Jim Kershner’s this day in history

From our archives, 100 years ago

For three days, a vicious dog terrorized students at the Audubon School in Spokane. The dog had somehow entered the school and had bitten a child, causing a “near-stampede.” 

When an officer from the humane society showed up, the dog mauled him on the arms and he had to retreat. Later, some boys in the school managed to get a rope around the animal, and school officials hoped to remove the dog the next morning.

They were waiting for the return of Harry Hart, “the champion dog-catcher of the West,” who had been in Pendleton catching dogs.

From the accident file: Searchers near North Yakima (the city we know today as simply Yakima) finally found what they had been seeking for more than a month: the body of Carson Long, 25, the well-to-do son of a Chicago alderman. 

His body was found in the Yakima River, with $200 in his pockets, eliminating the possibility of foul play. From the condition of the body, it appeared that Long had been walking across a railroad bridge and had been knocked into the river by a train.

He had been working as a timekeeper at the mill of the Cascade Lumber Co., one of his family’s business ventures.