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Show 1 pockets in tlie cit-, I The pooketbook was found rifled of the money, lmt with the valuable papers intact, in-tact, in the engine room of'ft prominent building. Tho engine room had a skylight sky-light that opened into tho alley near the corner where the men had crowded her. They kindly lifted tho screen and dropped drop-ped it upon the marble floor near the engineer. en-gineer. She was not indebted to the art of observing closely for tho loss or tho return of the pocket book, but a slight hint was given of its value, in the unveiling unveil-ing of the brain picture, of which who was unconscious of receiving. Chicago Herald. li f-rilili; a Thief. A while " lady in pansing down a crowded thoronhfare was relieved of her pix'kethook. It was two hours before be-fore nhe missed it. After two hours more of search, an 1 returning to places where she niij,'ht have eurelt;dy left it, it occurred to her suddenly that she had been jostled liy five or six men at a street corner. The circumstance made no particular par-ticular impression ntinn her mind at tho tiino, only that she glanced around with tiie thought that the st.-eot w;ls unusually un-usually crowded, and that, the men wero taking up inoro room than was necessary. neces-sary. She reported ilerlossto the police, and in relarin; the incident she de-tii-ri'oed thi'.-e of ti:o lueu so accurately, their feature, their clothing, and even the design ou one of their neck handkerchiefs, handker-chiefs, that they wen? reconiz'-d immediately imme-diately as hcjnir tho mojt notorious pick- |