The evening times., 1896-11-13
THE TIMES TOO POPULAR
Judge Kimball Deals With a
Little Newspaper Thief.
HE STOLE FOR A BIG BOY
Effort to Break Up Gang of Organ
ganized Doorstep Thieves who Fo..
low The Tines Subscribers
Routes for Plunder-Ragan Was
Lively Corpse.

William Ragan's face was worse Scared
than e polo bail after hard game.
He and II friend bought 1O-cent tickets
at the HJou on Thursday night, and then
occupied 20-cent seats. Worse than ALL
he laughed at the performance.
Special Policeman Duyali gathered MIN
III tor disOrderly conduct. In tins he was
assisted by Mr. Schcenberg, who handles
the corpses down at the morgue.
Mr. Schoeubcrg testified To Judge Kim
ball this morning that Ragan was the
hveliest corpse lie had hanuied for some
time. Mr. Raglan swore tnat he never
swore outside OF court. His friend, Mr..
Akers. corroboIated this, but Judge KIM
bali did not believe them, and MIR. Ragan
forfeited SO.
Systematic efforts have been begun by
The Times circulation agents TO break
up tne gang OF paper thieves W no have been
causing subscribers some annoyance lately.
Edward Ragland, a tiny black wall from
the o street alley region, was the first
fruit of the crusade.
Edward was caught by Edwin NJ Esh-
leman, a circulation agent OF The Times,
in the act of taking paper from under tue
door OF No. l12o Seventh street, early yes
terday morning
He was evidently In e tool OF larger boy
who was following him Oh the o., her side Of
the street. When Eddie was arrested the
larger boy ran.
FEARED DE DEBBIL."
When Eddie was arraigned before Judge
KimnalI TINS morning he qualified as Il VIII
ness by announcing that de debbil 'ud
git i'm ef he didn't tell de trur.'
He said that he had been stealing papers
for Ernest Budd, bigger colored boy for
some time past. He did not know there
was anything wrung i'll stealing If he
wasn't caught
Eddie Thought he had a mother, but her
name was not Ragland, and he was alto
gether warped and twisted in his in
fantile ideas uf ri ght and wrong that Judge
Kimtall remandcd him to custody I'LL some
Of his relatives could be found and be
made responsible for his future conduct.
When the mother arrived she promptly
wept. pleaded that Eddie was her only sup
port, as her husband was jail, and promised
to administer maternal chastsement in
case the court would release her boy and
not send him to the dreaded reform school.
All right responded Judge Kimhall.
81 don't want you to be cruel To him, but
warm him up sufficiently to teach him that
stealing does not pay from a purely prac-
teal standpoint"
Vas. indeed, yo' honah,'' and Eddie was
hauled ont Of court by the strong maternal
arm with visions OF the business end Of I
strap before mis- weeping eyes
Agent Eshleman has arranged a system
Of IookoutS TO follow the route boys here
after while they are distributing The
Times and every effort will be made
To convict the ring-leaders Of the gang
Of paper thieves who haze been annoying
the subscribers.
HIS AFFINITY FOR WATCHES.
Molecular affinity between George Hall
and a gold watch brought both George and
the ticker into the United States side of
the police court this morning.
Hall had both the confidence and the
watch OF one James Lively In the lobby OF
the st. James several nights ago, and had
subsequently, sunk the watch in the slug
gish current of Little Baxter street.
lie only realized $5 on the watch but
when Detective Horne fished IL out OF
soak and Mr.. Lively had told his tale Of
woe To the court Hall went down for sixty
DAYS In default OF SEQ.