Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 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.