The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1895-11-14
CONNIE IS A TERROR.
ne is RsoAEoED AS THE TOUGHEST
BOY IN NEW JERSEY.
Sold His Mothers Hot Stove For rs Cents.
oIories In His NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. His
Mother ms a "Corker" Who Is Given to
.I~amzning."

Mother ms a "Corker" Who Ia Given to
'IAmsning."
The toughest boy IN New Jersey Is &C
knowledged 70 be l2-year-old Connie Du-
key--he makes one word u Of his name
who is now tho star boardcr in the coun-
~ Jail AZ Elizabeth. He is as bright as a
dollar, bad as n spurious coin Of the same
denomination, and now enjoys the notori-
oty of selling his mothers stove for 35
cents SO that he could buy candy with the
proceeds.
Connie halls from Linden, n. j., a few
milos from Elizabeth, and. although 1t Is
a small locality tho boy has made his pres
eEce felt. People of that place give him
the credit Of stealing everything that is not
mailed down" and his mother has been
compelled for several years TO hide her
money SO that her youngest offspring
could not lay hands upon IL.
A few days ago, IL Is alleged that the
boy entered the postoffice at Linden while
Postmaster stone was absent and helped
himself 20 some small change and 50 cents
worth Of stamps. This just whetted his
appetite for further ncfarious acts, and on
Thursday he performed his star operation,
the one which labels him the toughest
boy in New Jersey" He stole his moth
or's hot stove and sold IL for 30 cents.
His mother had given him some rags to
sell, and he lay In wait for the ragman,
When the ragman hove In sight, the boy
tried to make a bargain with him. The
rag dealer offered such a small sun for
the boys commodity that the latter cast
about for some other article Of commerce
with which no could barter. His mother
was away, and everything was locked up
or fastened down, except the stove, the In
fsrior of which was jammed with live
Goals. This did not deter young Connie.
With a poker he raked out tho live Goals
into o bucket and called in the rag mer-
chant, who drove a close bargain. The
stove, which the mother valued NJ $40,
went into the junkman's wagon and 81
cents Into the boys pocket. Both then
disappeared.
when the mother returSed, she was
highly inccnsed. AS the boy expressed II
she was "rayin," but the boy had fled "a
the woods TO escape the whaling which
ne knew would follow his sale. He re
manned hidden until late In the afternoon,
when some OF Justice Donaldson's officials
captured him, and he was taken TO Eliza.
beth and placed in jail.
Gle was tho dirtiest little rat, said the
warden, "that I ever saw, and ] sent a
man to wash him. 1t took all hour to
make any im.session with soap n water,
and he's not cloan yet. When no realized
that he was locked up, ho beloved like a
calf, and I had TO lock him in the coop
to make him stop.
Eyes, without a doubt, 7" continued the
warden, "hc's the toughest youngster that
i ever had here, and yet you can hardly
blanc him. His mother Is nearly as tough
as he Is. Her husband is an italian, who
works on the railroad tracks. The fathers
name is Darucachotti. and the boys first
name Is Constant, but the nearest he can
hit IL Is 'Conniedukey'
"wait n minute, and I'll bring Connie
here said the warden, and in n few min
utes the boy was grinning in the warden's
Office.
He is q rcdhcadcd youth, with small
blue eyes, q stub nose and typical Irish
TEXTURES.
me mother was agoin to sell Their stove
anyhow" said the boy in answer 10 a
question, $50 / jos thought I'd get in
ahead o. her.
He said he had two brothers and a mar
ried sister. One brother is dead Horse
cWapFer Lou.
'fWhoi' asked the warden.
"Oh, that me brother Lou; he swaps
horses, an I jess calls him Dead Horse
Snapper. He's Is years old.
IAN there's Nike, he s 20 years old, an
now he works In Their meadows. Me
mothers a oorker. She lams - out'n
me, you bet.
Nope. don't 60 ter school, - said the
boy, Il carries hay ter Their pigs N docs
chores. Say, l didn't steal them stamps.
1t was this way; 1 was in ther postofiice n
Mr.. Stones little baby he was a-playin
about. N now he comes up ter me N no
dumps Their stamps inter me lap. So /
goes inter Mr.. Stone n gives him Their
stamps, n he gives me 10 cents for bein
homes. I" And the boy smiled blandly, with
. conscious reotitude which was charming.
(which would you rather be, a burglar
or q carpenter was asked the boy.
Huh, / dunno which" was the ar-
aswer.-New York Recorder,