Keen-eared Night Captain.
But for the acute hearing of Night Captain Bert Weare, of Minneapolis, Minn., John Kent might not be occupying a cell in the city jail. He is charged with petty larceny.
Kent was arrested in company with A. W. Hinkley on complaint of E. G. White. White said he met the men in the morning, and that while he dozed in a chair in a saloon, his watch was stolen. He accused Kent.
Kent was searched at police headquarters but the watch was not found. The police were about to turn the men loose, when Captain Weare said he heard a watch ticking. The ticking was traced to Kent’s left sock. White and Hinkley were held as witnesses.