Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1917 — Flower Thieves Are Busy— Contemptible Kind of Thief. [ARTICLE]

Flower Thieves Are Busy— Contemptible Kind of Thief.

Flower thieves are again busy in Rensselaer, having made their first appearance on last Saturday night at the home of Mrs. John Zimmerman on north Cullen street. This practice by this jsort of contemptible thieves is anannual affair and the first offender caught should be made an example of. Mrs. Zimmerman stated to The Republican that her flower beds of tulips and Easter lilies had suffered severely from the depredations of the petty thieves. Mrs. Zimmerman takes much pride in the care of her yard and flower beds and has one of the prettiest yards in the city and it is a shame that any person is so thoughtless as to destroy the flowers over which so much care has been taken and so much time spent and believe that this notice should serve to .arouse enough sh’ame in the 'guilty parties to prevent them from repeating the act.