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Nervy Young Thieves.

Fremont News

"You bet it is" said one of the young lads when asked
Friday night if they had fixed the long distance
telephone in the lobby of the Fremont Hotel. The lads
had just cmerged from the booth, as M. R. Pence, Ohio
distributor for the Clydesdale Motor Car company, was
entering the booth. Mr. Pence propounded the question,
believing the men were telephone employees. Pence put in
his long distance call, and when he got his party,
central told him to drop a dime in the slot. It was then
that the discovery was made, that the cash box attached
to the phone was missing. It dawned upon Mr. Pence that
instead of being employees of the telephone company, the
fellows had stolen the money box, the contentsd of which
is estimated all the way from $35.00 to $60.00 as it had
not been emptied for several days. Mr. Pence notified
Night Clerk Rawlings who in turn informed Landlord Lins.
The police were furnished a description of the men by
mr. Pence.

The automobile salesman said to the News Saturday
morning that he had arrived on the 6:40 Lake Shore
Electric limited and entered the hotel to get his
supper. He rushed to the booth to put in several calls,
and noticed the fellows at work in the booth. Believing
them to be employees of the telephone company, he waited
until they completed their work, then put in the call.
The telephone booth is located close to the entrance to
the dining room, and many people passed it while the men
worked. A number were waiting to put in long distance
calls, but the young fellows worked indifferent and
without fear of detection. Their coolness fooled Pence
and others. After they removed the cash box one of the
lads wearing an overcoat placed the box under his arm
and accompanied by the other walked out of the lobby
through the main entrance. Fifteen minutes later the
robbery was discovered.

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