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Show HE BEGGED FROM A MOOSE Thomas Smith of Aurora, III., will" do ten days on the rock pile for mendicancy men-dicancy if the sentence imposed in police court' this morning Is executed, and Smith claims that his only crme was that of asking a brothor Moose for a loan to help him on his way to Murray, where he has a sister residing. re-siding. Smith yows that he is not a "mooch er" by choice, but that he failed to receive re-ceive a letter which he thgught would be In this city awaiting and containing money When ho did not receive tho. letter, he says, he was unable to proceed pro-ceed further on hlB war without asking ask-ing as6lstanc from some one. and he i approached a brother Moose. For this he was arrested. Just how much of Smith's story is true was not brought out in the trial. "When arrested Smith had in his- possession pos-session a Uttlo more than a dollar. According to the officer, he did not have a dues book of tile order of which he clams to be a member. Smith was fined $10 or ten days. |