The Marlin Democrat
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, March 10, 1904
TWO NEGROES TAKEN
IN FOR SHOPLIFTING
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Two negroes were taken
in Friday night by the officers for shoplifting. They were in at Hodges Dry
Goods Co's looking at some hats. When C. E. Cloy, who was waiting on them,
turned his pack for some purpose, one of the negroes slipped a Stetson hat under
his coat and thereafter both the negroes lost all interest in what Mr. Cloy was
telling them about the hats and prices, and soon started to leave the store, in
the mean time the salesman missed one hat from the stack on the counter and
followed the darkies to the mouth of the stairway leading down to the first
floor. At this point he thrust his hand under the coat of one of the darkies and
brought out the hat. The negroes then took to their heels but were finally
overhauled by the officers.
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