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Henry P. Schmidt is found guilty of the brutal murder of a local farmer, whose body he attempted to incinerate to hide the crime.
“To cover up his crime he fired the barn on the farm and threw the body into the burning building.”
A prosperous bachelor farmer is found dead after a suspected robbery leads to the destruction of his home and barn.
“The body was then placed in the barn and covered with hay and the building set on fire.”
A jeweler's family in Spangle narrowly escaped death after their cow was fed poison in a malicious act of sabotage.
“The entire family... would have been poisoned, since an examination of the milk showed it to be sufficiently polluted.”
Tragedy strikes near Spangle as a load of hay tips, ending a life on the trail to Spokane.
“The load rolled over him twice before it stopped.”
A Baptist minister turned two schoolteachers out of his home over an evening of cards, then preached a sermon that divided the congregation.
“The minister’s home is too sacred to be invaded by those who have no respect for themselves and the church.”
Predators roam the countryside, prompting fears for the safety of children and local livestock.
“The men were armed with pitchforks and were on their way to the hayfield. They thought they might tree the animal.”
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