When the crowd rioted and trashed his saloon, he got the Portland police chief — also a saloon owner — to arrest them for instigating it. (Portland, Multnomah County; 1874. For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1902c.temperance-wars-3of4-535.html)

535.Riot at bar led to charges … but not against rioters.

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