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Death in the Barn

No Mafia or Purple Gang

by David Stringer

posted 12/28/2011

One Sunday morning some longtime Saline residents enjoying coffee at the Drowsy Parrot mentioned a murder that took place years ago on a farm just outside of town. They also mentioned wild parties with loose women out on that farm. Nobody in the cafe knew any details, but they speculated that it involved the Purple Gang, and that it had something to do with the

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