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Newspaper
Seattle Star
Location
Seattle, Washington, United States of America
Date
Apr 06, 1911
Page
8
A half block long wooden fire escape on Yesler Way, near Fifth and Sixth avenues, serves a row of flats housing about 200 people. The single ladder is inaccessible from most windows, prompting criticism that city tenement laws are not enforced and lives may be lost for insurance gain.
E. L. Bailey, 61, banker, was found dead in a Redding cemetery with a bullet wound and a revolver beside him. A note read I am weary and worn and physically and mentally unable to bear the load.
Frank Ryan also known as Edward Stevens, said to be husband of Lillian Paxton of Los Angeles, escaped last night after asking for hot water in the matron’s ward. He slipped from a cell, reached a bathroom, climbed a trap door to the roof and fled. Also, a Knights of Pythias lodge was formed with 100 charter members.
Odds and ends note that seats for the comic opera Pinafore presented by the combined musical forces of the University of Washington in the university auditorium tomorrow night are selling fast. The Women's Industrial League holds a weekly meeting tonight.
At the Theosophical hall Mr Jiranajadasa will give a free lecture tomorrow evening on The Many Roads to God. The event is open to the public and requires no admission fee.
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