Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1914 — Kept the Overshoes But Gould Not Use the Shoe. [ARTICLE]

Kept the Overshoes But Gould Not Use the Shoe.

A few days ago some person took from the Kloethre Fire Sale store a shoe box containing a pair of rubbers and one shoe. L. E. Barber, the shoe salesman, placed an advertisement, in The Republican. Mrs. John Albertson found the shoe ip the ladies’ waiting ( room at the i court house and in it' a bit of paper on which was written: “Logt—Owner may have by taking it.” She reported the discovery to Mr. Barber, who got the sjwe and it proved to be the one that had been taken. The rubbers, however, were not there and evidently the conscience of the person who took -the box was only sensitive enough to cause them to restore the shoe which singly was of no value, add they kept the rubbers. Shoplifting is a very contemptible kind of stealing and those who Indulge in it are as guilty as those who hold people up atthe point of a gun or enter and rob a 'house. Stolen goods do the thief no permanent good and should trouble the conscience of the one who obtains them jn a dishonest way. It is not probable that the person who took the package will be apprehended but an Investigation will be made.' In the meantime the culprit could clear their-own conscience by mjaii* ing to Mr. Kloethe the value of the rubbers.