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Show LANDIS PERFORMS AN ACT OF CIURITV ! GIVES HIS OVERCOAT TO PRISON-ER'HE PRISON-ER'HE HAS SENTENCED. Explained That He Used It to Light Fire to Keep Warm the Charity That Chicago Tends to Freeze. Chicago, Jan. 14. The thin figure of Federal Judge K. M. Landis was late i yesterday seen breasting the cold wind j of the Loop district without an over-; over-; coat. "Hi. thsre, judge," shouted a friend, i"where's your overcoat?" " used it to light a fire." "Used it to ngnt a lire.'" "Yes," said Judge Landis. "1 used it to light a fire to keep warm Inside of me the spirit of charity that life in a great city like Chicago tends to freeze." A short time earlier the judge had sentenced Mathew Aronson. a "white 'slave," to the house of cotrection. The prisoner turned away from the bench and pulled his coat up around his. throat. "Aronson." exclaimed the court sharply, "where's your overcoat?' "Your honor," said the prisoner, "I 'aint got none. That was one of . the first things I soaked when I came to Chicago," "Bailiff." said the judge, "get. mine and give It to him. (Now gentlemen," ho added, "we'll proceed with the next case. |