Dupes

In Long Island City, L. I., pretty Ruth Miller offered to marry the first man who would give her mother $1,000. Frank Margraiti called and made a down payment of $500, Sukeji Sujiki called and posted $750. Miss Miller disappeared. Detectives last week arrested Ruth Miller at the wedding breakfast of a friend in New Bedford, Mass. Sadly the two dupes learned she already had a husband.

Big-Hearted

At Hastings, Neb., friends of Mortimer Day, racehorse owner, heard that he had struck oil. So transported was Mortimer Day at the news that he gave away all his money and all his horses to the nearest bystanders.

Patient

In Kenosha, Wis., Fred Kolakow was sued by his wife for divorce on grounds of cruelty and intoxication. "Everything was all right," he said, "until my wife's first husband came to live with us. I put up with that for five years, but it went too far."

Kurtz-Werner

In Brooklyn, Helen Kurtz, 15, was accidentally shot and killed by Charles Werner, 14. The Kurtzes and Werners are family friends. Two months ago Joseph Kurtz, 17, ran down and killed John Werner, 7.

Indignant

In Manhattan, footpads entered a Munson Lunch Co. restaurant, tumbled a safe downstairs, were thwarted in their attempts to open it. Indignant, they turned on all the water taps, flooded the Munson Lunch.

Break

At Danbury, Conn., Roland Hart awakened to find himself in a gaol cell. Making out what appeared to be a man hanging from a beam, Hart screamed, brought attendants who cut his drunken cellmate down. Then Roland Hart was told that an unknown had found him asleep in his auto on a grade crossing, had flagged a train just in time to save his life. Said Hart: "I'm glad I could give some one an even break."

Cornerstone

In Syracuse, N. Y., a thief remembered that there was $25 cached in the cornerstone of St. Philip's Episcopal Church, pried off a slab of limestone, helped himself to the money.

Snapper

In Pittsfield, Mass., a 20-lb. snapping turtle which George B. Maddocks had caught and tied up in the back of his automobile worked its way free, crept over the front seat, snapped George Maddock's leg, causing him to lose control of his car, crash into two other automobiles.

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