Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1915 — PAYS FOR TURKEY HE STOLE [ARTICLE]

PAYS FOR TURKEY HE STOLE

But It Took Him Twenty-Seven Year* to Discover That the Act Was Sinful. Atkin, Ark. —A. D. Stubbs of Carden Bottom, six miles south of here, received from the post office there a dollar and the following letter of explanation: “A. D. Stubbs —Dear friend: Please find enclosed |1 for one turkey I killed of yours twenty-seven years ago In the woods hear the mouth of Petit Jean river. This turkey was taken to George Shoemake’s and we cooked it and ate it I am serving God. Will you please forgive me for this sinful act? L. R. Eagan.’’ The letter was mailed at Kansas City. Mr. Stubbs remembers Eagan well, but was not aware of the killing . of the turkey. Mr. Stubbs at once applied the dollar to the cause of foreign missions.