Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 July 1907 — THE WATCH CAME BACK. [ARTICLE]

THE WATCH CAME BACK.

Luck of a Man Who Met a Pickpockei in Park Row. "Having his watch stolen from hin and offered back to him In ai - hour was- what happened to a-frienu-of mine the other day when crowdt gathered at the" newspaper bulletii .boards waiting .for news of the Thar, jury,” said a citizen to a NfeW York Sun reporter. "It happened this way,;. "An old friend of mine was stand ing among others wafting for news o’ the Thaw jury when suddenly he fell a twitch »at his witch pocket and hiwatch was gone. Not being his ground he kept his loss to hlmseli and walked away from the crowd. "After transacting a little business in the neighborhood he turned towarc home. Rememb'ering that he neede-j a drink he stepped a saloon. "He was in the midst of his story telling the sympathetic bartender 01 his experience, with his back fri the door, when a voice back of him broke into the conversation, ordered a drink and asked the drink mixer if he hao. any use for a watch, mentioning th< fact that there was one to be hao cheap. ' .< “The barkeeper, having my frienn in mind, asked to see the watch and turned it over to my friend, who. im mediately recognized it as- his. Turn ing around he inquired how much he asked for the timepiece The thiei recognized his late victim and made a bolt for the door, taking good care to leave the watch behind. “Now being of a peaceful disposl tion my friend let the matter go al that Can you beat it?”