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Show Storekeeper Furnished Clue in Suspect Arrest Thst Clifford Franklin, held on suspicion of being the psnts burglar burg-lar who haa been operating here recently, waa arrested aa a result of a clue furnished by 1 Tsscom. tit Wert Second South street. Is - the deelaratlon of Mra. Tascom. According Ac-cording to Mrs. Tahcom. Franklin went Into her htteband'e store to purchaee a pair of glovee: . At the same time, she eaye, he helped himself to a pair or ahoes, which he j waa unable to nay for. He pleaded that he ba not arrested and left a watch as security for payment of ths shoes, promising to return with the money the next day. When he did not return. Tascom became suspicious sus-picious snd turned the wstch over to the police, which wss lster identified iden-tified ss one thst hsd been stolen. Jslr. Tascom ssys her husband did . F not buy ths wstch snd accepted It only aa security for payment for the shoes. , |