The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-26
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gohnnv. the fiftees-year oil axscntssI
son Of AYJohn Preston OK Lake 4 ,ssovs
hiss airrzdy acquired aaite criminal
rHeorf. and h again % The rarssnsxe
II Viii be remembered fhas akssss !
yea- agn he ssale aEossf $50 Of Fsss ta~-
ter fsfher srd was sent 70 SsSI for |.
month. Johnny Il sosnawhas disniass-
tsss axsd 6os4 not ayp~sr 70 s,e more
thar II CT Y years of age. lie has I
sery innocent.
EsksEEss agrE.gsscx,
Ard woasd he taken for a promising
fsefnEFF ~ > lusesfie Sunday Ssssosi
class His eye l. bright and restless.
hoseTeF, and Il IL the oagg feature
airosst tifa indicating hrs real nsture
Sheriff Issessrane txsok razsernal inter
est in the tsoy. ard when the messsfs
sss up seRt him oss 10 his farm on the
White river. lie remained tiers Il
While and then went 20 another Of Mr..
pied iY Thomas Resfdinrson. He had
rot been there iong When be stole on.
Of sheriff Coehrane's horses from the
fsrns. He tried 20 sell the animal 10
Mr. Atkinson In Ne~eastfe. saving
that he was acting unde. the shertfsss
instructions. Mr.. Atkinson hardly
believed that Mr.. Coehrane wcuId en-
trust youngster with such business
and felegraphed the sheriff. Mr..
Ceehrane went 10 Sescastle and Sc
cured the horse, but
DID sor rs11Ecs7rg THE soy
Owing 10 his youth. Mr.. Bersah
Brown happened 10 see Johnny and
judged from hts innocent, honest ats-
psaring face that he could make re-
spectacle nsefnier OF society and a.
good Democrat OF him. Mr.. Brown
took the boy out 10 his farm on White
river. There Johnny developed into
a dime novel ficnd. He devonrcsl
everything he could get hold Of in the
way OF yellow back literature. and
hlossomea oat into an Indian SLAYER
In embryo. He generally had his
pockets full Of cartridges aud shot.
He carried viilainous looking dirk In
his hip pocket, and frequently wore
navy revolver gireied on with piece OF
balIng rope. Mr.. Brown tried to make
a good boy Of him, bat
NE WAS tseoRsofnLE.
He finally came near burning the
house while reading in bed and was
obliged TO seek shelter elsewhere. He
found IL at Sels Anderson's, a neigh
boring farmer. Johnny had been
there less than q month. when he
broke into trunk and distracted Mr..
rifle. The sheriff was
notified and arrested the young law
breaker as he was en- route 20 the city
with the gun wrapped in four sack
10 protect Il from the rain. siung over
his shoulder. Johnny got two months
for that eseapade. After the time " as
up the sheriff determined To make one
more effort to reclaim him and tries;
to get him into the orphans home.
The ladies investigated his record,
however, and refused to accept him.
As n last resort County Commissioner
Alien sent him to the county farm.
He did not like his new home very
well and soon obtained job at Lake
Washington.
HIS LATEST.
He left there between Friday night
and Saturday morning. and about the
same time that his absence was no
ticed George Smith missed one OF his
tibfkt On tie lfuaHHf-
ish river. A hey answering Johnny's
description tried 10 sell a horse al
Newcastle Sunday Yesterday after
noon Sheriff Cochrane was notified hy
telephone that the boy and horse
were headed toward the city along the
wet bank of the Duwamish river.
Almost simultaneously the sheriff re-
eeived word that heavy draft mare
had been stolen from his farm on the
White river. lie started out at once
10 try and capture Jshnny and sceure
Mr. Smiths horse and viii look alter
his own animal later. Before start
ing out the sheriff said: That boy
seems Ia have mania for stealing and
IL nat much worse than other boys in
other respects. He frequently pur-I
loins things that can he Of no earthly
use or value Ia him simply because he
cannot leave them alone. do not
know what can be done with him. As
we have no house OF correction the
seems to be the only sola-
ton Of the problem. and IL looks pref
81 hard to send hin there.
forg HORSES nsvE BrEs STOLEN
In This county within three weeks, in
the tao above mentioned
One was taken from Nerns brothers,
the railroad contractors. and the well
known sorrcl that fufmeriy belonged
10 es-Shcrist McGraw. has been stolen
from its present owner. n farmer.