Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 217, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 September 1914 — Trousers Are Stolen; Man Goes Home in Barrel [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Trousers Are Stolen; Man Goes Home in Barrel

CHICAGO. —Frederick Krueger is a mild-mannered' clerk to a downtown department store and resides at 4313 Lake Park avenue. There are times when he has wished that he could relieve the even tenor of his daily life by

being the hero of'a thrilling adventure. The- other <fay the adventure came. In common with other citizens, Mr. Krueger felt the heat that afternoon and decided to take a swim. He chose the lake at Forty-second street. His garments he placed on the breakwater. Then he plunged to. While he was puffing joyously in the lake two men alighted from A passing freight train. They .observed the Krueger apparel. In a minute or

two more they were hurrying westward with a pair of pearl gray trousers. Some ten minutes later Sergt. Edward Balder of the Hyde Pafk station saw a barrel approaching rapidly up Forty-third street on a pair of human legs. Investigation proved Mr. Krueger to be inside. “What do you think you are —a keg of beer?” inquired Sergeant Balder. z Mr. Krueger explained. The sergeant permitted him to go home and went in search of the trousers. Late to the afternoon smoke was seen issuing from a barn in the fear of 4047 Drexel boulevard. Two individuals ran from the barn and down the alley as the fire department arrived. After the blaze was extinguished Sergeant Balder discovered a pair of pearl gray flannel trousers. Now Mr. Krueger is no longer a sansculotte.