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Show The Ciluipion Thief. New Or leans has the champion man thief. Ilis name is Washington Banks, and his latest exploit was personating a minister at the christening of a dying child. U:j was accosted by a young woman in distress, who asked him where she could find a minuter to christen her child. Finding that she was willing to pay for the ceremony, Banks said he was a minister, and accompanied ac-companied her to her house, where he tbund the child at the point ot death. He sent the mother out to borrow a Bible, and then went through the l'orm of christening the child. which died during the performance. Banks now told the mother that he would attend at-tend to matters and have her name enrolled en-rolled in the society of which he w,ts a minister. The society, lie said, would pay all the expenses of the funeral, but she must give five dollais tor thechri-tening thechri-tening fee and the initiation. Che gave him the money and he left in a hurry, taking the Bible with him and promising to return in half an hour with a coffin. As noth-was noth-was heard of him afterward, the woman had a warrant issued for him on the charges of larceny of the Bible an i obtaining money on fal-e pretences, and the swindler was soon in custody. |