A Neighborhood Feud Turns Violent
A couple in the Walla Walla addition reports that their windows were smashed by rocks, allegedly by unruly neighborhood boys.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leighton, of 952 East street, in the Walla Walla addition, have decided objections to being aroused from their slumbers with three-pound rocks thrown through their best parlor windows. This has happened to them twice, namely, Saturday night and a week ago last Saturday night, both times at about the same hour, namely 1:00 A.M. Just after they had retired for the night. The first night the rocks broke a hole about ten inches in diameter through the four-foot pane of glass. This was pasted over and the window thus held together. Last night, however, the second rock flung through the same glass made a complete wreck of it. Mr. Leighton came down to town and reported the occurrence to the police, as was done a week ago. Their suspicions attach to a family in that neighborhood whose unruly boys made life such a burden for the Leighton children that it was necessary to cause their arrest. The judge released them on their promising to behave themselves.
“Mr. and Mrs. Edward Leighton have decided objections to being aroused from their slumbers with three-pound rocks.”
Neighborhood disputes over unruly behavior and property damage are timeless, though the specific location of '952 East Street' in the old Walla Walla addition (now part of the Central District/First Hill area) reminds us how much Seattle's residential geography has shifted.
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