Illegal Booze at Wellington
From the desk of Steve Willis, Central Library Services Program Manager of the Washington State Library: Found in The Seattle Telegraph, Nov. 13, 1894, p. 8: THE COUNTY BOUNDARY Twelve Men in Judge Humes’ Court Define It. ILLEGAL WHISKEY TRAFFIC Defendants Take Refuge Behind Technical Bulwark and Escape Penalty for Their Crimes — Some Groundless Fear That the Verdict May Affect the Election Count of Martin Creek and Wellington. “A jury in Judge Humes’ court yesterday acquitted Pat Cunningham of the…