Takes Nails and Is Nailed

1919

Thief Leaves Fur Coat and Walks Away With Hardware.

BOSTON, Massachusetts — Samuel Donovan of an unknown address aroused the interest of Patrolman John Manning. Donovan, the officer alleges, stepped up to an unoccupied automobile and caressingly fondled an expensive fur coat, which he subsequently put down and walked away.

Later, the officer says, he returned to the machine, took out a heavy bundle and started briskly along the street. He had gone but a short distance when the officer stopped him and, after a few questions, escorted him to the City Hall avenue station. When the bundle was opened it was found to contain about seventy-five pounds of ordinary nails. The Christmaslike wrappings on the bundle were evidently deceptive.

—The Saturday Blade, Chicago, Jan. 3, 1920, p. 7.