This week’s #FridayFind is grand theft!

July 9th, 1898, was a typical morning for Henry Sauer, a St. Louis grocer. He woke up, hitched his horse and wagon, and drove to Union Station. After buying $75 worth of vegetables (or $2,000 today), he handed the reins to a local boy and left to finish his errands. Five minutes later, when he returned, the wagon was gone! Want to find out what happened next? You can read the full article in the second picture above.

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St. Louis Post Dispatch, 10 July 1898, page 30.