The Missing Wheat Case
A local mill manager is arrested on charges of selling 1,270 sacks of wheat that didn't belong to him.
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W. E. Bond, of Walla Walla, was arrested in Dayton Monday by Sheriff T. D. Taylor of Umatilla County, Oregon, and taken to Pendleton to answer a serious charge. Bond is accused of the illegal selling of wheat belonging to J. M. Walker while acting as manager of the Athena flour mill. He is alleged to have disposed of 1,270 sacks of wheat for which he made no returns to the owner or the mill. It is further alleged that he committed similar acts in several other cases. Bond claims the charge is false and has posted a $1,500 bond.
“Bond is accused of the illegal selling of wheat belonging to another person.”
This case of embezzlement and betrayal of trust in the regional milling industry serves as a sharp reminder of the high stakes involved in the local grain trade that built the economy of the Walla Walla Valley.
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