Good old days

8 years ago

The Commoner

Oct. 25, 1889

Particulars of the horse and wagon theft committed at Palouse City on Tuesday of last week develop some interesting facts.

The young man who swore out the warrant for the arrest of the alleged "stranger" whom he had "given a lift" to town turns out to have been an accomplice of the "stranger" and that the horse and wagon belonged in Walla Walla from whence it had been stolen by the two a few days before.

Reaching Palouse City with the stolen property the elder of the two men took advantage of the other's absence from the wagon and drove off in post hast...