{"id":156,"date":"2010-07-29T01:39:19","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T01:39:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=156"},"modified":"2023-01-10T10:21:39","modified_gmt":"2023-01-10T18:21:39","slug":"russian-mike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?p=156","title":{"rendered":"Liquor, Guns, and &#8220;Russian Mike&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_161\" style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Mike21.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-161\" data-attachment-id=\"161\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/?attachment_id=161\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Mike21.jpg?fit=521%2C713\" data-orig-size=\"521,713\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Mike2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;The notorious &amp;#8220;Russian Mike&amp;#8221;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Mike21.jpg?fit=521%2C713\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-161\" title=\"Mike2\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Mike21.jpg?resize=219%2C300\" alt=\"\" width=\"219\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Mike21.jpg?resize=219%2C300 219w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/Mike21.jpg?w=521 521w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 219px) 100vw, 219px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-161\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The notorious &#8220;Russian Mike&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In San Diego&#8217;s notorious Stingaree district of the 1890s, liquor and violence flowed freely in dozens of saloons south of H Street (Market). One of the more disreputable dives was the Pacific Squadron Saloon on the corner of 4<sup>th<\/sup> and J streets, where a homicide involving alcohol, a cheap gun, and a character named Russian Mike, drew rapt attention from San Diegans in the spring of 1899. <strong>Read the story of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sandiegoyesterday.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Russian-Mike2.pdf\">Russian Mike.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"fblikebutton_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-left: 10px;\"><iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.sandiegoyesterday.com%2F%3Fp%3D156&amp;layout=standard&amp;show-faces=true&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height:26px\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In San Diego&#8217;s notorious Stingaree district of the 1890s, liquor and violence flowed freely in dozens of saloons south of H Street (Market). 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