Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 150, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 June 1915 — Captures Burglar With Ice Cream Dipper. [ARTICLE]

Captures Burglar With Ice Cream Dipper.

Oscar S. Reppert, of Mulberry, Ind., who runs a grocery store, aimed the end of an ice cream dipper at a iburgalr Thursday morning as though it were a revolver and affected his capture. When Reppert entered his store he saw the intruder making his getaway through the window and pointing the shiny dipper at him called “halt.” The thief, seeing the bright object, stopped. He ■was then taken to the sheriff, where he gave his name as Frank Harrell and his home as the “United States.”