AN INHERITANCE FROM A THIEF
My empty goods train was once more driven into a dead-end, and I set off towards the train station square, where I witnessed the catching of a train thief. Or rather, two thieves, but I only saw one of them being caught with my own eyes. Five plain-clothes policemen chased two guys from the platform to the station square and the streets that fanned out from it. The thieves separated when they reached the streets. Three cops chased the thief to my right, and two chased the other, along the neighboring street. The trinity caught up with the guy. From out of the bushes where I was hiding, I could see that he fell to the ground in a special way, thief-like, having fallen to the ground and turned on his head, he kicked one of the pursuers over, but the other two ca
