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Show COST OF MISTAKE $10 TO ML STEELE 4 . i William M. Steele wai charged with vagrancy. . Whn the case was called in Police court Monday afternoon he became be-came very confidential and "poured hi tale of woe Into the cars of & sympathetic sympa-thetic court. ' "I'll Just tell you how it happened," he said. "I law an old man that I thought I knew. I asked him for a dime to tret some beer. with. A policeman police-man saw me, and then he would not give me time to explain that I had made a mistake. He just ran me in without asking me anything- about it, and then would not let me go again." Then the policeman found his voice. "That man was wandering about Commercial Com-mercial street begging from every one that he saw." "Mighty low down way of making a living," interrupted Prosecutor Wllley. "I think so, too," said" the court. "Tour mistake will cost you $10." |