Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-09-02
HE is A TOUGH CHARACTER
YOUNG Tom Montgomery Again A..
rested For Stealing.
his Victims This Tins Tho Salt Lsks
NuNs Co. - A lit subject For
the Reform School.

Ton Montgomery, n fourtoe n.year-
old lad, whose past shor, career gives
every promise OF developing into one
highly chockore1 unless sudden
change sets In, was arrested las, even.
lug by officer Tom Hilton, and locssd
up on a charge Of petit larceny.
Montgomery has figured In police
court circles before, a. between two and
three months ago, he was arrested on
charge Of stealing oloaks from the
Auofbach establishment on East
Temple street lilo then admitted his
guilt, Uut at tho solicitation OF his
viclimf, coupled with "a consideration
lot q highly respectable sister Of his,
sentenced was suspended. A. thal
time he promised the court faithfully
that he would never again bs ftund
performing ouch Unlawful nuir.
But the thltviug ulsposiiiOn with
| when this boy reuuh 10 DO imbuet,
mas come " tie surface again aud 10
" once more IA the tolls with very
favorable chances Of being committsd
- toe Rpiolm tchocI. For some fgw
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employ OF tho Salt Lake News com.
paDy on Sec South street. Hip
duty wau 10 deliver Ispsrp, magazines,
ste, and uq other wogs. iu. aud auuu
the STORE. BIi 10 seems that he over.
stepped the ifist witch was rcpoec 800
h m,and waaal0wly laying up tres ure
CA earth. upon when ne coula pouuco
VI the most oppouuuo TIME, nnd bring
about a cash realization. Ibi0 he In.
tended 10 do today hal rot thu law
taken hand 10 q game and iTuslrat.
od his olryerly Ia d plaus.
For week or m ifn tho pr0prietofH
OF the stationery eslnbllhnmrnt have
been missing little things about the
store, but not until yesterday did they
tuipiolon that their trusted Toy was u
plliefet fro IN the ura, watcI, az no cor.
tainly pfoyss 10 be. IL was thcu that
they asArd tue law h astist them 10
ieTroting out the mlfcfoant and bring.
ing him T. justice,aud then u was that
Onicer HillOu began g. "dmoll Tat."
lie aseetlaintd where young Mont.
gomeIy was stopping and conc udeu to
laud upon him when the best oppoI.
tunity presented itself. 81 last even.
INK about 1880 ho proceeded 10
the Mofcur lodging house on Com.
mCfclal street, where the young scamp
had room. und knGcEed nj the door
When II was opened, Ofiicer Hilton
made known his business anu pfOeuuu-
ing 10 unravel the mystery OF tho dis.
appearing stationery, opened couple
OF yallses which lay on the noOr nnd
there found that the 4 Ieplcl1us OF the
ptopFietOfH OF tbs IT. re- hal been well
founded. In the valitee were n number
OF flue volumes OF chlice literature,
fourteen dozen pencils, one ink pad,
two cJpies OF Munsty's Magazine anu
several sets OF playing cards.
Toe Cfilcer asked the lad II no had
not stolen the goods from his employ
cT's establishment, wheuup1n Mont.
gumury gave an affirmative Tepiy and
iuftntr stated that Il was tho detention
OF no aud his partners b have LETT Tor
Ogden today Ia dispose " the
geodt. HIS artnere were Jim Hin
AMI Herneft ouu 300 t~u boys OF this
city, whoie parents are prominent
citizens. Tho i.u " astlgen Ia tuo city
Jail ana locked up TOT the night.
This morning he was aIrAignei DO.
fore Justice Wsnger anu alter the
complaint had been read 10 him,
charging him with having olen goods
10 the value OF S2e.s0, he STOOD up quite
boldly, without any fear or hepitaIion
whatever and entered "a uia,inut plea
Of guilty. Prosecutor Shoup Informed
the court that thu la. had teen once
before arrested for u similar Cflonso
and found guilty. and Ia view OF this
fact the court felt that the iull penalty
" tho law should be iuf irtei anu the
boy commit u TO the Reform school.
| When askeu " hb tad any paren,s
here, Montgomery stated that he hAd
not, but that a Hlstrt Of his resided In
sugar House ward, Justice Wenger
intimated that his sister should be sent
Tor, but the prisoner snid that IL was
his desire that she should know 10th.
Ing OF IL. Finally action was deferred
In the matter, In order to allow time
for Investigation ana proceedings look.
lug 10 the commitment VI the boy to
the State RsfoTmatory.
Young Montgomery came here from
the East about u year ago anu has been
attending the High School in this city
for some time. His sister Is woman
highly respected In tho community,
anu it Ii said that the boy has caused
her much trouble ana annoyance. lie
beafs every impression Of being quite
an Intelligent lad, but hia countenance
reveals a look that IA highly significant
Of determination. IL he In determined
10 carry on his thievlng Anticl, it Ia
nigh tins that m effort was made 10
bring ABOUT u reformation.
A. this afternoon's session OF couE.,
Montgomery was held TO await the nc.
} ton Of the district court, with view
TO sending him TO the STATE Institution
at Ogden,