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Newspaper
The Diller Record
Location
Diller, Nebraska, United States of America
Date
Sep 27, 1912
Page
7
A serialized reminiscence recounts NYC crime history from the Catherine Street gang era to Jeff O Neill and Tim Little, noting bold robberies, police corruption, and a tattoo clue that led to a crook’s downfall. The narrative frames crime as revealing itself despite efforts to hide it.
Jeff O Neill recalls a cross river robbery with Tim, targeting Simepson’s Cur ity Shop on Chatham street. They plan to crack the safe, nab $60 000, move stones to Jimmy Parsons in Whitechapel, then return with $26 000 in Bank of England notes and flee.
Detective Barnett describes a New York theft tied to a London jewel robbery. He infiltrated a Fourth Ward gang, tracked clues like an india ink mark on a thief’s hand, and uncovered links to Jim Parsons and Tim Little. Parsons reveals the culprits Jeff ONeill and Little, leading to ten year pleas. Nellie Parsons is returned to her father.
A bashful suitor longs to woo a reigning belle. He brings a bouquet to impress but recalls the proverb about bringing coals to Newcastle. Nervous fits render him unable to speak clearly as the belle greets him in the drawing room.
A Kansas farmer in Edwards county, short of a harvest hand, drove a drunk man from Kinsley to his farm in a car and kept him there for a week. The next morning the man asked for the distance to town and was told fifteen miles, with a promise to transport him on Saturday if he helped harvest that week. He labored all week unaware he was near town, only a mile away.
Comic dialogue shows Mrs. Simpkins and landlady debating employment terms. Fresh Boarder ridicules fare cutting as a street railway issue. Mrs Winslow’s soothing syrup advertises teething relief claims in a pasted tasting line.
Advertisement touts Carbolisaire as the most effective remedy for tarrrh. Claims cures with 5 and 60 cent sizes. Goads readers with a caution about slips between intention and action.
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