Richmond, Va., Nov. 21—George W. Register, 30 years old, of Fayetteville, N.C., baggage master for the Atlantic Coast Line railroad, running between this city and Florence, S.C., was arrested here today on suspicion of having stolen a $200 black fox fur neckpiece which he was trying to pawn for $15. He insisted that he had bought it in Baltimore, but he refused to disclose the name of the firm which he claimed sold it.
Tears swelled into his eyes when he pleaded with the detectives to let him return home to his wife and two children, but they told him that he would have to tell his story to Justice Ingram in police court.
From the front page of The New Bern Sun Journal, Monday, Nov. 21, 1921
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