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ROBBING ATPOLKCITY.The 'landlord of the Polk Oil'* House Loses $400.Polk City Is sllglilly excited over n robbery by which Joshua Miimiuk, hmdluril of the Polk City hotel, Is the loser of 5400. It seems that- Minnie* lately- received n soldier's pension, amounting lo about 81,1)110. With Ibis sum lie purchased tin; hotel property, paying therefor SrfiD. It was his intention lo devote a large part of Ihe balance of his money to rcfiivnlshiiig Ihe house. On Tuesday night Jiu pinned ihe money in a pocket- book under liin pillow. In Hie night lie dreamed that robbers wore stealing It, which awakened him. ■ On as* emlainlng tlmt the money wnsslift muter his pillow In* removed it and placed it within Ids bwom, next, to his uinlershlrl. Upon waking up hi the morning Jn* forgot-ahnbotit It and wont ul)out hi* work, not missing the money until after brenkfnsi, when search was Instituted without success. A number of railroad hands we iv board mg at tin; hotel at ihe time, and Mlnnick had several of them arrested and suarcficd but without recovering ihe stolen wealth.
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Daily Iowa Capital
Des Moines, Iowa, US
Thu, Sep 20, 1883
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