Iron County register., 1890-01-09
Juvenile Burglars.

Last Wednesday night party of burglars
broke one of the large windows in DR.. Hul's
store, entered the building and helped them
selves to a couple of harmonicas, some candy
and lot of cigars and tobacco. These
thieves wanted to be very nice SO they left a
card thanking the DR.. for such of his wares
as they had appropriated. The same night
some one forced open one of the windows OF
w. p. McCarver's store and carried off a
box of candy. In both instances the bur-
blars accomplished their work without be-
ing discovered and nothing was known of
their depredations until following morning,
when the time arrived to open the stores.
1t was easily to be seen that the work had
been done by amateurs and the officers i'm
mediately instituted search for the guilty
parties. In the afternoon it was certained
that couple of darkey boys living in the
south end had been observed with quite
LOT of cigars in their possession which they
were dealing out in free and easy manner.
The boys were caught up with, and, after
being questioned rather closely by Constable
Patton, admitted that they had secured them
the night before from DR.. Hulls store.
Carver's, but stated that they had been as
ted.and.induced to commitlthe thefts by
Jno. Petty, white boy of about sixteen
years, who lives with his mother in this city.
Louis Bolllnger and George Washington,
the two darkies, and Petty were all three
arrested and taken to Jail the same day. The
following morning while making a search in
'ne hay loft where the boys had secreted
their plunder, Constable Patton found Il
brass horn which he recognized as belonging
to the band. He Immediately brought it to
the REGISTER office, where the band instru
ments are stored, and asked us if we recog.
nized the horn. 1t took but glance to
identify the property, and an inventory was
then made to see if anything else was miss
ing, when it was found that couple more
horns were gone. Constable Patton then
made the boys another visit and finally sue
ceeded in securing their ackn 9wledgment as
to having entered the REGISTER office and
stole the horns, and also learned where the
other two missing instruments were secret
ed. Acting on this information be at once
found the two horns-both of which were in
good condition and had not been damaged.
couple ~ days a1terW ards the young cul-
prits had their preliminary and all three
were bound over to await the action of the
grand jury. The darkeys both admit their
guilt but Petty stoutly maintains his inno-
cence, and claims to have plenty of evidence
10 prove an abb when his case comes before |
The Circuit Court. The most damaging evil |
ience against him is the card left at DR.. |
Hull's. Neither of he coons can write, and |
he chirography on the card is said to very |
1:uch resemble Petty's hand writing. 1t is |
lut giving credit to whom credit is due to |
say that Constable Patton is entitled to no
little praise for his prompt and efficient
work in this case. Since the above was
written Petty has been released on bond,
md he will, in consequence, enjoy his lber-
y while awaiting the time that intervenes
between now and the convening of Circuit |