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modern crooks USE POLICE FOR HELP ON “JOBS” <**S Mm? U^ning JP n y Frederic K ' Abl,n,t ' ■KJS Staff correspondent P .J--The modern confidence man n X'tbe •« ° f pollre 1n ”‘ 8 Spades and In the r.w of Koger . the extent of $!/•'»*>. Rot er found a come-on to whom he proposed “an affair. •• ran set four pounds of cocaine , ~000” Roger told his •'prospect.” tneV.r-00 and I will sup- ' th e balance. Meet me at the Case Royate tomorrow morning and t n have the goods. ' The prospect "bit" and gave Roger the money In the meantime Roger Leif called up the police anoym- " t v and gave his own description: Lor of his hair. eyes, clothes and He told them his height and weight Phoned To Police • This man." said Roger, over the telephone to the police, and referring tl , himself. "Is a cocaine merchant. Up w ni come to the Case Royale tosorrow morning at ten o'clock. He ,111 step out of a taxi cab with a brown suitcase. The suitcase will be found to contain a largo quantity Os cocaine.” Chuckling to himself Roger hung up the receiver and awaited the happenings of the morrow. Promptly at ten the next morning two inspectors of police were on the job. and sure enough a man answering the telephonic description stepped out of a taxi in front of the Case Rayale carrying a brown valise. In reality is was Roger himself and out of the corner of his eye he saw his ‘backer” sitting at the table in front of the case. At the same minute the plain clothes men seized Roger by the arm and escorted him to the nearest police station. In the meantime the man dho had furnished the $1,500 —seeing his "partner" arrested made himself as scarce as possible. Harmless Outfit Once at the station house invest!-’ Ration showed that Roger's valise contained nothing more harmless

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than a tube of toothpaste anil a shav- clothes man from headquarters —so ing oAtfit along with a pair of pa- this time the police again helped him jamas and other things of a man’s —to the Saute prison whore be is wardrobe about to take a short trip, awaiting trial. The police excused themselves to Roger for the ‘‘‘erorr" and let him go. Superintendent Rehired Roger in his turn took the arrest in , . „ Clarence E. Heck, superintendent of good part and told the captain ot ~ , .... , , . , „ , .- the Columbia City schools for the last police that as far as he was concern- fwo hag np() anothpr p()ntra( . t ed there were no hard feelings. for M „ p a , so re( , pivps , m )n . The only tronblf is that Roger prpasp |n sa]ar¥ tried the same trick again but this • time he was careless enough to propose his cocaine deal to a plain USE Limberlost Wawhing Powder

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PAPER TELLS ABOUT DEATH The Cardwell, Missouri, Times, of February 9, gives an account of the ; death and funeral services of J. E. ‘ Thomas, former Decatur resident and! lor the last several years a proniln | ent citizen of Cardwell. Mo. Mr. Thomas died Saturday morning, Feb 4. nt G !!> o'clock at a Memphis Hospital,'where he had been taken for treatment. The story ■ln the Cardwell paper stated that Mr. Thomas had, for ninny years been a prominent citizen of thn tcity and was an active member of the Masonic, I. O. O. F and Knights of Pythias lodges. Mr. Thom-

Nickel Plate Road Change of Time, February 19 Thru-Train Service —to— St. Louis and Indianapolis Leaves Decatur 9:3fi p.m. (Daily) Arrive St. Louis 7:57 a. nt. Leave Decatur 10:18 a.nt. (ex Sunday) Arrive Indianapolis 3:15 p. m. East hound Leaves Decatur 3:30 a.m. (daily); 2:02 p.m. (ex Sunday) Consult Ticket Agent for full information. — — - •

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three daughters, Mrs. Luther Walker, of Flint, Michigan: Mrs. D. R. Miller, of Mayer, Arizona, and Mrs. W. 11. Brewer, of Cnrdwell. A 1/Fother, 11 grandchildren and two great-grand children also survive. Burial was made at Cardwell. Mr.

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Thomas wuii an uncle of Mrs. Roy Runyon of this city. -- —o I—— -■- Think It Over Have friends, not for the suka of receiving, out of giving.