The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-10-03
A DETECTIVES SERMON.
! Youthful Criminals and What Makes Them
1 Sach-aPool For Drinks" anu Home
AmnsementA

The csll.door in the police station was
closed upon a thief who had given his
age az seventeen years, and who looked
even younger. His clothing and person
wefe clean and his features were OF q
type indicating intelligence. The brutal
expression often noted in the features Of
w.breakers was lacking entirely in
, his, A fritune reporter. who saw him
locked up, noticed tears in the YOUTH
! blue ewes. The detective who had made
| the arrest had served many years in the
Police Department and was familiar with
the history Of many thieves. The BOY
ought not to be n thief he said. Ellis
father is dead, and he has respectable,
harl.working mother, to whom he might
| he comfort instead OF curse. lie has
been Oh the Island twice already ard
now he will go up for burglary"
"What Kind Of boys become burg,
lars p the reporter asked.
Gan kinds.
"Do COOL BOYS ever get to be thieves
Eyes, when they fallin bad company.
"What influence do yon consider tn
most powerful in leading boys on f"
rrime?'
"Rnml'
Has not natural deprayity much f.
DO with their fall?
IL do not believe that human d..
praviiy IL natural" the detective said.
at is unnatural. The lives Of the wors
criminals in the city prove rs mucl
| Ill IN snA That tharn l.
much lees Of what you call natural d.
crafty in country places than in the city ?
people get to be bad because their snr
goundngs are bad, because they canno'
resist temptation, because their bettcrin
Stncts are taken away by evil influence.
This boy here lives in tencmcnt-hou
His mother is poor, and there is not
much pleasure for Linn in the house. So
lie runs about in the street. II he liv, q
+, in the country, as | did when | was q
hoy, he couldn't find much mischief
away from home. Here he associate
with all kinds Of boys, and there is moi
much wicked lcss which n New Yorl
gamin' does mt know about. Ever,
grog.ehop which bears the sign pool fol
drinks is n training school for vount
thieves. The boys get heated with beer
aud are fascinated with the game. They
IN lst have money to enjoy the sport, an'
drink leads them to stal it. This il,
hngan stealing from his poor mother first
She woud not have him punished. Thcl
hc stole from his employer ard was di
argel caught linn picking pocket
u III sent him to the pcnitcniiary. Whc
II got ont he robbie a money drawer j.
grocery last night he and his pal,
; rukr the shutters off cigar tore NJ
carried off small amount # the stool,
After he gets ont Of prison again J.
may become n morr expert bur.l lar, bu
I his mother will die Of broken heart.
D 4 sob, within the cell, sounded like .
expression Of assent. The officer notice
! it, and turning away from the door Il
! added in lower tone: at is the III
D of the parents sometimes. II his hon
T f. had been IN de n little better ~
y plcasantcr, he might have been stead
Il how His mother was always compl i
: ing and fretting in the hous', befo
q he began TO steal and since then 81
% has tried to shield him from the polio
9 while she kept lagging him when thu
!, were alone. Boys ARE growing up 10
Il Sobr, honest men in the worst tcncmcr
l. housrs in the city. You will find, rs
: rule, that they have been taught by the
!, parents to 'xucct punishment for ev
" doing aud that th"v have amusement
y home. ~ Y TibUnC