The daily Gate City. [volume] (Keokuk, Iowa) 1855-1916, 1910-11-13
CLEVER KASCALS,
fobbers of Naples as Daring as
They Are Resourceful.
SCHEME OF ONE LONE THIEF.

Mastery Manner In Which This Au-
daeious Rogue FILTERED a Church
Furnishing Shop and Corded Up Its
Too confieins Proprietor.
His name was Signor Domenico Doc
tor Dolchinetti. and he was host In
Rome. For a scholar with a degree
he enjoyed his meals rather unre-
STRANGELY. but after the spaghetti and
rapretto had disappeared lie used to
slow his pace over the fnocchio con
vino and TO straighten his back. wipe
his mustache and begin his stories
"Napoli? 81. 81. Naples: Bella cit
ia, beautiful. beautiful, And what
thieves are they in Naples, 1t is the
one city where you cannot lead don
key through the streets"
There did not seem TO be much con-
nection between these. and our puzzled
looks said so.
"Perche: You dare not lead. You
must take him by the tail. for when
/ the unsuspecting peasant leads an ass
| laden with panniers or onions or wood
into Naples before long he happens to
| glance back. and. behold all is gone
produce. panniers. pack saddle. all
/ fiiched Thereafter he takes the ass
| by the tail and steers him through the
streets that he may watch constantly.
"Poi-it is all organized. Some year
ago the leader of the robbers was the
captain. Everybody knew him. When
anything was stolen from one one
went not to the police, but to the cap
tain.
There was q little music master
came home one day and found his pi
ano gone. whole piano. and no one II
the house could say how. when OF
where it went The little man wa;
distracted.
Then he took heart and went TO The
captain and stood before him with hi:
hat in his hands He was just pool
music teacher. His piano was all he hat
in the world He Co said the cap
tain AT this evening you have you
piano. And about the time Of tn
service that afternoon wagon cam,
to the little mans door. and four mel
heaved out piano. which they set Il
It's accustomed corner: then they drov,
off without word.
Poi. the music man. went again t
the captains house and began TO thanl
him and to tumble about in his peck
cts. saying that be did not have much
about 81 lire. all his savings-22 Iir
perhaps. .What-twenty-tw lirer
yelled the other. L. who am rich
whom men call the captain-22 lire t
me. You poor And he kicked hir
down the stairs.
But the most remarkable robber
was done not by the band. but by
Neapolitan single handed.
"One day there drove up TO a churc
furnishing shop an equipage with tw
prancing horses and liyeried coact
man and halted before the big wiz
dows full of precious fnery. A beat
] tifuliy dressed little signor alighte
and asked to see the pro- iator. ii
said he had cousin who would th
I next day be Ordained bishop and b
desired to purchase appropriate gift!
. First he would see crozier. The PR
prietor fetched superb crozier of 81
yer. the crook of it gold. wonderful
chased and oyerwrought with carvin:
How much:' asked the well dresse
man.
Five thousand lire. signor.'
Good. Tie it up and put It
the carriage. And LET me see also
/ inter. And again he chose the cost
est, one frosted with silver arabesque
and beaded with pearls. He s.
down to write a check for 5000 lii
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