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| Year | Stories |
|---|---|
| 1909 | 5 |
| 1910 | 1 |
6 stories
- The Bank Examiner Who Embezzled His Own Bank
A former state senator and bank examiner is convicted of looting the Palouse State Bank in Colfax — a twelve-day trial, sixty-five bank books, and $22,000 gone.
- Three Receivers in Eight Days: Creditors Shake Up a Failed Palouse Bank
The Palouse State Bank was already defunct, but its creditors kept rejecting the men appointed to sort out the wreckage.
- The Palouse State Bank Fails, Leaving a $30,000 Hole
A receiver is appointed after the bank reports $170,000 in liabilities against $140,000 in assets, with many notes described as practically worthless.
- Eight Arrested as a Horse-Rustling Ring Unravels Across Eastern Washington
Authorities believe an organized gang of at least 15 thieves is running stolen horses from Oregon to British Columbia.
- The Piano Contracts That Were Really $400 IOUs
A traveling salesman for a Hartline piano house was bound over after Whitman County farmers signed what they thought were storage agreements.
- The Piano Salesman and the Farmer Who Could Not Read English
A salesman is accused of talking a wealthy Russian immigrant into signing $2,500 in notes by passing them off as harmless commission contracts for five pianos.