Salt Lake Telegram | 1910-08-31 | Page 2 | How Police Made Poor Woman Happy

HOW POLICE MADE POOR WOMAN HAPPY NEW YORK Aug 31 A 31 A trail frail little woman staggering under the weight of ofa ofa ofa a big bundle of at soiled boiled linen came sobbing sobbing sobbing sob sob- bing Into a downtown New Now York police station late last night She told the tho lieutenant lieutenant lieu lieu- tenant in charge that she sho was wal a widow with three little children and earned 6 a n. week weck by scrubbing floors and a 0 little extra by washing and ironing On her hor hern n way home she sho had lost Jost her pocketbook containing 1085 of ot which 1050 50 was for rent reaL The Tho lieutenant pushed an electric button in front of him In about a minute minute min mm- ute all of the tho policemen on reserve duty had hod lined up in front of or the desk desI Say you fellows said ald the lieutenant lieuten ant this woman has lost Jost her pocket- pocket book There Thero was 1085 In It and al albut aU all aUbut allbut but thirty-five thirty cents cent was for the rent to keep a roof over tho the head of the chil chil- dren This Is what Im I'm going to do With that ho he held up a 1 greenback Ever Every Ev Ev- Ev- Ev er cry ery man went down Into his pocket and turned over tho the mone money to the lieutenant The officer counted the tho mone money carefully careful careful- ly Jy and handed It to the woman Here is your our rent and something over o he ho said sold brusquely God bless you OU and run along now now now-don't don't dont thank us You'll embarrass em em- barrass us If It you OU sta stay any longer Good night