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Show SHORT CHANGE ARTISTS HERE-THEIR. GAME FAILED TO WORK Pcoplo of this and neighboring communities pre warned to be on tho lookout for crooks, both male and female, who have a clever way of deceiving and short changing tho clerks of stores. Lost Saturday night about 7o'clock a man walked into tho local Thorn, ton Drug No. 2, and asked tor two hairnets. Stephen Shelley, who wob clerking there at tho time, secured tho hairnets and tho stranger laid a ton dollar bill" down for paymont. Mr. Sholloy mado tho change, giving him n five dollar J?lll and $4.7G Jn sllvor. Tho -stranger then iSJ5a Shelley If hojmd an extra tivo dol. far bill. Shelloy replied that ho had nnd rcachedlnto tho rcglstor and got It. Tho, jfra'nger then reached Into his pocket tttlil bruufeht out flvo dol. lara In silver; he thotl tdok tho extra flvo dollar bill which Shelley had taken. from tho,,rgf3tcr ad laid. It on tho five7 dollars In sllvor,- which he had taken from his pocket, say. Ing "Now rIvo mo bnck tho ton dol. lar bill". Shelley Immediately saw what tho stranger was trying to do and put tho flvo dollar, bill down, Baying, "You can't wrk that on mo". Tho crook, seeing that his schemo was detected, pulled his cap down tlghtor nnd wet out tho door.' Tho stranger had n Dulck car parked about a half block down tho street, and there wero three other passcn. gors In It, two womon and n man. Thoy left boforo anything could bo done It was thought they were headed towards Plcoant Grovo. Mr. Shel. loy called tho drug stores In Ploas. nnt Grovo and warned them to bo on tho lookout for tho crooks. About an hour later, tho report oamo from Pleasant Grovo that tho samo mon and womon had tried tho samo schemo on W. E. Clark. Mr. Clark reports that they had failed to gain anything lYom him by it. He tried to sccuro tho number ot their car which was parked n half block down tho street from his store, but ho states tho' car wns gono before ho could pick (lt out. Tho strnngors wont on down to Provo. Crooks of this naturo nrn hard to catch, unless thoy are followed right up, because their victims do not renll-a what has been dona until thoy aro gone, and then It Is too lato. |
