SAID HE STOLE COPPER PLATES.
The Secretary of an Enbalming Society
in the West Side Fined $25.
A. H. Peterson, 540 Washington avenue, Kansas City, Kas, was before John T. Sims, police judge, this morning.
"What is he charged with stealing?" asked Judge Sims.
"Coffin plates, Your Honor," replied an officer.
"How's that?"
"Coffin plates," again answered the officer.
"Coffin plates?" echoed the judge.
"Yes. Peterson is accused of stealing eight coffin plates on which names are inscribed. They are valued at $1 each."
Peterson pleaded guilty and was fined $25. He is secretary and assistant demonstrator of the Institute of Embalming and Sanitary Science in the West Side.
