Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . HENRY HOFFMANN. EliWARL) FAIUBROTHER. IN THE CLOAK OF A (}UI<:m\ 245 ables from their trunks or from the closets and bureau drawersin their rooms. As the landlord is held liable in many statesin this country for losses of this kind, to an extent running ashigh as a thousand dollars, in some cases, it can easily beperceived that he may often be a victim of barefaced imposi-tions. To avoid a lawsuit, or from the dread that blusteringreports of this kind may
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . HENRY HOFFMANN. EliWARL) FAIUBROTHER. IN THE CLOAK OF A (}UI<:m\ 245 ables from their trunks or from the closets and bureau drawersin their rooms. As the landlord is held liable in many statesin this country for losses of this kind, to an extent running ashigh as a thousand dollars, in some cases, it can easily beperceived that he may often be a victim of barefaced imposi-tions. To avoid a lawsuit, or from the dread that blusteringreports of this kind may injure his business, he may be drivento pay these fraudulent claims, even when he strongly sus-pects that he has been swindled. Not long ago a noteworthy fraud was attempted in a lead-ing hotel of this state by two rogues who professed to bestrangers to each other. One of them came to the hotel witha small trunk which was sent up to his room. The other ob-tained a room nearly opposite on the same floor, and his trunk,which was unusually large, was put in this chamber. Afterstaying at the hotel for a few days, the man with the larg
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