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- 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.