The herald., 1896-11-03
A GRACELESS YOUNG SCAMP
But Thirteen Years Old aud Candidate
for Whittier
Judson Green Locked Up On a Petty
Larceny Charge-Wlld Stories
Told to Cover Misdeeds

Behind the bars of the city Jail, in the
Juvenile department, Judson Green, a
prepossessing lad of 13, is confined on
a charge of petty larceny. He was ar
rested yesterday noon by Detective
Goodman at the Office of Attorney Clar-
ence A. Miller in the Bryson block, where
he was employed as office boy Young
Green seems not only an accomplished
thief, but a liar of the Munchausen
order as WELL and is evidently a fit
candidate for the reform school. An
effort has been made to suppress the
facts in regard to his arrest, but through
outside sources the news has leaked out.
On Saturday last the boy came into
his home at No. 412 Towne avenue,
where he resides with his widowed
mother, and told a cock and bull story
about having been kidnapped by two
men and carried off in a wagon, tied up
in paper. He made his escape, but was
chased and recaptured. Then one of
the men gave him a silver watch to
keep his mouth shut The contiding
mother swallowed his wild and woolly
tale in good faith. and brought the lad
to police headquarters. where he retold
the story to the detectives They at once
detected that he was lying, and laughed
at the gauzy fabrication he attempted
to palm off on them.
Nothing was done that evening save
to keep the watch and quietly begin to
work up the matter. Yesterday morn
mg it was found that the timepiece had
been stolen from pocket of the cloth
ing of Albert H. Morris at Athletic park
Saturday afternoon. Norris was at the
football game and had hung up his
clothing in dressing room, from where
the watch was stolen. Young Green evil
IDENTIFY concocted his fairy tale of abb
duction to cover up the fact that he
had absented himself from work all day,
came home with torn clothes from climb
ing over the fence and to account for
his possession of the watch.
But it was not alone on this one
charge that the young scamp was held
or is to be prosecuted. At his home was
found silver chatelaine watch, which
he had told his mother he had found
under some bushes on a vacant lot, but
which had been stolen from a Miss
Evans, employed by Mr.. Miller in the
office as stenOgrapher and typewriter.
The watch was taken from the drawer
of desk, and in Judson's pocket was
found bunch of keys, one of which
fitted the lock of the drawer
1T has also been ascertained that he
stole two satchels and two celluloid
manicure and toilet sets from the Foster
Stationery company on the second floor
of the Bryson block Another instance
is the theft of an electric battery from
j. A. Fairchild, the asphalt contractor,
who has offices next door to Attorney
Miller. The batteries were used in test
ing asphalt, and have been identified as
stolen property, but Green claims he
found them in Mott alley. He had in
his pockets when arrested a silk watch
guard, mounted in gold. which was
given him. he said, by man named
Hunt at the Jonathan club. Whether or
not this is true remains to be proven.
At any rate enough has been found out
to show conclusively that young Green
is bad, very bad, youth, and has been
for some time deceiving, not only his
| mother, but employer and others. He
is now in fair way to land in Whittier
| for his minority