Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1883-03-11
BOY, Of Fourteen slpsa Tor
s ~ 's c,Ilows Amid 6Otaan's
Dan. Of Inlquity.
.,..,,i.c Examples, in the Hanging
'I a'seSIOlp and Malone, In the
TOmbs, Friday.
,,.,,r,ticns OfYOuthful ospraSlty'
...,T,,iasduy the LOafsrs, Thugs
-" I'd Thisyss Of the City.
.,,,.t, Pursued by Them In Their
' s,,.sr OF Crlms--Friday's
Scene on the 6allOws.

,,..,.,porai.,ca Of tis Sss'dGy Register.
yosx. March 9-The two boy
~ - NesEGa xud. afsioae, who's xese
K -. -. Touabsyara tesisy sEe re''yer
-. a de hnadsed3 of precocious
,,1. that intest the streets and slums
- ...s,rppl!is, and are startling, yet
~. examples, OF the depths OF crime
,r..btbs youth of agneat city so quick
o.4,,ra,sssly rush, particularly those
-. ,s,rei amid the tenement houses,
-. d.sreputable dance houses and
-. ~. deus which cluster 50 thickly in
80 Full grown and even old GRIM
1As o,,,.jonaIIy DO Murder,
.r,, b,-,,arv for 3 livelihood, steal, fight,
s...sf,,-l.-,y houses and need q great
- u,.,h,rc. but their ways are COM
-; Is an open book to the police.
=. members Of iyed classes in the
-. - oi crime their haunts, their methods
.I,,,k,r- a,l are known 70 those who
-.y,,s, .vbiec: \ study. But il is not so
:, tenement house Lad, the Michael
v,g,o.a, of the street corners. They be-
,,r. ,,,.s-s snd petty thieves st fourteen,
$500, sad violent disturbers Of the
-. ,,,y yes-, later, and then, suddenly,
d -.b,iv has thought it worth while
d. ... rrsn move them on aud LOOK
IN. .3 e,as.pually ior diSOrderliness o
-, ,b.',. ,hey launch out into the
Extreme OF Desperate Crime.
rs.ys-. de ,ounsing lads to-day, and to-
-.,-,s s..- in 8 vender wagon dash up
s,b,. z,,s messenger, capture the $iOl
,...a,.-, 10 oaus. drive oil and are never
sagh, They sre complained OF for nag
rSA us'nan corner grocery or Pesterins
,Ch!nlnaa to DAY and tomorrow one OF
Asn step, up to the wife Of a rich wine
n,rchsat IS she walks along Fifth avenue,
yrso,h the diamonds from her ears and
aasss OF With them. 4 Division stree;
rc,,ksegsr imagiues that the lads who con-
/ y-sys.s 10 front Of his window every even
y nigh! Dc
Tempted 90 steal HIS JeWelry
Rhs ,bolld walk away leaving his store
urprOtc.-d for ave minutes, but is amazed
ghsn ore lasbes his dOorhandles together
Tih ,tou. rope, while the rest smash in
ID 5EiEtows in broad daylight and help
AsrzIyy, 20 his wares. Or, when-for
tbs s lle newest fashion in sleaGng-One
snlss t- store snd makes of with some
Alsg so';h a bali or quarter OF a dollar
Dbs chased By the proprietor, who returns
o iHi ,hat while he was running and be-
lg in.~i and tripped up by some Of the
he's onD;r ierstes, others have almost
Raksd bis open safe, his money till and his
10Eclsr.
That u Why
2sE.. say hat how to deal with these
Al, J, sa uHsO.ved problem in crime. They
Ave o--a krown to be dancing and whist.
-1g Third avenue street corner at one
l09r sad in Tue next rob the conductor
ri passengers OF a Third avenue street
GOn the Harlem fats, using, or rather
Rsnisaing, the pistols that are now as
nnUoa ~ finger rings, and as cheap rs =
2,i io,-a Connecticut factories and 500
Avn shops can afford to put them in the
ssosrA market \ brand new pistol, COM
pe!eai 10 XII! SIX men without reloadin :,
sln br asi !o7 81, and 3 secondhand British
'lil-dcs in first class numbering condition,
'ay oo',S I'd cents more. Pistols are in the
nPP0cks.s Of these ads when they are
mere cbIrreu, and
60 Armed to school.
ne hospital records are crammei With
Npors Of the results Of this-shOOting
EP'enics 'hOolisgs at balls, shOotings in
'anahops aad dueIs in the streets, and the
most 'suGkable thing about this phase
q LAe ,i.e oi these hOhby-de.hOys is that
AsI very seldom give one smother
AnF They won't tell the policeman,
@s ambulance surgeon, the hospital doctor
u au'Se' or even their own parents, who
-aaso.7d their wounds. Never mind. he
rs sa'lnk one Ssys, or No matter, he
-'a mean uarthin'." or, not infrequent-
" that's sll right, yer kin bet yer
"'e' lie I'll get square wild him. Yer
.@'" that ter ne" Oi course, this is
aJ
lAnaanH. A.. . n
70 Mailer what surroundings he has
s06n up IN. It is the out come Of desire
'@liaie the heroic bearing and speech
y 'lsh eclaent citizens as the James boys,
'.r toourns and the creations Of tn
- ','s'' 'o' the current boys story papers
'''sN One ru4iau, by closely imitat.
A'o as' IS himself able 20 do or De
-'''.a' SorIhy yi imitation.
o'N Mellon: lie and mis- compsn.
l-'.n' Re'e eajoyjng ball. Tsey were
o. s0ciA! club, which means an
a's''a'a o, .Oaiers sni thieves Who hire
- t'' uP .e:tered window curtains,
9. ''-''''1, i've, tas "EIirr six" the Nc
- - 70 .i'.'. or The Muriy Hill Coterie, Of
- = KEGS Of beer sni sexless crea.
' ''i1 banged heads Of hair into their
r,S' 80 strike candidate, Tor olFice at elec.
-, 1he and maintIn an organization
-. - "a TINE, all the members part 10 b.
o. - Ia Sing Sing. AcGloin and two
A,.- -''" ''aer' quilted the ball room for an
" 'oacenly determined TO do
o-y The Painting Aet~
Bn', 'y' a they called the keeper Of s
r.. .os shop close by. This i A very
s,,.. S-' Operation. Two or three thieves
,cp,',,lS ,1.'on N which they art sufficiently
I'o'ed I.S, to know where the money i.
an! "'der drinks. aud one falls in
n,t,,. '.'l -'a'ed 1T upon the a1or. Human
i.,,.. : relied upon - cause the saloon
and 20 !" Move out tsOn behind the bar
dn,,,.'-S; mot from some one, TO heIr
oo~ -' nr aeA man into the var, ora priy,t,
o;Ssr, steal teal: ,s. he i, is thus occupied, til.
psysd 'ae money. The game /:
TIE r. ~ foreigners and stupid people
,1hibi,sd bi'I'lan had earlier in the eyening
Hnn;.Sa H,a a fat pocks,book that Iooksd ),
aa 'on'Aln ~, fortune. The faintin,
The l,.,., carried out but no, viii
sA,caa,rTSto cooperation. He vs.,
s"' 10 srs aEa 5;u merely looked on snC
,,'hd T., directions. This copdnc, an
.tsy rvlrrsj' 4ha later Yet that pight