The Theater Manager’s Brawl
John Considine, a prominent Seattle theatrical manager, faces municipal court after a violent dispute over alleged blackmail.
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John Considine, statesman and theatrical manager, was fined $25 yesterday in municipal court for striking W. I. Wilson on the left jaw. The case of the city was established practically as printed in the Post-Intelligencer yesterday morning. Considine tried to show that Wilson struck him first after he (Considine) had refused to be blackmailed out of $50 in connection with gambling cases. A notice of appeal was given.
“Considine tried to show that Wilson struck him first after he (Considine) had refused to be blackmailed out of $50.”
Considine was a central figure in early Seattle's vice and entertainment scene, and his run-ins with the law often highlighted the permeable lines between Seattle’s business elite and its illicit gambling operations.
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