The Case of the Thankful Thief

Posted on November 8, 2009 by lmharnisch
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Nov. 8, 1909: The yearly season of petty crimes opens in Los Angeles, according to The Times, with a burglar who ate half a loaf of bread, some peach preserves and helped himself to $3 in a savings bank. [Update: they were pear preserves, as a reader noted].

It’s hard to match “Blows Out His Brains” as a one-column headline.

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2 Responses to The Case of the Thankful Thief

  1. Apres Ski's avatar Apres Ski says:
    November 8, 2009 at 6:41 am

    Today, the half eaten loaf & utensils would have been analyzed by a CSI lab & the thief’s DNA stored for future crimes.
    My . . . have times changed or what!
    ROTFLOL!!!

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  2. Jitty Bap's avatar Jitty Bap says:
    November 8, 2009 at 6:41 am

    Don’t newspaper writers know how to read any longer? The thief ate pear preserves, not peach. Printing non-news, in a couple of sentences, and still managing to get most of it wrong. Nice job.
    –I tried to e-mail you my thanks but your mail bounced. Anyway, thanks for reading!

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