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Show CLEVER TRICK WORKED ON A TRAVELER D M Hood, a traveling man of Salt Lake, is minus a black walrus grip valued at $20. an auto strop safety razor and several other articles as 'a result of a crook's trick that has not been worked in Ogden in some time Not wishing to cirry his grip about town with him, he secured permission from the clerk of the Hemenwav & Mosor Cigar store at Grant and Twenty-fifth street, to leave it behind! the counter. He had not left the I place more than 10 minutes until a boy, 10 or 12 years old, entered and said he had been sent by a man. for a black grip left in the store. The boy told the clerk he had been give 1 10 cents to do the errand Suspect- I ing nothing, the bag was delivered to the boy and no more thought was given the occurrence until Hood la-tor la-tor asked for his grip When the clerk explained what had happened. Hood suspected theft at once and the two made a trip about the streets looking for the boy When neither the boy nor the bag was located, Hood called at tbe station and gave the facts to the police. Patrolmen were notified to call at the pawn j shops Hood believes that the boy was hired by some fellow who had observed ob-served him leave tbe bag with the clerk 00 |