THE STORIES OF life and crime can take many twists and turns. In 1922, a planned robbery at the recreation hall of Discovery Bay Logging Company grew to include murder.
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On Nov. 15, 1919, an itinerant laborer visited a Vancouver pool hall at Fourth and Washington streets and ordered a cider, the code word for liquor. Clark County was dry, but that didn’t stop the flow of spirits. Nor did the police care. How many “ciders” Mike Hennessy downed is unclear. The barroom banter turned to the International Workers of the World, or Wobblies, who were blamed for Centralia’s Armistice Day Riot four days earlier. Amidst the banter, Hennessy flashed his red IWW card and declared he was a proud member.