Show I RAT PURLOINS MONEY I Steals a Goodly Sum From a Chicago SaloonKeeper Chicago Dec 1lIan a man lives In a house less costly than that occupIed occu-pied by a rat In the saloon of Stephen I Szerpetauskl South Chicago Szer petauakl for a year has been missing bills from the till In his saloon at 8734 Commercial avenue As business prospered pros-pered and the bills came In faster than they went out the saloonkeeper endured en-dured tho drain with what patience he could and did not tell the police Last week however his patience was worn to tho breaking point In the drawer behind the bar Friday night were left bills aggregating S30 In value befildeo some coins Yesterday morning when Mrs Szerpetauskl opened the drawer nothing but the coins could be seen We cant stand this the saloonkeeper saloon-keeper said and he began a thorough search of the room Cupboards were upset and the sideboard was taken from its resting place The icebox was the last article to be taken out I and under it was found a round green I ball which was pounced upon by the I saloonkeeper and his wife It was found to contain 643 In bills Of these I many were worn and torn to bits but 500 was in the original form The rat which inhabited the house had for a I year been taking the paper from the 1 till gaining entrance through an aperture aper-ture In the back A South Chicago bank will tomorrow I send the bits of bills representing fl13 to the subtreasury for redemption |