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Show HAND PRINT .OF - v;j A BOLD1 ROBBER1 ' i Aids the Police in Tracing $150 Stolen From the Former Priest, Which Ends in the Recovery of $140 of the Money. A twiud print In the dust mi the. Bill of the transom of f door has led . to the recovery of SH-) In currency, the property of James Ambrose Ryan, ' and the inon?y hns been turned ovr j to the former prlesL The party who stolo the money, however, has not been apprehended and the priest does J not care whether he is ever brought to just Ic for the crime Ryan wanted his money back, nothing more, Ryan was Incarcerated in the city Jail for a brief period In the early part of the week and when he returned return-ed to his room, after being released from the clly bastlle, he discovered that seme one had entered his room and Liken from the toe of his s..r two bills, one for $ln and the other for $.'.0. The matter was repotted to the police station and Detective pender nnd Captain Prown loou the case in hand. They discovered the imprint of a man's hand in the lusi mi the sill of the transom over Ryan's ilooi, which j proved, beyond question, that the i room bad been burglarized rind the money stolen. This led to an Instigation Insti-gation regarding the size of hands in the hotel and before many hours passed pass-ed the ofllcers loimd a hand masur Ing the same as the Imprint on the transom, th possessor of which had a room near Ryan s Then the officers offi-cers were led to the race track, through certain evidence, then to the bank. Tho two bills had been played play-ed on tho ponies at tin." track nnd were ultimately cashed at the bank-. The man who had turned the trick was found to bo a small man. wearing eye glasses. The officers were so close to him and the trail leading to him was so certain ihat friends stepped In and said there was $140 of the $150 fortbeominc If the hounding could be stopped, and that in all likelihood the other ln would bo sent In before nightfall. Ryan Is glad to get the money, but be says that the fellow carried away some aluable papers and photographs thai he would like to recover. It W stated that thoie will be no criminal prosecution in the case. |