Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1919 — PURSE ANO MONEY IS STOLEN [ARTICLE]

PURSE ANO MONEY IS STOLEN

But Part of Latter Recovered on Confession of Culprit. Mrs. Lettie Pascall, who is here from New Jersey visiting her aunt, Mrs. Elizabeth Alter, of Park avenue and other relatives, had her (purse stolen some time Friday afternoon or evening from her handbag at the Alter home. The purse contained between S3B and S4O in cash, together with her railroad ticket and some identification cards. She and Mrs. Alter had been sitting on the porch at the Alter home and during this time they thought they heard someone enter the house from the rear, but Mrs. Alter went in and found nobody there. Some time later Mrs. Pascall bad occasion to open her handbag and found that her purse had been taken. Later—The Democrat is informed that Frank Alter, son of Mrs. Alter, confessed to .his uncle, John Tharp, of Remington, and to Mrs. Pascall Monday to taking the money and returned sls of the’ amount. The balance he had spent and he had destroyed the purse and papers therein. Fortunately the railroad ticket was not in the purse, as first thought. No 'prosecution for the theft will follow, it is said.