Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 August 1915 — PEDDLER CHEATS A ROBBER. Splits Cash to Give Himself a Quarter [ARTICLE]

PEDDLER CHEATS A ROBBER.

Splits Cash to Give Himself a Quarter

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Wichita, Kan. —Joe Luben, a street vender, being held up, says he begged the robber to let him keep half his cash and, as the highwayman was in a hurry, he consented. Luben had |4.75. He says he gave the robber |2.25, keeping $2.50. j “I cheated him out of a Quarter, anyway," said Luben.