Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1889 — They Tempt Thieves. [ARTICLE]

They Tempt Thieves.

It may look queer, but it is true, that the stores that have large exhibitions in their show windows do more toward educating young boys to steal than anything else. The reason of this is that large crowds, most women, gather about the windows to look at the displays. Well a young gamin comes along and sees a pocket-book protracting out of a womanls pocket, and the temptation is so great that he sneaks up behind her and steals the wallet. ‘ Maybe this is his first time, but when once given a start in this direction there seems to beakind of infatuation about it which leads him to follow it up, and ofttimes results in his becoming a~ professional housebreaker.