Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1918 — USES OVERCOAT AS BANK [ARTICLE]

USES OVERCOAT AS BANK

Negro Proves Ownership to Garment by Disclosing Location of Savings. New York.—Monroe Smith, a negro, insisted in the court of special sessions that he had not stolen the overcoat of Leslie Davis while he entertained Davis in his;, home, Smith said the coat was his own property and he had a right to pawn it. “I can prove I own the coat,” said Davis. “There is nine dollars sewed In the lining.” Promptly the justice ordered the lining ripped open and the money was found.