Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 268, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1911 — Finds a $1,000 Pearl in Clam/ Shell [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Finds a $1,000 Pearl in Clam/ Shell

pHICAGO —A 11,000 peart; found in a clam bake and aubseauently forcibly taken away by the dealer who supplied the shellfish, was taken into custody the other day by Capt. Max Danner of the police departtnentj pending a decision by Municipal Judge Caverly of a question equally perplexing as that of the egg laid by the famous May wood hen. As a result the correct answer to the following question: "If a clam dealer is. ordered to supply clams for a church dinner and WW * l,l|Uur Mr w CrnTpOwb who nod. . »IW> pint in on. or th. shell*, doe* the gem beong to the church?" VrUT uw * w ’ *-*’*•**'• and North Ashland avenues, recently gave a clam bake the get 70 South Water street. While In the building;^'-*•**’ ', 7. '5 '

found the peart. Thereupon Dugget claimed the gem as his property, and an argument regarding th* ownership followed, resulting in the dealer forcibly taking possession of th* peart. Thesen then had Dugget arrested on a charge of larceny and th* case was fMIIIOfi Ilf*l /yfdh TllflffA i ILVArIV After pondering on the details th* judge suggested that the peart should rightfully beiongto the church which ly Th neon end Dugget joined ranks against their common contestant, th* church, and refused to listen to any terms of settlement by which they both would "lose out." Accordingly, I the judge continued his ruling and | gave th* ge**> to Captain Danner for I safekeeping.