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Show w COUNCILMAN LOSES BIS COAT Thirty minutes after Joseph' Thompson Thomp-son had stolen a coat belonging to Alderman Al-derman Charles J Humphrls, at tho contractor's office, corner of Twenty-first Twenty-first and Lincoln avenue, he was be hind prison bars. The theft occurred Saturday afternoon when tho heat prompted the alderman to doff hl3 coat and leave it across tho back of a chair In the office while he stepped out for a few minutes The theft was reported to the police po-lice a short time after Its occurrence and thirty minutes later Joe Thompson Thomp-son was arrested with the coat In his possession. Thompson pleaded guilty guil-ty to the charge of petit larceny In Police court this morning and was sentenced to pay a fine of $50 or spend fifty days In the cltv jail |