Fugitive Nabbed in Washington Street Saloon
A Whatcom store owner wanted by the grand jury is apprehended in a Seattle tavern.
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Henderson, formerly proprietor of a butter store at Whatcom, for whom a warrant was issued at the last session of the grand jury, was cleverly captured in this city last night by Deputy Sheriff Condon of Whatcom, assisted by Capt. Brennan of the local police force. While Condon was in Claney's saloon on Washington Street, Henderson came in. Condon engaged him in conversation and sent a messenger to headquarters for assistance. Henderson was placed under arrest, though he denied having been guilty of any crime. Condon was en route to the Chehalis reform school with another prisoner but took the time to secure Henderson for his return to Whatcom.
“While Condon was in Claney's saloon on Washington street, Henderson came in.”
The mention of Claney's saloon on Washington Street captures the gritty, transient nature of Pioneer Square in the 1890s, where fugitives and lawmen frequently crossed paths in the smoke-filled barrooms of the city center.
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