, 1879-01-23
Rcturn of tic Young Thief to Re-
ccfvc Ills Mothers Com.
JniscrntiOn.
Arrival, at the House, Of the Father.
With a Limb FRACTURED.
Ills Coat Being pnt Within the Youne
INNS Reach, $4,000 Nero
Are Stolen.
The Rogue Then Goes on groat Drunk,
and Negresses Plundor Him
iu Turn.
YOUNG FRANK.

4ODN@t FNANks
Special Iispatch to NE 7rihvat
81. Louis, No, Jan. 22.-Thc robbery Of tho
young man, W. j. Frank, in low ba4nlo, Sun-
da7 night. uf q, 00o, Inns ended IN some scnsa-
honal dcsc'optucnts, going to show tsat The
young man himself Is robbet to m amount
apIroximattng $4,000 for SIX years. Frane
Inns been connected with bis father. Jneob
Frank. In thc rapaelty OF clerk. at the latter's
general notion stosr at No. ST North Fifth
street. Tho former, who Is ~ years Of age,
has n1'vays been. by tire, tricky all depraVed,
and tho old n.an has had. on in,>rc than
ono occasion, serious trouble through, the freaks
Of his wa5ward SOIL Last May young Frank
evfnccd svlrit of reform, Which so pleased the
old man tia. he promoted him to the position
OF confidential clerk mid bookkccpcr, and then
the tuh began. Within month the boY learned
how easily figures could be arranged OH tie
daily casftbook 80 as TO favor his schema Of
systematically robbng Ills father, at.,l he con-
Quoted Ills etca1ngs with MI energy worthy Of
better cause. lie developed lore for tic 60
clctY OF last women. and one Of Its downtown
rooms vas 1nalc Tho headquarters of couple
OF weak wantoua. Dy way Of iuterlude, young
Frank "hucked" faro, matched with silver,
played draw-pokcr, played keno, spcralnted In
lotttry~ttckets, aud ecduccd u poor young girl
who at ono tinlc had occupied tic postton Of
salesady IN Ills fatl!er's store. Scahtla at Inst
got hold OF tile Intimacy between hin, u.tl Miss
Murphy, ANIL he tlseh passed l!er OF as his wife
among favored few, explaining that he had
contracted secret marriage with her through
fear ot lncurrtng his fatlier's lIsplcnsure,
nntt the to0-con1ding girls delicate condition
helped bcar out his statement. With tho first
fall OF the wlntcr's anow the young scapcgrace
blossomcl out In nil OF Ills natural glory, und
MS 'ehH, ar't alcieh was tie pest that Could be
procured III tne city' 'or either lore or money.
lie gayc couple Ut cl,ampaguu nnd oyster s,,p-
pcra tn hls tclni-n,ouao friends during tic
ChrI.,mn. holidoy,' nrJ t,rn ,s,,,a ,,,,,,na H..
e"a''!nlas no''.'n,e' n,1o ''"n' "'''o pianninR
"e" "epa't"'es lor III" eoH'',R year, was aus.
wtoso ears strange siorlcs Of hls son's
wtckct,ncks had fo,,nd tbrtr ,rov tr.,,
sor,tcas -, ~ ns.,"u. s"" .aa,,,, n.M WY ine
caFtrro chss a M vas n II mr wefa
the fast youths dcfulcatians Of tho past eight
months. II tot,k litt,r t,mr. -f,r n, ,,,,,.o
Of Jacob rrnnh ,.ocn an I,n,ncn.c h.,n",s +, ,,n
ro,,rs, ~ ct.h, ,,,n.n. t,. I ,s,,o oes ~ '"s
That period had been Eo'c over a,Mi put TO-
gctilcr, liz cnsE.book was found to be between
k5,OD0 und $lU,tuu short, I'm n.rrrrntntno that
80. ~ ~ ~, .s..,. e"v" W" Asse'1a'I'.'E in"t
4M' % '"e "" 'a t'''e oee'''''c so'"eth'tlg tef"
fs0'e' a'la Ae eof1lefea Ills eFrtng son n1il cx-
tracted part confession OF Ills dishonesty iron,
Ills lios, the latter acknowledging
H. ',.,,.s. t,, ,, n ~, " .,s "'ss'M sao"n''
~ a'ose t!c eon VINO Hsa A'ssracca MN from
his AouscI t'lrew Ills trunk out into tho street
after him, n.l.i c,,rtcl him as ou1y lnau cun
curse in whose eyes d cent lnoks tarcer tim
does dollar to Au Ordinary person. The young
follow gathered III, tho contents of tho trunk
anl lau 1t takcn tiy an cxpresh1s,an to onu Of
nls old roosns on tho corner Of Seventh and
Ills IabOrx until last HnIur,tAy IN