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Show CUTTING CURLY LOCKS. A Philadelphia Man Arrested for Shearing Children's Hair. Philadelphia, Pa., February 14. A man giving the name of John N. Henderson, Hender-son, of No. 247 North Ninth street, was arrested at Eighth and Filbert street yesterday yes-terday while attempting to cut the plaits of hair from , the heads of two young girls. Numerous complaints have been received of late at police headquarters from parents of children who have been robbed of their tresses. The thief plied his mean vocation in the vicinity of Eight and Arch streets. Henderson was first noticed acting suspiciously on Thursday Thurs-day last, when he was observed following follow-ing young girls, invariably those who wore their hair down their backs. On that occasion Henderson saw that Officer Dawson was watching him, and: relinquished his attempt. This afternoon he was again observed, and the policeman, police-man, slipping into a store at Eighth and Filbert streets, donned citizen's clothes and followed him. Henderson selected two pretty blondes, whose golden hair hung in long plaits down their backs, and was -about to rob one of them of her tresses when . the officer arrested ar-rested him. A pair of long shears were found in his pocket when searched at the Central station this morning. Two young girls had their hair cut off at the fire last week, and another was robbed of her tresses on Friday last while upon a car at Eighth and Arch streets. . |