of early 20th-century municipal governance in Walla Walla, where civic order was often maintained through expulsion rather than judicial processing.
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