Wicked Seattle.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nordheim, Teresa.

Series:

Wicked

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Violent crimes--Washington (State)--Seattle--History.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (119 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Arcadia Publishing Inc., 2020.

Summary:

Early Seattle enticed settlers with an abundance of natural resources, potential wealth, stunning beauty and versatile climate. It offered gainful employment for fishermen, loggers and miners, but those who rushed west quickly discovered that all that glitters is not gold. The rapidly expanding city lacked one precious resource: women. Bored men yearned for entertainment, while prostitution, gambling and illegal alcohol grew in popularity. Over the years, politicians, police officers and crime bosses accepted graft to keep vice profiting and the city growing, including bootlegger Roy Olmstead and a brothel owner known as Madame Damnable. Teresa Nordheim, author of Murder & Mayhem in Seattle, introduces the wicked side of the Emerald City's history.

Contents:

Intro

Title Page

Copyright

Contents

Acknowledgements

Introduction: Wicked Seattle

Defiance of Unlawful Authority: Governor Isaac Stevens

Operating a House of Ill Repute: John Pinnell

Profanity in the Seventh Degree: Mother Damnable

Public Intoxication by Beauty: Lou Graham

Aggravated Assault Act One: John Considine

Bribing an Officer: Police Chief Charles Wappenstein

Impersonating a Doctor: Dr. Linda Hazzard

Conspiracy to Smuggle Alcohol: Officer Roy Olmstead

Failure to Disclose: Nellie Curtis

Racketeering and Tax Evasion: Frank Colacurcio Sr.

Willful Abandonment of the Law: Prosecutor Charles Carroll

Thirteen Counts of First-Degree Murder: Willie Mak, Benjamin Ng and Tony Ng

Federal Robbery and Eluding Police: Hollywood Bandit

Bibliography

About the Author.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781439669501

1439669503

OCLC:

1143617602