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Ax InconsiderateThief.—On Tlmrs-day of last week, Gollinh Curl, living near Cedar Lake in this county, was caught in the act of Bteuting a pair of shoes from Wheelerfa store.— He took the shoes and a coat out of the store and hid them in the Jeftenaon House b.irn, and then started out to trade a pair of ir*w boots Unit ire said ho had got at Lowell, for a larger pair- He went into Frias’ store, mud while there Mr. Hoffman happened in and saw the boot? that Curl had and claimed them. Carl hesitated and said he got ! thfcni at Pratt1*, but Hoffman finally took Carl and the boots over to his store, Carl, after he found \ lie was in n tight place, told HolVman that he would j gire 3*tin a new gut in vest h® hud if he would let him off, but Hoftman could not be bought* It. became neu» d about, and several by that time had got into the *»tnra, and among themC. U All j who at once reeoynized the ve^t as one that had been taken Irmn hia shop. Soon after, it was known that Carl had left a new pair of pants at Nick Krier\s shoe shop. They wore got and found to be a pair ho had stolen from iiofl’manV Thu.-* he had rnanaired to get nearJv a whole suit in on*** / LJ *daw He was arrested and lod^d in j:i;l until Saturday for trial. At ten oVb-ek lie was taken*out and put upon hi* tri.J, and plead insanity ; hut j * the counsel could not makn K$quhe IVy Iciicv such to be the fact, and the iVllow iras bound on under bonds of §10! in each enae for his appear. * * fiuco to Circuit Coarf, anil, on failure to get bail, was committed to jail.Why will young nun, thow who are able to iutW A * Ian honorable living, tutu tin ir iiU* n!i*m to j , ^ICtiliuK? There in no excuse for th*m™jIn tliid case-Mr. Call hs a vonn ' man. or «v.lled !1 lsuch, i* probably nineteen or twenty years (da. | ‘ with no one to support but bim'elf und hardly j , that—ire*J able to work and to £et nn honorable living. It is surprising how some fclljws, at the ! j verv time thev ought to be laving a foundation fii ! J* * •- * i J |an honorable life, will throw themselves a vay. U id nut only them, but their parlfnt.s rel it'-fos and friend*, that sutler. Will our vi-un^ men and bovsr Hil |think of such things and take warning in tuni'.—-We hope we have no more such in our cemmutu- i tv; but if there should bo any, let young Carl and 1 ldrf unhappy situation be thought of before taking the rash *tepl(i 1k tI ,’ ? » fi I
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Crown Point Register
Crown Point, Indiana, US
Thu, Jun 06, 1861
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