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A STRAIGHT TIP FOR BONIFACE. C. T. (in the soft goods line) : By the way, I caught a thief under my bed in the hotel the other night. C. T. (in the hardware line) : Go on' What did you do with him ? Hand him over to the police ? Soft Goods C. T. : Oh, dear no. Merely sent for the chambermaid and got her to sweep the room. He died of suffocation.

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Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 136, 7 February 1903, Page 14

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A STBAIGHT TIP FOR BONIFACE. C. T. (in the soft gauds line) ■ By the way, I caught a thief under my bed in the hotel the othei night. . C. T. (inthehcudicaie line j Goon' What did you do inth him * Hand him over to the police ? Soft Goods C. T.: Oh, dear no. Merely bent foi the chambeimaid and got her to sweep the room. He died of sujjocation. Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 136, 7 February 1903, Page 14

A STBAIGHT TIP FOR BONIFACE. C. T. (in the soft gauds line) ■ By the way, I caught a thief under my bed in the hotel the othei night. . C. T. (inthehcudicaie line j Goon' What did you do inth him * Hand him over to the police ? Soft Goods C. T.: Oh, dear no. Merely bent foi the chambeimaid and got her to sweep the room. He died of sujjocation. Free Lance, Volume III, Issue 136, 7 February 1903, Page 14

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