New Ulm weekly review. [volume] (New Ulm, Minn.) 1878-1892, 1886-11-10

man, and just after the close OF the
war he was reckonedi to, be worth a
fortune closely approaching a million
of dollars, but the money brought him
no happiness, for his only son, then a
child OF 9 years, had given evidence of
a depravity as unconquerable asst
was une1plainable.
Nothing extraordinary was devel-
oped in the child until he had reached
the age of 6 years, when he was de-
tected in the act of hiding a sill
yer spoon in a hole in the gar
den. This seemed to. be simply
q childish whim, and the indul-
gent father provided the youngster
with dozen spoons to- hide anywhere
he wanted to hide them. Not long
after this the little fellow was caught
in his mothers bedrooms early in the
morning industriously turning. his
fathers pockets inside out and; APP.
propriating all the money ne could
find in them. For this be was chided
and it would have probably been
forgotten had not the same thing hap
pened half a dozen times in succession
not many days afterward. Mark you,
the boy was not then Z years old. He
had every conceivable toy that a. boy
Of that age could wish for, and was
humored in every caprice. At the age
OF 8 he distracted a purse from the
overcoat of q visitor, and with preco-
cious shrewdness innocently declared
that he had seen a servant commit
the theft. A few days later the moth
er to her unspeakable horror discov-
cred the missing purse, together with
a lot Of silverware, cleverly con-
cealed in closet in the. nur-
sery. Before he had reached. his
9th year the boy had actually
robbed no less than a dozen persons
who had visited the house. He was
then delicate looking child with big
blue eyes, faxen hair, and a. waxy
skin. He possessed none OF the ex-
uberance OF childhood, but appeared
to be constantly in a meditative
mood. When accused of these many
wicked acts, he would at first stoutly
assert his innocence, but when caught
would confess without the slightest
show of emotion. The loving entreaty
Of his mother to tell her why he did
these things had no more effect on
him than the slight punishments in
aicted by his father. The boy would
endure whipping with the stoicism
OF an Indian, and at the very first OPP
portunity thereafter would repeat
the offense for which he, had been
punished.
At the tender age of: 10, the little
scamp was known in the neigh Dor
hood of his home as an incorrigible
thief. Although never in want of
spending money, he took a, delight in
purloining pennies from. children
smaller than himself, and on one &C.
casion was caught in the act Of chok.
ing little fellow who had refused to
"stand and deliver" Between the
ages of 10 and Ii Walter-Tll call
him that for convenience sake-was
the source OF the greatest grief to his
parents. Their tears, their pleadings,
their threatenings and punishments
were alike useless. Once in q while
the boy would show slight symptoms
of repentance, but the intervals grew
further and further apart, and at last
ceased altogether. Just after his 18th
birthday Walter ran away from home.
His poor mother. was almost
wild with despair. Detectives were
put to work, Advertisements were
inserted in all the leading
newspapers, but to, NO, purpose. A
year later he came back. He refused
to tell where he had been or how he
had managed to. live. In two weeks
he disappeared again, this time in the
night and took: with him sum of
morey belonging to his father. Moth
ing more was heard of him for couple
Of years. Then, from q description
given in one ofgthe newspapers, it was
learned that he had been arrested in
the interior. of:New York state fer rob-
berry. After that he got into some
sort of trouble in Trenton and was
sent to the reform school. Upon his
release he went to- New York eity and
formed the acquaintance Oh a. nun-
Der of notorious criminals. Next he
came to, RhiladalDhia, ana despite
his youth, Was one of the nxin-
cipals in, a. big, scheme tn rob. the
Adams express company. but was
prevented BY the alertness OF certain
detectives, who thought II wiserto NIP
the plan in the bud than to wait UNI
til A was e0nsummated and ,gainglory
by an arrest. / am unable to tell you
Of the details Of the Chine for which
the depIayed youth spent eight years
n, the Trenton prison. No sooner was
he. out than he was engaged in more
villainy, which brought him in con
tact with the Allesatown authorities
-Four years in Cherry hill followed
this, but it had no Christening effect
for now Walter, England comes bacl
again to be pua1shed for the crime Q
burglary.
POliteness.
Every one is affected by politeness
Once a gentleman went to Milton, tn
author OF paradise Lost" MAJ
said to be unacceptable to tlattery
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