The Mysterious Case of the Missing $530
A traveler reports being robbed in a local saloon, but the perpetrator remains as elusive as the money itself.
A man hailing from Spokane claims to have been robbed of $530 in Paetow’s saloon, Wednesday night. That he had the money and was relieved of it while drunk there is no doubt, but who made way with it is the question. There seems to be altogether too much complaint regarding the character of the place kept by Paetow.
“That he had the money and was relieved of it while drunk there is no doubt, but who made way with it is the question.”
Disputes in saloons regarding missing funds and the 'character of the place' were a staple of early Yakima reporting, highlighting the thin line between social nightlife and criminal liability in a growing frontier town.
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