Rensselaer Republican, Volume 17, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 April 1885 — Of Course, It Was Empty. [ARTICLE]

Of Course, It Was Empty.

A suspicious character was arrested in Dallas, for having in his possession a pocket-book, which he was supposed to have stolen. “I didn’t steal it,” said the tramp to the policeman. “How did you come by it then ?” “I found it.” “What did you do with the money that was in it ?” “There was no money in it. It was empty.” “Where did you find it?” “In front of that building near the Postoffice.” “Then you are all,right. That is the tax collector’s office, and if you found the pocket-book there it probably belonged to some poor devil who had just paid his taxes, and, of course, it was empty.”—Zeras Siftings.