Show CAUGHT A SLIPPERY THIEF Negro Who Has Been Working the Short Change Trick Is in Jail The young negro who has been working work-Ing the short chnnge racket on merchants mer-chants in the city was located at an early hour yesterday morning on Commercial Com-mercial street by Officer Brown and in Judge Diehls court yesterday afternoon after-noon pleaded guilty and was sentenced to CO days In Jail He is John Clark aged 19 who has been employed as a janitor in some of the saloons on the street Young Clark last Saturday cleaned up 8UJ In two transactions In a grocery on First South street he got five silver dollars from the proprietor in exchange for a 1 bill and In a State street bakery he threw down a shiny one cent piece asking for change for 55 and escaped with the money before be-fore the boy behind the counter became be-came aware of the fraud This victims easily recognized him after he was arrested ar-rested and Clark broke down and confessed con-fessed Ho had spent all of the money |