Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1908 — Rachel Blake Swiped a Fiver. [ARTICLE]

Rachel Blake Swiped a Fiver.

Rachel Blake is the name of a poor downfallen girl that has been living In Rensselaer for several months, and whose / existence seems to be of the lower crust. Last Saturday she asked to ride in a buggy with a lady named Mrs. Knopinskl, of Hanging Grove township, and she readily consented. After they bad reached the edge of town Rachel decided that she did not want to go any farther and Mrs. Knopinskl let her out. Soon afterwards Mrs. Knopinskl discovered that $5 had been taken from her pocket book end she came back to town and reported the occurrence to Marshal Parks, and he hunted up the young woman and she reluctantly confessed that she had taken the bllL She had spent 20 cents, and gave the balance to the marshal, and later borrowed 20 cents and turned that over to him. The marshal gave her 24 hours In which to leave town. It is said that she came here from Fair Oaks.