Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 143, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1914 — Cunning Thieves In Mexico. [ARTICLE]

Cunning Thieves In Mexico.

Americans in Mexico have doubtless gained some experience of the lepero, reputed to be one of the smartest and.' ? most impudent thieves in the world. Brantz Meyer tells of an English traveler who, within an hour or two, in the principal streets of Mexico, had first his hat hooked from his head by a line from an upper window, and was then accosted by three leperos who divested him of his coat. The three bade him wait, and within a few minutes one returned and handed him a pawn ticket “We wanted |3O, not the coat" he explained. "Here is the ticket with which you can redeem it for that sum?* \