HONOR AMONG THIEVES.
• - , , ; "-r Y .SL A thief thus wrote to the editor of the “ New- York Tribune ’’ ~ “ Sir, Please advise your; readers always to leave their names,and addresses ;in their pocket-books, infrequently happens in our business that we come into ’ possesssion of portmonnaiesycontaining, private papers and photographs, which we would gladly return ; but we have no means of doing so. It is dangerous to carry them about, so we are forced to destroy them. I ‘ remember an instance when I met with serious trouble bebause I could not make up my mind" to : destroy' a picture" of a.... baby, ; whic.il iy I found in the pdcket-boOk; y b£ gentleman, which came into iny hands inOthe way-of business in tneThird Avenue road. I hadTost a baby myself the year before, of the same age as this one, and would -have given all 1 had for such a:picture; There was no name in the pocket book, and no .way of finding out, whpThe. jpwjicr . was,; so, like a fool,. J advertised, and got shadowed by the" police.' Tell your readers to give tis ’ a ‘ fair show to - he decent, and al ways feayo their addresses in their pocket books. We want to live and let live.—Yours truly, A. Pickpocket.” ’' . 1'
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South Canterbury Times, Issue 2745, 10 January 1882, Page 2
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209HONOR AMONG THIEVES. South Canterbury Times, Issue 2745, 10 January 1882, Page 2
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