Letter signed T.K. Skinker to wife. Mr. Norton has started on his summer vacation. He has placed his family silver with Mr. & Mrs. Dix for safe keeping. Yesterday afternoon their apartments were entered and all their clothing carried off. For some time past, depredations have been going on at the gymnasium. Morris invoked the aid of the detective department, and before long the jewelry was found at a pawnshop in E. St. Louis. This led to the arrest of the thieves—three boys 15 & 16 years of age living in the West End. I suppose you have read in the Republic of that Mr. Hunter Davidson who renounced the Episcopal church at the gate of Monticello., 1913 Aug 4

Item — Box: 2, Folder: 12

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Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The collection consists primarily of Skinker family correspondence, the bulk of which is between Thomas K. Skinker and his wife, Bertha Rives Skinker. The collection also contains several folders of tax receipts of Thomas Skinker dated 1839-1886. This finding aid was compiled by keying in the document descriptions on the folder covers. These document descriptions were presumably written by a Missouri Historical Society archivist soon after the collection was purchased in 1978.