Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1891 — The Lawyer and the Thief. [ARTICLE]

The Lawyer and the Thief.

A Man who had been Arrested for Stealing a Horse Employed a Lawyer, who managed his Case so well that the Jury returned a Verdict of Acquittal. The Lawyer was filled with Rejoicing, but the Thief was Cast down and said: “Alas! hut you did not seem to Grasp the Opportunity!” “Why, my dear Man, you are Saved from State Prison.” “Yes, I Know, but while you were Satisfying them of my Innocence you ought Also to have made them Believe I owned the Horse which I was Found leading Away." Moral: He probably Stole another that same Week, however.—Detroit Free Press.