Two Russian boys, one of whom was only 19 years old, and the other, 18 years old, played a cunning trick on Zee Dong-sz, Chinese shop proprietress at 484 Sinza Road, on Jan.
ding her of a $5-note, but jete arrested soon after by the At 430 pan. on the day in ques tion, the two boys, Paul Baranoff and George Oxly, appeared at the shop and, pretending to buy $1 worth of charcoal, tendered a" §8-nolo and asked the proprietress" (0 return them g1 in change together with the charcoal, 'The proprietress found one $5 note and three $1 notes in her shop and It was short of one $1 note, Unwilling (0 lose the business, the prietress told the boys to walt, say-Ing she would yet the change' ata nearby. shop and return, She lott after saying thi One of the boys then told the shop assistant that they would change the note at a shop and asked the assistant to give them the $5-nate, The assis-fant agreed to this. "As soon as they received the note, the boys ran after the proprietress in the street and told her that they did not want to buy any charcoal and wanted. to" have their money back. The proprietress said she would get the change, but the boys insisted they did not want to buy the coal and were given back their money.
"The trick was untsided upon the proprietress' return to her shop. She immediately reported to a constable and after a chase, the two boys were found in the street, 'They were charged in the Fust Special' District Court on January 22 and remanded,
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