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2 stories matching fled
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:fledg, fledgl, flea, flee, flem, flew
- The Great Manastache Mining Hoax
A town's feverish dreams of gold were shattered when a slick assayer fled with their hopes and their money.
- An 18-Year Pursuit Ends in an Ellensburg Jail
A fugitive who thought he had outrun his past is finally captured for an 1871 shooting in Los Angeles.