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Punishment, 1938 by Seattle Municipal Archives on Flickr.Punishment, 1938 Eight-year-old Willis Barker wrote “I am sorry I pulled a false alarm” 25 times and mailed it in to the Fire Department. Found in folder “False Alarms,” Fire Department Records, Seattle Municipal Archives.

Punishment, 1938 by Seattle Municipal Archives on Flickr.

Punishment, 1938

Eight-year-old Willis Barker wrote “I am sorry I pulled a false alarm” 25 times and mailed it in to the Fire Department. Found in folder “False Alarms,” Fire Department Records, Seattle Municipal Archives.

Arsonist’s confession, 1935 by Seattle Municipal Archives on Flickr. “I done this because of my destitute circumstances and because I was sore at the world in general.”

Arsonist’s confession, 1935 by Seattle Municipal Archives on Flickr.

“I done this because of my destitute circumstances and because I was sore at the world in general.”