Back in 1973, Bill Clinton was living in an old house in Little Rock as a law professor. The place was impossible to secure. One evening, When Bill Clinton came home, it looked as if someone had been there but nothing was missing. Bill thought he had scared the thief off. 

On impulse, he sat down and wrote a letter to the burglar, in case he came back:

Dear Burglar,

Things in my house were so much the same, I could not tell whether or not you actually entered the house yesterday. If not, here is what you find - a TV which costs $80 new one and a half years ago; a radio which costs $40 new three years ago; a tiny record player that cost $40 new three years ago; and a lot of keepsakes, little things, very few of which cost over $10. Almost all the clothes are over two or three years old. Hardly worth risking jail for.

                                                                      William J. Clinton

 He taped the letter to the fireplace. Unfortunately the plot didn't work.

The next day while Bill Clinton at work, the burglar came back and took the TV, the radio, the record player, and one thing had purposely been left out the list: a beautifully engraved German military sword from World War I.