Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 110, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1913 — ONLY LOST $2O BY PICKPOCKETS [ARTICLE]

ONLY LOST $2O BY PICKPOCKETS

Will Hill Returns From Golden West and Reports That He Recovered Stolen Drafts. William L. Hill was in Rensselaer Wednesday afternoon, having come from Brook with Lawrence Lyons. He arrived at Brook from Madison the day before and had only recently returned from California, where in company with his wife and daughter they spent several months. The Republican published the story that Mr. Hill had been robbed of $470 by pickpockets soon after arriving at Los Angeles, and Mr. Hill tells how it happened and that his loss proved to be only S2O, the amount of cash in his purse, while the drafts which aggregated $450 were thrown away by the thief and later returned to him. In company with his family they were making a boat trip from Los Angeles to San Diego and just as he was entering the boat he felt a big crush and a man bumped him rudely as he said, “Let me past.” Mr. Hill discovered his loss a moment or two later, but could not find the pickpocket whom he was certain he could have identified. Will was pleased a daj or two later to receive word that two of the drafts had been found and somewhat later to learn from an Indiana bank that the other draft had been returned there by some one who had picked it up in California. The next fellow that tries to brush past Will Hill in a crowd will find himself tackled right on the spot; Mr. Hill reports that it was mighty lonesome in Madison without The Republican and ordered it sent for the ensuing year.