Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 87, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1912 — TRIBE OF BRAZILIANS PAID US SHORT VISIT. [ARTICLE]

TRIBE OF BRAZILIANS PAID US SHORT VISIT.

Dirty Bunch of Gypsies Chased Ont of Town After Stealing $lO From Harry Kresleik. About noon today twelve wagon loads of gypsies drove in from the north and no sooner had they driven through Washington street that the stores and shops were fairly swarming with female gypsies, They were about as nervy a band as has been here for years and they all seemed to be sadly afflicted with the “itching palm.” One woman touched Frank Morrow for 50 cents and carried away a corn cob pipe from the G. E. Murray grocery, but the eyer-alert Vern Haas was on the job and recovered it. While Harry Kresler was working in his barber shop a woman came in and removed a bill book from his pocket. He made a grab for her but she succeeded in getting away with a ten dollar bill, which was exposed to view. Sheriff Hoover paSbed the shop a few minutes later and on being told of the theft he caught the woman whom Kresler identified and took her to Squire Irwin’s office. Kresler swore out a warrant for her arrest and the trial was set for 1:30 o’clock. The women were very eloquent with gestures in their plea of innocence but very few could understand their “lingo.” The two leaders of the band were then called in and after seeing that they might have to go to court they restored the money to Mr. Kresler to get out of trouble. C. A. Tuteur, acting as prosecuting attorney, then dismissed the case. They were a bad lot of gypsies who seemed to be pretty well v rsed in court proceedings. They left town immediately after the case was settled.