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A Watch Stolen

A tiny crime item about a sneak thief who lifted a pressman's watch right out of the Statesman's own pressroom.

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The Austin Weekly Statesman · January 7, 1897 · 5

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A sneak thief entered The Statesman's pressroom yesterday morning and stole Pressman Ed Clark's watch from his vest, that was hanging on the wall.

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