Police Break Up Prize Fight on Queen Anne Hill
A late-night raid on a boxing match leads to the arrest of eleven men as participants scramble to escape.
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Thomas Baker, Thomas McGlynn, Tom Keenan, Tim Neary, Ed McCann, Bob Powers, Thomas Kean, William Coleman, John Dwyer, A. Porter and George Walch were arrested on Queen Anne hill last night by Lieut. Brennan and Officer Burkman on the charge of prize fighting. Walch was one of the participants, but in the flurry caused by the raid, the other contestant escaped and had not been found by press time.
“In the flurry caused by the raid, the other contestant escaped.”
Prize fighting was a frequent target of turn-of-the-century moral crusades in Seattle, often held in semi-secret locations or remote hillsides. This mirrors the city's long history of clamping down on illicit nightlife and spectacle.
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