Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 September 1915 — An Original Scheme. [ARTICLE]

An Original Scheme.

A tramp who drifted Into Elkhart and “registered” as Pat Mahoney put over a clever deal in a crowded street in the business district, until the police got wise and locked him up for public intoxication. Pat noticed a woman In modest attire and tlmid demeanor as she stood holding her bab; in front of a barber shop, waiting till her husband got shaved. Pat took up his station about thirty feet away from her. “Say, pardner,” Pat would “that’s me woman an’ kid over there. I’m broke and I’m tryin* to get them down to her folks* place. I wanna git ’em there so’s I kin git out alone an* find some work. Couldn’t you help ue wid a little piece o* coin?" It Is said be raked in many nickels and dimes—and spent them in a near* by saloon.—lndianapolis News.