State v. Grenz

At approximately eleven p. m. on June 21, 1945, a deputy sheriff of Spokane county was patrolling the Upriver drive, which parallels the Spokane river just east of the Spokane city limits. His attention was attracted to a car parked in a wooded area off the traveled .portion of the highway at a distance of some fifty yards. He examined it and found that it contained a number of gunny sacks, some with chicken feathers in them, and thereupon determined to await the return of the owner. After an hour he left to obtain assistance, returning shortly with two deputy sheriffs. They determined that…