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  1. The Auditor and the Postage Stamp Heist

    A political scandal unfolds as a former auditor tries to justify cashing a $120 county warrant he was previously ordered to destroy.

    May 18, 1900The Colfax GazetteColfax, Whitman CountyCity Hall · Scandal

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