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Show SAYS NEGRESS TOOK HIS PURSE AND MONEY laiell Morton, a negreaa 1 years old, waa arrested by Detective Howell laat night on a chars of robbery. It Is alined al-ined that ah ensured a whit man. well advanced In years, la conversation, and deftly plcksd hi pocket of hi purs containing con-taining I'D- He mad complaint to tha polio at once and the woman waa picked up a Httl later by tha nesro detective. No formal complaint haa been filed asalnat tha woman, and It la feared that th whit man. to avoid publicity, will arrlAc th and will not appear asalnat bar. . . Th police department haa encountered eat difficulty In th past In prosecuting esse of this kind, th loer preferring to forfeit their money, or compromise th lose rather than appear In open court and admit that they wra robbed by such persona. . |