Beggars Forfeit Bonds In Gambling Charge, Nov. 1, 1920

By the Associated Press, Rocky Mount, N.C., Nov. 1--Five men who were possessed of a total of only seven legs and eight arms were arrested in a local hotel early Sunday morning on a charge of gambling. The men, according to the police, made up a party of professional beggars who were en route to Tarboro where a fair is in progress this week. They gave bond in the sum of $12.50 each, the sum being paid in nickels, pennies and dimes. The men forfeited their bonds. (From the front page of the Hickory Daily Record, Nov. 1, 1920)