From the desk he had taken a pocketbook containing three hundred dollars in cash, and from Anderson Rover's person his watch and chain, and a diamond stud.

He had also tried to rob the unconscious man of his diamond ring, but as the ring would not come off had pried out the stone and taken that.
"He is at his old tricks again," said Dick.

"Evidently his term in prison has done him no good." "Guess it has made him worse," added Sam.

"Oh, how I would like to lay my hands on him!" And Tom said the same.
The authorities were notified, including the sheriff of the county, and later still Anderson Rover hired a New York detective to take up the case.

But it was of no avail.