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Broad Daylight atMuskogee.t\That there were a gang of thieves following the Barnum Bailey circus proved very true, from the fact that the officers inI tMuskogee Tuesday got next to , some of the light-fingered brigade that were plying their trade in crowds that congregated in the city to witness the big , show.Among the visitors that wentto Muskogee Tuesday morning from this city was T. M. Peav-ler who operates a store at Bald ' Hill. Mr. Peavler is a good bus- . iness man and it has been cus--tomary with him to go to the city in person to purchase^sup-plies for his store.Ort this occasion he concluded to make the trip and besides making his purchases from the Wholesale houses he decided to take in the circus. He carried with him $480 in checks and cash.As he stepped off the Midland Valley train onto the platform in Muskogee a large crowd had gathered there and there was more or less jostling about among the crowd, just the finest opportunity in the world for thieves and pickpockets to get ill their work.The thought of bfeing robbed had not entered Mr. Peavler’s mind, and not until he had left the depot did he discover that his pocket-book with his entire roll of money and valuable papers was gone, but the robbery proved a^genuine fact* and the victim was at a loss to know just what steps to take. He made known his loss at police headquarters and detectives were at once put onto the case, yet the robbers have not been run down.A large pkrt of the money was in checks and vouchers which Mr. Peavler had taken in at his store, and while the banks in Muskogee and in this city were notified to refuse payment upon the paper and it may be possible to get a clue to work on in this manner, yet under the circumstances *Mr. Peavler feels that , he cannot recover his loss, es-especially so far as the cash is j concerned. It was rather a ] severe blow to him, but he does | not blame himself for careless- | ness as the valuables were stolen !
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Haskell News
Haskell, Oklahoma, US
Thu, Sep 18, 1913
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