Show PRIZE BURGLAR SWIPES REAL BOA CONSTRICTOR AND POIICE FORCE OF LOS ANGELES IN FEAR AND TREMBLING TREM-BLING ARREST HIM Los Angeles CIIIDIII you over steal n boa constrictor Well theres H man In Los Angeles did Carried It right out of another IIUHIH houxc amid Bald It Four and a half feet of It there was nil alive and wriggly So LOB Angeles claims to have the Ilrlze thief of the United States This was a real I boa constrictor too not ono of the kind you BCD after 3 a ni us the schooners slip uneasily across the bar Its genuine ness is vouched for by no less a per son than William hero Its owner Sylvester White Its abductor and C U IJL I 1 Ak f I F4 Lz The Policeman Speedily Retreated four stalwart members of the Los Angeles police force The other afternoon the chief of po Ice received a message from Vlsalla a suburb Now Vlsalla has n marshal mar-shal but H Is a timid sort of marshal mar-shal on occasions one of them being when malefactors of great snakes lock hemsehos up In their houses tutu say Come get me and snaky So the marshal of Vlsalla tele ihoned to the chief of police of los Angeles and the chief of police of Los Angeles sent four tiled and true members of the force to bring back the snake thief dead or alive There was a hurried consultation of bluecoats outside the White residence which resulted In an attack In force he biggest man leading and the other three bringing up the rear In single file ready to right about face at the first hiss Policeman No 1 knocked on th door Nothing happened out of tho ordinary White came to the door and asked what was wanted lie asked It but he addressed four members mem-bers of the Ios Angeles force who had speedily retreated to the road unv nvDid Did you steal a snake was the question Sure I stole a snake a fourfoot one or larger was the answer There was a sigh of relief when the thief added that he had sold the snake and did not have It with him Then the policemen were at home White was arrested aid brought to los Angelus where ho awaits tIme pleasuio of the court |