Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 February 1920 — Running No Risks. [ARTICLE]

Running No Risks.

“According to the testimony of the witnesses, you were caught just as you were getting out of the window with the contents of the till In your pocket. Now, what excuse have you got?” said .the judge, fiercely, to the prisoner, who stood, wth a jaunty air, In the dock. “I know it, your honor. I shall always be grateful to the man who caught me. When I have these somnambullstfc fits l am in danger of falling out of windows and hurting myself.” “That never occurred to me,” remarked the judge, pensively. “That being the case, I will direct the officials—” “To turn me loose?” “No; but to have an extra bar put across the window of your cell so that there may be no danger of your falling out.”