Issaquah Law Enforcement History
 William Hartley
Town Marshal 1943-46
This information and photograph was provided by his daughter,
Mrs. Ella M. Dale. Submitted December 2001.
Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Ella M. Dale
William Hartley was born November 3, 1908 in Carlisle,
Kentucky to Willard and Dorothy Hartley. He was the oldest of nine children.
William spent a short time in the U.S. Navy and after being
discharged he moved to Washington State where he met and married Dorothy Rogers
in 1930.
Around 1942 they bought and ran the Victory Inn Cafe in
Issaquah which they sold in 1945. It was during this period that William served
as Town Marshal. He left the office of Marshal went on to run a taxi service in
North Bend.
About 1949 he moved to Alaska and was a Ketchikan City
Policeman until the early 1950's. He then moved back to the "Lower 48" and went
into the tavern business, among them being the tavern at the Eagles Lodge in
Issaquah.
He retired in the 70's and moved to Florida where he passed
away in 1978 at the age of 70.
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