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come, more lemperaie ana careiui or themselves, and the decrease has stopped, though there is little or no actual net increase.Some confidence men gathered around Jolm Toedt of Grand Mound, on a train near Belle Plain on the 14th inst, and commenced to tell-where they carried their money. One “carried Bis loose,” another “sewed his up in his pocket.” Mr. Toedt kindly informed ihe gentlemen that lie carried his in an. inside ' vest pocket. One of tkethieveshad a knife in his hand and cut the pocket oiit and took S4fi5t while the other men held. him. Con-i ductor Crocker-and Pred Tuttie succeeded ' in getting $400 of the money returned, hut the thieves made good their escape with 365.
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Davenport Gazette
Davenport, Iowa, US
Sat, Jun 16, 1883
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