SHE LOST MONEY AND JEWELS. ~ Miss Minie Lurie the Victim of a Clever Sharper.

January 7, 1908
SHE LOST MONEY AND JEWELS.

Miss Minie Lurie the Victim of a
Clever Sharper.

Miss Minnie Lurie of 807 Lydia avenue, reported to the police that a man who boarded at her home had disappeared with $75 she had loaned him, as well as five diamond rings, two gold watches and a gold bracelet. The man, who represented himself to be preparing to go into business here, borrowed the $75 "for a few days" and one night playfully grabbed the jewelry from Miss Lurie's hand while they were seated in the parlor. He said he would have the watch fixed, and when Miss Lurie objected to his retaining the jewelry, he said:

"Can't you trust me?"

She said she could. The police can find no trace of him.