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Law Enforcement & Crime: Police & Sheriffs

La Conner

[Mr. L. L. Andrews of La Conner...]

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Puget Sound Mail » 11/1/1879 » Page 3 » Column 2

[General description of civil cases]

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Puget Sound Mail » 1/24/1880 » Page 3 » Column 2

Court adjourned at Whatcom . . .

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Puget Sound Mail » 1/19/1884 » Page 3 » Column 1

Olympia

Indian Difficulties

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Pioneer and Democrat » 3/11/1854 » Page 2 » Column 1

Sheriff's Sale. Territory of Washington, County of Clarke

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Pioneer and Democrat » 2/5/1858 » Page 3 » Column 2

Mass Meeting of the Citizens of Pierce County, W. T.

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Pioneer and Democrat » 2/12/1858 » Page 1 » Column 5

[Marshall Armstrong Arrest]

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Pioneer and Democrat » 5/11/1860 » Page 2 » Column 3

[Penitentiary and Capitol Funds]

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Pioneer and Democrat » 5/18/1860 » Page 2 » Column 2

Port Townsend

[Pete Thompson indicted]

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 3/23/1877 » Page 5 » Column 1

"Up to our hour of going to press"

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 5/3/1878 » Page 4 » Column 3

Capture of Folier and Albright

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 5/10/1878 » Page 1 » Column 2

[Ex-Sheriff Dale of Yamhill County, Oregon]

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 9/26/1878 » Page 5 » Column 1

A Drunken Carousal

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 11/14/1878 » Page 5 » Column 1

[The people of San Juan]

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 12/5/1878 » Page 8 » Column 2

Correction

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 12/26/1878 » Page 5 » Column 1

Caught Him

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Puget Sound Weekly Argus (1876) » 10/1/1880 » Page 5 » Column 1

Seattle

Murderer Caught

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 3/5/1874 » Page 3 » Column 2

[Resigned from office]

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 5/20/1875 » Page 1 » Column 6

Elected

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 1/20/1877 » Page 1 » Column 4

Rape

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 10/20/1877 » Page 5 » Column 5

Cold Blooded Murder

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 10/27/1877 » Page 5 » Column 4

A Dangerous Criminal

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 12/1/1877 » Page 5 » Column 2

Lewis, Alias Harmon

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 12/15/1877 » Page 7 » Column 1

Murder and Incest

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 12/15/1877 » Page 5 » Column 3

The Murderer, Lewis

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 12/22/1877 » Page 6 » Column 3

Town and Country: Burglars Captured

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 12/22/1877 » Page 5 » Column 1

[As will be seen by consulting our]

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 1/26/1878 » Page 5 » Column 5

Sold

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Puget Sound Dispatch » 3/9/1878 » Page 7 » Column 1

Snohomish

Notice

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Northern Star » 1/29/1876 » Page 2 » Column 2

[We desire to call special …]

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Northern Star » 1/29/1876 » Page 2 » Column 1

[The Port Townsend prisoners]

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Northern Star » 5/15/1878 » Page 8 » Column 4

A Veritable Tramp

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Northern Star » 5/22/1878 » Page 1 » Column 1

Spokane

Sheriff's Sale

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Spokane Times » 10/2/1879 » Page 2 » Column 4

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Spokane Times » 10/9/1879 » Page 2 » Column 4

Deputy Sheriff

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Spokane Times » 1/20/1881 » Page 3 » Column 1

Notice

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Spokane Times » 4/1/1882 » Page 3 » Column 6

Notice

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Spokane Times » 4/8/1882 » Page 3 » Column 6

Notice

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Spokane Times » 4/22/1882 » Page 3 » Column 6

Notice

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Spokane Times » 4/22/1882 » Page 1 » Column 2

Bang ! -- A Tough Citizen Takes His Departure Hence

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Spokane Falls Review » 6/2/1883 » Page 3 » Column 6

A Tough Citizen Takes His Departure Hence

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Spokane Falls Review » 6/2/1883 » Page 3 » Column 6

Peace Troubled His Mind

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Spokane Falls Review » 9/1/1883 » Page 2 » Column 3

Fell Through

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Spokane Falls Review » 1/24/1885 » Page 4 » Column 2

Steilacoom

To the Citizens of Washington Territory

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Truth Teller » 2/3/1858 » Page 1 » Column 3

Sworn In

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Puget Sound Herald » 10/21/1859 » Page 2 » Column 2

Locked Up

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Puget Sound Herald » 11/2/1860 » Page 2 » Column 1

Summary Punishment

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Puget Sound Herald » 8/8/1861 » Page 2 » Column 1

Murder

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Puget Sound Herald » 8/22/1861 » Page 2 » Column 3

Escape of Riley

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Puget Sound Herald » 9/26/1861 » Page 2 » Column 1

Arrest for Theft

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Puget Sound Herald » 11/21/1861 » Page 2 » Column 1

Intense Excitement: High-handed Outrage by Gov. Turney: Sheriff Tucker arrested by the Military

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Puget Sound Herald » 2/13/1862 » Page 2 » Column 3

Tragedy at Colville

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Puget Sound Herald » 3/5/1863 » Page 2 » Column 1

Vancouver

Arrested

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Vancouver Register » 9/5/1868 » Page 3 » Column 1

Des Moines, September 24th

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Vancouver Register » 10/24/1868 » Page 2 » Column 4

Row

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Vancouver Register » 12/19/1868 » Page 2 » Column 5

Captured

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Vancouver Register » 4/3/1869 » Page 3 » Column 1

Walla Walla

constable

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Washington Statesman » 3/14/1863 » Page 3 » Column 2

Sheriff and Deputy

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Washington Statesman » 3/21/1863 » Page 2 » Column 2

Qualified

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Washington Statesman » 8/1/1863 » Page 2 » Column 5

The Magruder Murderers

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Washington Statesman » 12/5/1863 » Page 2 » Column 1

Sheriff's Sale

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Washington Statesman » 12/19/1863 » Page 2 » Column 5

Court

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/16/1864 » Page 3 » Column 1

Appointed

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/30/1864 » Page 3 » Column 1

Deputy Provost Marshal

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Walla Walla Statesman » 10/21/1864 » Page 2 » Column 5

Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 11/4/1864 » Page 3 » Column 3

Killing on the Pataha

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/6/1865 » Page 3 » Column 2

Reward

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/13/1865 » Page 3 » Column 3

Robberies

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/27/1865 » Page 3 » Column 1

Escape of Brocky Jack

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Walla Walla Statesman » 4/7/1865 » Page 2 » Column 5

Ordinance No. 32: Creating a Police and Defining the Powers and Duties of Officers

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Walla Walla Statesman » 4/28/1865 » Page 2 » Column 6

Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/2/1865 » Page 3 » Column 3

Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 8/4/1865 » Page 3 » Column 3

Sale of Property under Execution

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Walla Walla Statesman » 8/18/1865 » Page 2 » Column 5

[Thomas Wilson, a former resident of this city was killed]

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/15/1865 » Page 3 » Column 2

Arrested

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/26/1866 » Page 3 » Column 1

More of the Vigilantes Updyke and Dixon Hung

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Walla Walla Statesman » 4/27/1866 » Page 3 » Column 3

The Sheriffalty

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/3/1867 » Page 2 » Column 1

Sheriff 's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/31/1867 » Page 4 » Column 2

Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/31/1867 » Page 4 » Column 2

A Reply to Sheriff Seitel's Card

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/31/1867 » Page 2 » Column 4

Soldiers Arrested

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/13/1867 » Page 3 » Column 1

"Leg Bail"

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Walla Walla Statesman » 12/27/1867 » Page 2 » Column 2

Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/4/1869 » Page 4 » Column 2

Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/11/1869 » Page 2 » Column 5

Arrested

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/18/1869 » Page 3 » Column 2

Deputy Sheriff

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Walla Walla Statesman » 7/23/1869 » Page 3 » Column 1

Fugitive From Justice

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/10/1869 » Page 1 » Column 2

The Fugitive

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/18/1869 » Page 1 » Column 2

U. S. Marshal

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/15/1875 » Page 3 » Column 1

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate and Personal Property

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/12/1875 » Page 2 » Column 5

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Sheriff's Sale for Delinquent Taxes For the Year 1874

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/26/1875 » Page 2 » Column 4

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 7/10/1875 » Page 2 » Column 5

[Emil Schutz, sheriff of Wasco county]

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Walla Walla Statesman » 11/27/1875 » Page 3 » Column 2

[R.P. Steen, candidate]

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Sheriff's Sale

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/1/1876 » Page 3 » Column 4

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/1/1876 » Page 4 » Column 5

Express Robbery

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/8/1876 » Page 3 » Column 1

Under Advisement

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/8/1876 » Page 3 » Column 1

Kidnapped

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Back Pay

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Sheriff's Sale

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Petty Thieves

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/15/1876 » Page 3 » Column 1

Blood and Trouble

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The Stage Robbers

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Walla Walla Statesman » 3/4/1876 » Page 1 » Column 3

Sale of an Estray Mare

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Sale of an Estray Horse

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Sale of an Estray Mare

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Walla Walla Statesman » 3/11/1876 » Page 4 » Column 5

Sheriff Sales

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Walla Walla Statesman » 3/18/1876 » Page 3 » Column 1

The Sheriffalty

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Walla Walla Statesman » 10/7/1876 » Page 3 » Column 3

[Bob Lee has been appointed…]

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Walla Walla Statesman » 11/25/1876 » Page 3 » Column 1

Terrible Tragedy

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/26/1877 » Page 3 » Column 3

Horse Thief Arrested

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/26/1877 » Page 3 » Column 2

Petit Thieves

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Walla Walla Statesman » 12/29/1877 » Page 3 » Column 3

[L. F. Holman, the would-be wife murderer]

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/12/1878 » Page 3 » Column 1

After the Fugitive

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/19/1878 » Page 3 » Column 1

[L. P. Holman, the man who escaped]

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/16/1878 » Page 3 » Column 1

Escaped

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/18/1878 » Page 4 » Column 1

Court Proceedings

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Walla Walla Statesman » 3/15/1879 » Page 3 » Column 1

Homicide

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/17/1879 » Page 3 » Column 2

One By One The Roses Fade

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/31/1879 » Page 3 » Column 3

Hard Cases

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Walla Walla Statesman » 10/18/1879 » Page 3 » Column 2

Stabbing Affray at the Exchange Hotel

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Walla Walla Statesman » 4/10/1880 » Page 1 » Column 4

Poisoned by Strychnine

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Walla Walla Statesman » 10/2/1880 » Page 3 » Column 4

Will Pine-Away

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Walla Walla Statesman » 12/4/1880 » Page 3 » Column 1

Discharged

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/5/1881 » Page 4 » Column 1

Still They Come

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/26/1881 » Page 3 » Column 5

A Soldier's Stealings

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Walla Walla Statesman » 5/28/1881 » Page 3 » Column 3

A Sheriff Killed

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/11/1881 » Page 2 » Column 4

Will the Curtain Drop?

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Walla Walla Statesman » 8/6/1881 » Page 3 » Column 4

Bob Bery

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Horse Stealing

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Walla Walla Statesman » 12/10/1881 » Page 4 » Column 4

A Smashing Robbery

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Walla Walla Statesman » 12/17/1881 » Page 3 » Column 1

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/14/1882 » Page 4 » Column 4

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/14/1882 » Page 4 » Column 6

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/14/1882 » Page 4 » Column 4

Notice

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/14/1882 » Page 4 » Column 5

A Card

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/21/1882 » Page 3 » Column 3

A Pious Idea

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/21/1882 » Page 4 » Column 2

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/21/1882 » Page 4 » Column 4

Notice

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/21/1882 » Page 4 » Column 5

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/21/1882 » Page 4 » Column 6

Angels fell Once

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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/21/1882 » Page 4 » Column 4

Notice

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/28/1882 » Page 4 » Column 4

Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/18/1882 » Page 4 » Column 5

Bound Over

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Sheriff's Sale of Real Estate

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/25/1882 » Page 4 » Column 5

Pays it Himself

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/25/1882 » Page 3 » Column 6

Notice of Distribution

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Walla Walla Statesman » 3/4/1882 » Page 4 » Column 5

In Insolvency

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Escaped and Recaptured

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Walla Walla Statesman » 4/22/1882 » Page 3 » Column 1

Recovered His Money

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Walla Walla Statesman » 6/10/1882 » Page 1 » Column 8

On the War Path

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The New York Bar Murder

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/2/1882 » Page 3 » Column 3

A Scoundrel Raffled

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/30/1882 » Page 1 » Column 5

Tracked, But Not Caught

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Capture of the Wagon Stove Thief

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Arrested for Murder

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Walla Walla Statesman » 10/28/1882 » Page 3 » Column 3

Murder Near Union

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Walla Walla Statesman » 3/3/1883 » Page 3 » Column 4

Taking the Town

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Walla Walla Statesman » 4/28/1883 » Page 1 » Column 4

Stolen Goods Recovered

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A Libel Suit

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Walla Walla Statesman » 9/29/1883 » Page 3 » Column 4

Opium Den Raid at Dayton

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Walla Walla Statesman » 10/20/1883 » Page 3 » Column 1

Sentenced to be Hanged

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Walla Walla Statesman » 12/15/1883 » Page 3 » Column 3

That Reward

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/12/1884 » Page 3 » Column 2

Grand Larceny

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Walla Walla Statesman » 1/26/1884 » Page 2 » Column 4

What a Fall

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Walla Walla Statesman » 2/9/1884 » Page 1 » Column 2

Yakima

The Convention of Sheriffs

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Yakima Herald » 1/22/1891 » Page 3 » Column 1

Want to Depose Marshall McMurtry

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Yakima Herald » 1/7/1892 » Page 5 » Column 1

[There was a drunken fight]

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Yakima Herald » 9/22/1892 » Page 2 » Column 3

[On Saturday afternoon of last week]

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Yakima Herald » 9/22/1892 » Page 3 » Column 3

[The West-bound passenger train]

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Yakima Herald » 12/1/1892 » Page 3 » Column 3

The Roslyn Bank Robbers

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Yakima Herald » 12/1/1892 » Page 1 » Column 7

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