The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1893-10-27
CONNECTICU7,s BOZ BURGLARS.

CONNECTICU7'S BOP BURGLARS
Reading OF Ycilow-covercd Literature In
cited Their Deeds Of Outlnwry.
PUTNAM. Oct 20 This big and thrifty viii
lage in moral Wndham county is in q peck Of
| trouble from its bold bands OF kid outlaws
who pilage It's shops and hide their booty In
huts and caves in the wildwood Not many
days ago the authorities bagged at one clutch
! eighteen boy terrors' in an ambu scaded out
law shanty in the deep Putnam woods. who had
| robbed score or moro OF the richest shops In
town in the past three or four months. and fur
nished the hut with the spoils tn ken therefrom
| The episode. an account Of which was pub
| lished in THE Sun at tho time. gave the pious
people Of this Puritan county great shock,
for they had no idea but that all these boy
| bandits attended at religious services twice
| each Sunday and at Sunday school to boot
Such an instance Of juvenile depravity had
! not been known in the good old bucoic county
before in its whole history. The Putnam peo.
pie could not account for 1t until an officer OF
the law unenrthed In the bandits woodland
den $50 copies Of dime novels including the
Thrilling Adventures OF Jesse James and Bob
Ford" Justice of the Peace Chesebro sentenced
the two leaders OF the gang to a months
Imprisonment in jail each. Tho parents OF the
rest applied the rod generously to the person
OF their misguided ofrsprngs. and then Put
nam sighed and said to Itself: well the
worst Is over" Putnam was mistaken about
that. The town was plunged into second
and greater whrl OF excitement this week on
account Of a burglary a night or two ago in
Charles Miron's pool room. the boldest one in
the history Of the place. The robbers did not
get much plumber. but they cracked the ele- |
giant crib" said local officer. with tho prac.
tised skill OF professional cracksmen."
There WINS no clue to the burglars. until nt |
noon OF the following day a prominent citizen
that he would reveal the names OF the cuiprits.
all KID burglars. providing the authorities
right" said the shertY II agree to toll it on the
SHT IN n say said Isy
TIomas IT, sntp e. tie band Arthur
Thomas. but tho willy Peter Bonnetarre. fore
Is Ss Rn nsf ID
Since young Thomas,s mother is a poor
widow, with no one but himself to aid her the
fried later iio and Young Bonnslar reas cone ne
s,ort OF a robbers cave, had perpstrated half a
months and, once before had broken into
Mron,s pool room. In the ravne, they
novels by the light of an oil lamp. and stored
their p,unIerr.ttherein They had Jesse James's
with a peck OF similar tales and admitted
hat 1t was Jesse ,James's Career" that led
to in lot II hsY had b da
tools, which they had fabricated themselves
from simple iron household and barn utensils.
his tale that noon, i'm m ediqteiy following the
5o rrv 6 BY tGn when the din Of
down to the sts,on HI found ofieeFF 1 baefl
,Iabe difficulty. and after brisk chase. seas had
,hnsed two of the boys half mile downa t
,treet and back int" the station ,Ofiicer War. a
,onths and Warren the third one. a biz and and i
ppddenly wriGgle1 out OF Warren's grip and
lie fled thence through the heart Of the vil iIure
Tan n1IianntG bulldog revolver with score
fGTi @ S from Gssss ss. HIM Sgt
h f1r he canered across the omen lots to
nd fw9 TSe the
%a stt FH' r H a. Es h
I'd intriek Crsggan. al being about is 5'o or
Who Is q" hay Han Esen boy N ban
known thsy robbed rhomas 'FF'" ccr neq Of
The p p people we're fairly aghast on ac- 81
cunt OF the station incident. "immeasurn | nj
" sh2cked." commented the local paper, t,
ut stu there was more to follow. On the b.
atna ms NH 9tS shS WSy q
Oxen people were asleep In chamhers riabt
YER the store. no dexterously and 'slickiv'
lat no one suspected bat robbery had been
there untili tho clerk eariysin lie st
'n ,n found that the door had been siitei NJ
it OF tho store IN and hnckoad OF tobacco <.
pEs and cigars. Deputy sheriff TarksnnJ ID
i the officers OF the town arc still scS,,r,n9 ~
le woods IN search OF the r0bher hut in Thai -
"n mind have no doubt about who the thiaf =
Ihey are aware that at 30 O'clock ON tha
'oninf rreyi9us to the robbery the seif.same =
Jung bandit Peter bonnetarre. dropped into II
nEer cookies; and having noted the anna u
NY unconcerned but crafty way ~ hfmp".it
- time. Onlcer Parks and his aides Val Ii
y, KNOW ana can size up Peter. the Kid out.
". very sagnciopsly indeed now. WV q
~ uiLi""insLS ne Land OF Steady Habits Ia o.
enteous boy bandit crimes this season a rSS
IS plain enough. policemen and sheriff aVnt ei
AZ IN almost every instance OF tLs iind ~. &
VI kld has been lea into criminni wax avs Ell
!, fomGh thelr reading red and yeIiow.homnd b
u.aW novels Only day or two ago Morris ii
yo!vers and butcher knives in hIs hnit an 81
I forth from his father home to do INV IN" u
o rest OF Uncle Sans rod men in tha n
est lie was pulled of n west. bound raiiraad ! /
IN by mo Trenton \. j police and shinosd Ii
e. TO Hartford ne. too. had peck OF CORY
.aM y hGHGls III his fathers garret, and II was
Q Thrilling Career nf Jessu James" Tint All |
bandit business for him
Il thi, PoSs:b'c at n. wari,,. P.,. al