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Show HONEST MAN SENDS MONEY TO WILLARD LOS ANGELES. Nov. 3. Jess Wll-lard, Wll-lard, former heavyweight boxing ' champion, says he is convinced that j there is at least one honest man in the world. While training here for l a possible return bout with Jack Deinpsey. heavyweight champion, he received the following letter, dated Chicago "Some years ago 1 waited on you and a party of friend in Fort Wayne. Ind.. and after you had gone, I found a five dollar bill under the table. You paid for the luncheon and as nobody else had handled any money I figured the 5 must have belonged to you. "I thought I would run across you sometime, but I have not. My religion re-ligion will not allow me to keep anything any-thing that does not belong to me, so I am enclosing a money order for the sum of $5, also hoping to find you well." The letter was signed T. Martin 4131 Jackson boulevard. Chicago. 111. Wlllard endorsed the money order upd sent It back to Martin, thanklu him and commending him on his honesty- "I do not think I dropped that $o for In those days they wore too pro- ' clous to be handled carelessly." said Willard. oo |