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1 story matching potter
Scanning errors are common in old newsprint. Also try:potteri, plotter, pott, spotter, otter, cotter
- The 'Top and Bottom' Sting
A traveler is swindled out of his savings by a gang of con artists on a Seattle sidewalk, sparking a city-wide police sweep.