The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-11-27
TWOYOUTHFULLIARS
Variety Of Their Works Of Fic-
tion Puzzles the Police.
CAUGHT IN AwHlTEcHAPEL DEN.

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IL bst Disagres-zAe Story u
Their AdventaroA
In ioWsdoWn dive IN the unsovory pre-
cincfs ct jackson street. O0icer Pierce last
night came across two Of The bieeest youth
ful pFevaricators that the polics department
has ever boen called upon to handle. The
youngsters we're setting up tenpins for :
ribald. profane set Of men. and whom they
were spoken to b.. the policeman they
reeled of string Of sulphuric untrutha
Their stories. however. mot being satisfac-
tory they were marched 70 police head
quarters, whore they represented to Cap
tain Pear that they ware twin brothers of
the names Of Ben and Frank Rose, aged
respectively II years. and that they had
come to Seattle few days previous with
their parents, who had located in house
on Warrington street. The pair resemblsd
twins about as much q black does white,
but, - Afterwards transpired, these repre-
sentations were made in accordance with .
mutual agreement previously made to tell
he whenever the emergency required and
to stick to it.
Captain Peer was suspicious that the
youngsters were attempting to hoodwink
him, and he directed Officer Pierce to take
them to the locality Indicated on Washing
ton street to learn the correctness Of the
story. To these proceeding the lads en-
tered strong protest. tearfully dsclaiming
that they needed no guide, and II they
were allowed their freedom never to again
b caught In the disreputabls nsighbor-
hood. O6acsr Pisrcs went with the youths.
and after parading Washington street with
them for IN hour, returned them to head
quarters with the report that they were nm
able to locate the house. BEN and Frank
excused this by saying that they had only
seen the house once, which accounted for
their failure Of Identification, and upon b.
ing questioned more closely said that their
mother had returned to Tacoma in the
morning, would BE- gone for two or three
days and that they were afraid to stay in
the big house alone, which accounted for
their being found In tho dive. They cor
rected previous statement to the effect
that their father worked down street In
this city with proviso that he was en-
ployed at Portland.
Finally, wsarying OF their misrsprsssnta-
tons. Captain Peer edged up to one OF the
lads who had not taken IN active part In
the interview, and said to him: "Now
you are not twins, are your
Tho chap addressed wiped his tear-wet
eyes, gave great big sigh and replied:
"Captain. am going TO tell you the truth. |"
He then told story Of youthful depravity
and duplicity that has many interesting
features connected With It
The boy stated that his name was Ben
Rose. aged IL years. and that his home was
in Tacoma. where his mother, who ID now
Mrs.. Hamilton, she having married . man
by that name after being deserted BY her
first husband, conducts dressmaking es-
Enlistment at the corner of Tacoma ave-
niue and Eleventh streets. His companion
he described ~ Eddie Mcintyre,
Of the same age, whose father has
corner Of Seventeenth and Railroad streets
Last Sunday, according to Bsn's narrative,
he was selling papers on the stree t. whom
he met Eddie, whom he had previously
known BY sight only. The latter proposed
. boat ride. and they rented . small row.
boat When they were we'll out on the
water Eddie proposed that they steal the
craft and row to Seattle. The proposition
met with favor, and the stem Of the little
craft was turned down stream. That night
they camped out on an island, and Ut the
break Of day Monday morning they re-
sumed their trip for this port After row.
ing Is far Is Des Moines they felt the ef-
fects Of their nautical exertions and cYav-
ing for food. There and then . plan Of
ways and means was framed. The juven.
lie pirates resolved to desert the
boat. and to operate in the flu
ture under the guiss OF two brothers,
and by lies and Misrepresentation secure
the necessaries Of life. By secreting them
selves in steamer they reached Seattle,
and they passed Monday night aboard her.
Tuesday they came ashore, and BY lying
and fraud secured sufficient money TO get
them some food and pay for their nights
lodging. Among these from whom they
solicited aims was . Tacoma man who
lives next door to the Hamilton house. and
he was told by the boys when questioned
that they had come here to catch crabs
and had missed the boat back Yesterday
they drifted into Jackson street and hired
ont to the divekceper to set up tenpins.
While the Rose boy was giving the above
narrative the Mcintyre lad. who had been
accused OF being the ripgleader in the lying
transactions. denied that he was any moro
to blame than his accuser. They were
locked n 10 await further Developments.