Whitman County Gazette - Serving Whitman County since 1877

125 Years Ago

From the Colfax Gazette, Friday, December 31, 1897

IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WORSE

Archie McGilvery Gets Six Years at Walla Walla

Archie McGilvery, the notorious man from Pullman, is safe from the wiles of captivating females for six years to come. Judge McDonald banished him for that time when he came up for sentence upon the verdict of the jury in his case, Wednesday afternoon.

Pale and worn with his two weeks' confinement, the guilty stepfather sat back and watched Symes squirm beneath his sentence. He bore the appearance of knowing what was in store fo...