A short time ago there was a fire in one of the best business quarters of the city. Near at hand, there was a prosperous silversmith. He hurriedly packed a box with such valuables and money as he could save and left his house. He had only gone a short distance when he was arrested by a policeman on suspicion and taken off to the nearest station. There he was at once separated from his box—the contents of which he is never likely to See again.
At the trial a friend gave evidence that he saw the actual breaking open of the box and stealing of the contents at the police sta~ tion. The witness has since been making a slow recovery from the severe beating to which he was subjected. and which almost cost bini his life.
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.