The Copper Country Evening News

'The most enterprising thief I ever heard of was one whom I was appointed by the court to defend,' said Henry W. Joy, a prominent St. Louis lawyer. 'A wealthy man died, and as fine a coffin was obtained as money could buy. There was some very heavy solid silver plate on it. As the hearse moved off a well dressed, businesslike looking man was seen to enter it, carrying a little sack as if of tools. Every one who noticed him at all supposed he was an assistant of the undertaker. Just before the procession reached the cemetery the man emerged from the hearse and went ahead, disappearing at the gate. When the coffin was removed, all of the trappings were gone, and the young man was not to be found. He melted the silver and sold it, and had it not been for a pal betraying him he would never have been caught.' -Washington Star.