Brun
INK SLINGS.
—Stop the flu before it gets start-
ed in Centre county. Treat the slight-
est cold seriously.
—The interesting announcement
will probably soon be made that coun-
ty taxes will be boosted about two
mills.
—And why do you suppose they
quartered Lavender Lord, the ten
thousand dollar Short-horn bull, in the
bridal chamber of that hotel in Mont-
gomery, Alabama?
—Monday will be ground hog day.
Let us hope that he doesn’t see his
shadow, for we venture the assertion
that there isn’t a coal pile in any cel-
lar that will stand six more weeks of
winter.
—E. L. Meredith, publisher of
“Successful Farming,” will take the
place of David Houston who has been
President Wilson’s Secretary of Ag-
riculture. Mr. Houston has been
made Secretary of the Treasury.
—And those Rhode Island shoe
dealers let the big cost of shoes cat
out of the bag when they admitted
that they have been getting eight hun-
dred per cent. profit. Surely they de-
serve a kick in the tail with a frozen
boot.
— What's the use of anything? One
of the reasons the country went dry
was because so much money was
wasted on drink and now it is taking
so much candy and soft stuff to sat-
isfy the ex-tanks that sugar has gone
up—never to come down they say—
and we're all losing on sugar.
—1It is not advertising for any in-
surance company to call attention to
the fire at State College, Sunday
morning, whereby three young men
who had labored hard to get a busi-
ness enterprise had a twenty-five
thousand dollar plant wiped out and
only thirteen thousand dollars insur-
ance to protect the loss. It is only
pointing a lesson to you, if you are
not protecting yourself against such
a catastrophe.
—Anent the coming of a silk mill
to Bellefonte do you know that the
silk industry has evolved the silk
worm to the point where it will die
rather than procure its own food.
This rather strange transition in the
life of a silk worm has been due en-
tively to cultivation and strange as it
may seem, we find its parallel very
often in humans. The world is full of
people who act as though it owed
them a living and are insulted if such
a thing as their getting to work is
suggested. : :
The President should turn the
ds back to private control on
whether the necessary leg-
been enacted or not. The country
knows now whose faultit will be
should disaster follow and surely it is
not up to him te save the present
Congress from the condemnation it
deserves for having asked for the de-
lay and then frittered its time away
in playing politics instead of getting
down to the business the voters sent
it to Washington to do.
—1It appears that some one has un-
boomed the boom of A. Mitchell Pal-
mer for President. The country is
discovering what Pennsylvania has
known ever since the gentleman en-
tered the arena of politics. That he
is fine to look at, pleasing to hear,
long of suggestions but short of
achievement. Mr. Palmer has taken
up too much space on the front pages
making promises that he has been un-
able to fulfill for his own good. Never
was there a time when so many of our
people were from Missouri. He would.
have been far stronger today had he
held his press agency in leash until
he had stories of actual accomplish-
ment to release because it is results,
not promises, that make a man big in
the estimation of his fellows.
— We have said repeatedly and have
no reason to recall the statement that
Woodrow Wilson will go down in his-
tory as the greatest President of the
United States. An intense partisan
propaganda, made easy by the Presi-
dent’s prolonged illness, has had the
effect of partially diverting the
thought of the masses from the su-
perlative achievements of his admin-
istration with the result that the Pres-
ident is not the popular idol he was
two years ago Or even a year ago.
There is no use to attempt to make it
appear otherwise. We have never
thought he would present himself for
4 third term, but if he should he would
fail of election, for the popular objec-
tion to three terms for a President
coupled with the present and growing
tendency of the masses to be deceiv-
ed as to his real service to them by an
insidious campaign to destroy his
strength would result in his certain
defeat. It is a long way until No-
vember, 1920, however, and the work
of the Republican Congress in playing
for a Republican President rather
than enacting laws that solve disturb-
ing problems will prove a boomerang
so that the next President of the
United States will be a Democrat.
Who it will be no man can tell for we
do not believe the man has yet been
brought forward who can be elected
unless it might be Herbert Hoover.
The temper of the people is clearly for
a business man. That being so Hoov-
er would have the advantage of a
world-wide reputation and while he
would lose many former votes because
of his regulation of the price of wheat
that loss would probably be offset by
those who realize that bread might
have been a luxury had it not been for
his stand on the question.
1 for ‘their “preservation™ has |
RRP RD
_VOL. 65.
STATE RIGHTS AND FEDERAL UNION.
BELLEFONTE, PA., JANUARY 30, 1920.
NO. 5.
Mr. Bryan’s Last “But In.”
Mr. William Jennings Bryan took a |
long leap into the arena of intolerance
when he publicly censured Chairman
Cummings, of the Democratic Nation-
al committee for attending the inaug-
ural dinner tendered to Governor
Edwards, of New Jersey. Governor
Edwards was elected on a platform
of opposition to prohibition. Follow-
ing his election he declared that he
would use all his influence, official and
personal, to resist the plans of the An-
ti-saloon league. In his inaugural ad-
dress he reiterated that determina-
tion. As an incident of the inaugural
ceremonies the Democrats of New
Jersey gave him a banquet to which
distinguished Democrats of all sec-
tions of the country were invited.
Among those so favored was Mr.
Cummings, very naturally and alto-
gether properly.
During the “feast of reason” which
followed the “flow of soul” of the oc-
casion, some of the Governor's friends
ventured to speak of him in connec-
tion with the Democratic nomination
for President. Such reference may
have been superinduced by exuber-
ance or it may have been suggested
by selfishness. In either event Chair-
man Cummings was not responsible
for it. Nevertheless Mr. Bryan ap-
pears to think that Mr. Cummings
ought to have left the table, smashed
the dishes and rough-housed the whole
affair. How he gets that way is a
matter of conjecture and may never
be fully explained. But it may be in-
ferred that the “Boy Orator” imag-
ines that he is the custodian of the
morals as well as the director of the
policies of the Democratic party.
For more than a hundred years the
Democratic party has been the cham-
pion of personal liberty in this coun-
try. There are yet a great many
voters of that political faith who de-
ny the right of others to say what
they shall eat, drink or wear or with
whom they may associate. The Jef-
ferson philosophy that “that govern-
ment is best which governs least,” is
still a potent influence in this “land
of liberty.” An attempt to compel
Mr. Bryan to indulge in fluid intoxi-
cants would ‘be as offensive to t
rilosophy ~@E af ~ effort to’ prev
another from partaking in modera-
tion. But Mr. Cummings didn’t of-
fend even in moderate indulgence, for
according to the best evidence attain-
able, there was no opportunity. Mr.
Bryan’s criticism, therefore, was ab-
solutely without reason.
——If Mr. Bryan attends the San
Francisco convention, and he proba-
bly will, there will be no danger of an
earthquake this year. He will prove
an ample avenue of escape for all the
hot air.
Deportation of Criminals Just.
In an opinion handed down by Sec-
retary Wilson, of the Department of
Labor, in the case of Engelbert Preis,
an Austrian, arrested in one of the
recent raids, a good deal of valuable
information concerning the activities
of the so-called “reds,” is made pub-
lic. The accused in the case in point,
is a member of the Communist party.
Secretary Wilson shows by quotations
from the application for membership
in that party and the constitution of
the party, that the purpose of the or-
ganization is to “overthrow by force
the government of the United States.”
Plainly membership in an organiza-
tion created and maintained for such
a purpose cannot be tolerated by the
authorities at Washington.
There has been a good deal of com-
plaint against the wholesale raids up-
on the lodges of these foreign organ-
izations and the arrests en masse of
the members. It is said to be an in-
fringement of the right of free speech
and free action. But as a matter of
fact there is not now and has not been
any restraint upon the freedom of
speech so long as it expresses thought
which ought to be expressed. No man
has a right to urge murder any more
than he has a right to commit mur-
der and a speech that incites to crime
is as reprehensible as the crime itself.
There is a menace to public order in
the incitements to crime indulged by
these offenders and the only remedy
is repression.
Secretary Wilson points out plainly
the evil effects of the agitation of
Communists, Socialists and I. W. W’s.
The principal function of government
is the protection of the lives and
property of the citizens and if the au-
thorities allow agitators to go about
urging the destruction of both it fails
of its purpose. These agitators have
not only been urging crime in various
communities but have been commit-
ting crimes of various degrees of tur-
pitude and the authorities have not
only properly arrested many but have
justly deported some. It is to be
hoped that they will not be diverted
from the purpose to rid the country
of these mischief makers until safety
from their crimes is guaranteed.
—1If the German “mar ” goes
much lower it will hardly be able to
make its mark.
Not a Candidate But Willing.
{ ner of the Republican leaders of
| Pennsylvania, held in Washington,
| the other evening, Governor Sproul
| announced that he is not a candidate
' for the Republican nomination for
President. He is not unmindful of
"the honor implied in the suggestion of
"his availability for the nomination,
‘however. “No man of patriotic
mould,” he declared, “could fail to be
‘proud that his friends and associates
' would even consider him for this
| great honor.” But there are other
| things to be considered. The selec-
| tion of delegates “of force and influ-
ence, who could make themselves felt
lin the deliberations at Chicago,” for
| example, is paramount.
| Yet the Governor did not forbid ac-
| tivity on the part of his friends in the
matter of making him the candidate
| of his party. On the contrary he
| said “it does not look to me as though
| any of those worthy aspirants who
| are most active in pushing their claim
| at the present moment would go to
Chicago with a preponderance of del-
egates.” In other words the Gover-
| nor sees a chance for a delegation of
| force and influence to gain control of
| the convention and he “is proud to
| think that so many of the people
| seem to think” that he has some of
| the qualifications that are desirable
| for the “greatest office in the world.”
| But he is too busy to give personal at-
| tention to the matter.
i The Republican party might “go
farther and fare worse,” than in nom-
inating Governor Sproul. But the
harmony banquets which are becom-
ing so frequent and arousing so much
enthusiasm and probably dyspepsia,
are for other purposes than booming
“3 favorite son” for the nomination.
The party has been far from harmo-
nious and the inclination in certain
sections to boost others among “those
most effective instrument in
ing that result and iti
tent as edinpys
- “a Factor In.
' publ an National convention.”
—We decline to recognize a list
of Presidential possibilities that in-
cludes LaFollette. He is impossible
in every respect.
Real Reason Revealed.
The conference between the “Bit-
held in Washington the other day, re-
vealed the true reason for the opposi-
treaty. Hiram Johnson, William E.
Sherman and Dr. Moses are opposed
to ratification on any terms.
and the luxury of war whenever the
sacrifice of human life promises to
yield profit. They have no ideals out-
side of spoils and no aspirations oth-
er than such as are measured by mon-
ey. The welfare of the world is of no
interest to them except in so far as it
helps them individually. The prom-
ise of peace offers no allurement to
their sordid minds.
The Republican majority in the
Senate is two. If Johnson, Borah,
Brandigee, Sherman and Moses were
to withhold their support from the
Republican machine in the Senate it
would collapse. Most of the Republi-
can Senators are in sympathy with
tions and with the exceptions named
it may be said that all of them are in
favor of peace and prosperity
throughout the world. Even Senator
Lodge would, in all probability, sup-
port the treaty and the League of Na-
tions, if he could do so without wreck-
ing the party machine of which he is
the official head. But the “Bitter-
enders” have him in their grip. They
threaten to bolt the organization if he
yields to his better impulses.
The other day Senator Lodge evinc-
ed signs of yielding to the call of pa-
triotism and humanity by compro-
| mising on the peace treaty. His con-
ditions are mischievous and puerile
but would have served the purpose
temporarily and given opportunity for
| future improvements. But the “Bit-
ter-enders” would allow no such ac-
tion and served notice on Lodge that
if he yielded an iota they would de-
stroy his leadership and demolish the
Republican organization of the Sen-
ate. If he had had the courage of a
man he would have defied them. If
he had had the least spark of patriot-
ism he would have resented their
threat. But he was not equal to the
occasion and the peace for which the
country yearns is delayed.
It is a safe bet that in the
even of Herbert Hoover’s election as
President Senator Reed will not be a
member of the Kitchen cabinet.
— Anyway ‘Admiral Sims appears
to know enough to keep quiet after he
has said all he had to say.
|
At the fourth or fifth harmony din-
Splendid Achievement Checked.
Secretary of State Lansing makes
the gratifying announcement that
| “the United States now holds the
i
dominating economic position which
was sought by Germany and for
which the Kaiser precipitated the
' treaty of peace has greatly hampered
worthy aspirants who are most ac-
tive in pushing their claims,” is to be |
repressed. The harmony dinner is the
son we caution the people of Centre
| county to exercise every reasonable
precaution against a recurrence of the
‘flu epidemic which swept over this
tore” Senators and Senator Lodge, | section in the fall of 1918. The dis-
| siderable violence in various parts of
) ; : ' the United States and while so far
tion to the ratification of the peace | yp apo aye no cases in this part of the
Borah, Frank P. Brandigee, L. Y.
They
want to enjoy the right of conquest, you see it, go right to bed and send
' for a doctor.
: of Bellefonte will set themselves to
. doing next.
! them the potential power there is in
always was.
the purposes of the League of Na- |
“100le
‘away.
world war.” In order to hold this po-
sition in the commercial life of the
world Secretary Lansing asks Con-
gress “for a complete reorganization
of the State Department with the fo-
cusing therein of all the various trade
agencies of the government and plac-
ing in the Department the proper
utilization of the information gather-
ed.”
salaries for the diplomatic and consu- |
lar representatives, “so that service
need no longer be limited to men of |
means.” :
This proud position in the affairs
of the world is one of the achieve-
ments of seven years of Democratic
administration. It was helped, of
course, by the war, but war influences
were only incidental, for even before
the war began the trend was in our di-
rection and the movement swift.
There were few removals in the dip-
lomatic and consular service during
the period between the inauguration
of President Wilson and the beginning
of the war in Europe. But the work
of injecting spirit and efficiency in
the service was begun at once and
when the war activities offered the
opportunity the State Department
promptly accepted it and got busy.
Efficiency became the watchword.
But the stupid policy of the Repub-
lican party in refusing to ratify the
the efforts of the Department during
the last six months. At the time the
armistice was declared the United
States stood to hold permanently:
every industrial and commercial .
vantage acquired during the pe
But
To this end he asks for larger ey
. Liberty loans.
of hostilities
——While the “Watchman” never
was a pessimist it has always advo-
cated preparedness and for this rea-
ease has again broken out with con-
State there is no telling just how soon
there may be, and it is always best
to be on the safe side. Therefore,
watch for the danger signal and if
—No telling what the business men
What they have accom-
plished by way of securing a new in-
dustry for the town should reveal to
organization. It is nothing new. It
And this instance only
goes to prove that Bellefonte, good as
it is, could have been made much bet-
ter if in years gone by there had been
the cohesion among them that has
made the flotation of the new silk mill
bonds so easy.
— The sugar situation in Belle-
fonte has eased up to that extent that
practically all the merchants have
been able to keep a limited supply on
hand and it is possible to get a pound
or two whenever needed. Of course
the price is up but the probability is
it has reached the top and there is
every likelihood of a more generous
supply in the near future. The prin-
cipal cause for the scarcity of sugar
is now blamed on prohibition. Since
the drinks have been cut off the de-
mand for candies of all kinds has in-
creased amazingly.
——Unless Congress speeds up
some on the railroad bill another ex-
tension of the time of government !
ontrol will be necessary. The first of |
March is almost in sight and nobody !
can get sight of the finish of the’
measure.
——Talk about cold jobs, the line- |
men who are stringing the new cables
for the Bell Telephone company of
Pennsylvania get the benefit of about
all the frost that’s in the atmosphere.
——Now that it looks as if Belle- |
fonte might get a silk mill the next |
thing in order ought to be a farm for |
silk worms.
——Sixteen college professors have
joined the Federation of Labor but
none of the preachers have been tak-
en as yet.
——The dove of peace probably |
looks like a buzzard to Senator
Lodge.
| Allied
| determine.
Our Interest in Europe.
From the Williamsport Sun.
Our interest in Europe is in our in-
vestment in European countries on
which we have staked enough money
to make every item of news concern-
ing the welfare and the future of the
lands across the sea spur and arouse
our keenest interest. During the war
the American people raised a score or
more billions of dollars, nearly half
of which we loaned to the warring na-
. tions of Europe who were our allies.
Beginning with Great Britain, who
borrowed $4,277,000,000 from us,
down to Rumania, who had only $25,-
000,000, Europe borrowed and spent
nearly ten billions of American mon-
This was money the American peo-
ple raised through subscriptions to
It came from the
pockets of nearly every man, woman
and child in the country. In loaning
it, we virtually accepted a mortgage
on these countries as security for the
future payment of their debts to us.
Hence, this is money we hope to get
back. Therefore our interest in the
Europe of today and the Europe of
tomorrow ought to be keen and alive.
It behooves each one of us to try to
get our allies back on their industrial
feet as speedily as possible and to
keep them there. ; :
That does not necessarily mean an
unlimited extension of credits for
those who might feel so inclined to
use as charity. It is time for Europe
to begin to help herself and to pay her
own way, but to do that she needs
two things. She needs goods and she
needs an example. Naturally she
looks to America to furnish both, but
so far we have been a disappointment
to her. We can’t insist upon the set-
tlement of all Europe’s petty quar-
rels, until we ourselves have entered
into peace with all the world; neither
can we say to Europe, “Get to work,”
shovel. Jurdelves and begun to pro
e’s necessities in some: propor
0 the | nd of the cow
ce
hang 2 3 ns
ed powers (not including
United States) and Germany, bring-
ing peace to the world at last after
almost exactly 14 months since the
signing of the armistice, makes it
more than ever imperative that the
deadlock at Washington shall be end-
ed and this country restored to its old
position of dignity and influence.
Emphasizing the necessity of such
action is the announcement from Par-
is that the League of Nations will be
put into operation on Friday, Janu-
ary 16, and that from that date a new
agency for settling international dif-
ferences will be in effect. Unless
America is to sink to the level of Ko-
rea or Mongolia it must recognize its
obligations and responsibilities under
the new order of things and be pre-
pared to accept them cheerfully.
It is to be hoped that the signifi- |
cance of these momentous events will
not be lost upon the Senators at
Washington, and that politics will
finally be subordinated to patriotism.
It is the duty of the Senate, if it con-
siders reservations necessary, to put
these in such shape that the President
can accept them as not constituting a
negation of the treaty. The desire to
personally humiliate the President by
impairing the validity of vital parts
of the treaty has been the effort of
the majority of the Senators in the
past, and it is the cause of the pres- |
The President has |
shown that he is not opposed to a
ent impasse.
compromise, unless this is in effect a
rejection, and that the door remains
open for an understanding. The
American people want speedy ratifi-
cation, and the world expects it. Let
Washington get busy and end this na- |
tional scandal.
Why Not Adopt a Budget?
From the Williamsport Sun.
Congress is at last seeing light on
Both parties !
the financial condition.
are practically agreed that there
should be no expenditures during the
next year or so that are not absolute-
ly necessary. Even at that the ex-
penses of the government will be
enormous, so enormous that a sane
and safe financial scheme calls for the
plugging of all leaks and holes
| through which money officially disap-
pears. The final solution to the finan-
cial problem of the federal govern-
ment is a budget system. The best
kind of system is for the Congress to
We are not advocating
the President’s plan nor the Illinois
plan over any other suggestion, but
we want, and when we say “we,” we
feel that we express the opinion of the
great majority of taxpayers, some
practical scheme of appropriation-
making and expenditure according to
an economical budget.
Holland has refused to give up
| the Kaiser for trial but that is noth-
ing to us. The United States govern-
' ment didn’t join. in the demand for
various reasons, the principal being
ex post facto laws don’t go in this
! country.
— Still there is no use in dodging
the favorite son movement for in this
State there are no favorites.
until we have shouldered the pick and
—The State Board of Pardons last week
announced that it had recommended com-
mutation of the death sentence of Alexam-
der Dale, Schuylkill, and had refused te
recommend clemency for Boza Draske-
vich, Lawrence.
—Woodward Morrison, aged 57, hanged
himself in a stable at his home at Dam~
ville. The body was found by his wife,
who returned from calling on friends and
searched for her husband. He was &
butcher. Ill health probably led to sui-
cide.
—Approximately $50,000 worth of stock
in the Lewistown Housing and Develop-
ment company remains to be disposed of
in order to reach the $300,000 goal aimed
at. Next Thursday the campaign ends.
The district chairmen believe success will
crown their efforts.
—Finding a notice nailed to his door
one day last week demanding money upon
pain of destroying his home and poolroom,
Stanley Pachechi, of Tyrone, turned if
over to the police, and Wilbur Irwin was
arrested for attempting to extort money
by threats, and Ferman Etters as an acces-
sory before the fact. Both men were held
for court.
—Charles Adams, aged sixty years, and
his mother, aged eighty-seven years, eccen-
tric recluses, were found dead last week
in their frail hovel on the mountain top &
few miles east of Williamsport. It is be-
lieved the aged woman had been dead sev-
eral days, being a victim of pneumonia
while the son was too ill to obtain medical
attention for his mother, and later alse
died.
—By the will of David Grove, of Lewis-
burg, which was filed on Wednesday of
last week, approximately $10,000 is giver
to the Methodist church and its education-
al institutions. Williamsport Dickinson
Seminary and Dickinson College are each
bequeathed $500, and fifteen shares of
bank stock are set aside for the educatiom
of a student for the ministry at Dickinsom
Seminary.
—J. Garsed Goodman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Eugene Goodman, of south Main
street, Jersey Shore, won the $400 schol-
arship for Liycoming county, at State Col-
lege, over a field of seventy-eight contest-
ants. He graduated at Jersey Shore High
school, class of 1919, and was a member of
the High basket ball team. He is taking
a four years’ course in scientific agricul-
ture at State College.
—What is believed to be the last stand
of first growth hickory in Northumberland
county is being cut by farmers along
Chillisquaque creek, near Milton. A gen-
eration ago thousands of bushels of hick-
orynuts were gathered there annually.
Now only a few trees will be left of that
broad belt of timber. A Philadelphia tool
factory, it is understood, has contracted
for the whole amount at an unusual price.
—Allentown ministers will refuse te
| double pneumonia. Boy'e was convicted
{in 1909 of kidnapping Billy Whitla, of
i Sharon, Pa. Boyle was serving a life sen-
| tence. Since 1909, when he was sentenced
| with his wife, Helen Boyle, for kidnapping
| six-year-old Billy Whitla, of Sharon, Pa,
‘he had been a model prisoner. Helen
i Boyle was pardoned after ten years of her
| twenty-five years’ sentence.
—A warehouse of the Atlantic Refining
| company in the Lawrenceville district of
| Pittsburgh, housing 300,000 gallons of lu-
! bricating oil, was destroyed by fire of un-
| determined origin last Wednesday. The
loss was estimated at from $300,000 te
: $500,000. Firemen were hindered in their
| efforts to extinguish the blaze by explo-
, sion of barrels of oil which occurred every
| few minutes. Two men suffered burns
, during the fire, which was brought under
: control after a five-hour fight.
The Viscose company, of Marcus
Hook, Pa., broke ground along the main
line of the Pennsylvania railroad near
Lewistown, last Thursday, for their new
plant and work will be continued as rap-
idly as men can be secured and the weath-
er conditions permit. The Viscose people
manufacture artificial silk thread and im
the beginning will employ about 1,800 peo-
ple. It is stated on authority of one of
the engineers in charge that the company
will spend $3,000,000 there if conditions are
found ripe.
— Oliver Rothermel, sixty-two years of
age, of Sunbury, was awarded full com-
pensation for the loss of his right foot
while at work at the Sunbury converting
works more than three years ago. The
award was announced by Paul W. Houck,
State compensation referee. According te
the evidence, Rothermel suffered a sprain-
ed ankle, from which a disease causing
| the loss of the control of the foot develop-
ed, and it was amputated. Resistance te
| the claim was made because some doctors
| could not agree that the injury led to the
' disease.
— While State Health officials say that
reports on influenza do not indicate that
there is any place in Pennsylvania where
necessity for quarantine has arisen, they
are prepared to move promptly in event
of reports showing marked increase of
cases. Special requests have been made to
physicians to determine the disease before
making reports, as there is no require-
ment for attending medical men to report
influenza as is the case with contagious
diseases and efforts will be made to avoid
hearsay reports. The State authorities
have arranged for interchange of reports
with federal authorities so as to keep in-
formed of conditions in adjoining States.
—Sheriff M. A. Davis, of Mifflin county,
rounded up Albert Smith, of Philadelphia,
and Newton Jackson, of St. Louis, Mo.,
both colored and twenty-two years old, in
the mountains near Lewistown late last
Thursday charged with robbery. The two
men got off a freight train at Vineyard
Wednesday morning and Smith went to
the little cross roads store presided over
by James Sunderland to purchase a pack-
age of cigarettes. When the merchant
opened the money drawer to obtain
change, the colored man got sight of a roll
containing $500 in bills. It was only half
. an hour later that Mr Sunderland stepped
" over to the house leaving the door unlock-
ed, as had been his custom for years.
After their arrest Smith admitted that he
had returned and taken the money, which
was found on his person.
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