Two Indian Bodies Found in Well Near Nisqually Murder Case
The Seattle Times reports the discovery of the bodies of Joe Moxley and a young boy on a ranch near Roy after they disappeared from the Nisqually reservation last summer. Authorities say a Yakima Indian was hired to murder Moxley, with no arrests yet. the case has stirred reservation tensions and ties to Leschi’s line.
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The
Seattle Times
Joe Moxiey
Nisqually
Roy
Moxley
Leschi
Ezra Meeker
Term of Court Nearing Its Close
The April term of the superior court closed after an expensive session with jury costs around $1840, much from the Boyd case. Towellum was acquitted of burglary. Brainerd was convicted on a second trial. Job failed to appear for trial. Civil cases ended by Tuesday noon. Gosnell vs Washington Irrigation Co. plaintiff non-suited. Stephens vs George awarded $112.50. Grant vs Tennant & Miles $50 with a new trial requested. Two prisoners sentenced, jurors issued resolutions praising Judge Rigg. May 1905 Yakima county court recap and local notices follow.
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Boyd
Charles Towellum
Towellum
Jim Crowe
John Brainerd
Walter Job
C. W. Grant
Tennant & Miles
E. R. Hatch
Howard Thompson
Rigg
North Yakima
Superior Court
Yakima County
Wash
H. B. Rigg
Civil Service Clerk Carrier Exam Offered in Yakima
The United States Civil Service Commission announces an exam date of May 20 1905 in North Yakima Washington for clerk and carrier posts in the post office service. Salaries vary by city population with first class carriers at 1000 per year in larger cities, 800 and 600 in others. smaller towns offer 850 and 600 as two class scale.
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United States Civil Service Commission
North Yakima
Wash
Post Office Service
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South Second Street
Belfast
ITSA
United States
Torchon Lace
A. J. J. Macdonati
Yakima
Otsego
Longuet-Abeling Hardware Co
Yakima Ave
Ladies of Division
Congregational Aid Society
George Siegel
Edward Whitson
North Natchez Avenue
Rinehart's
Burlington
R. B. Wilson
Second Street
Walla Walla, Wase
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