The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-12-16
THE WICKEDEST BOY.
HE is RUBY GOLDSTEIN, TEN
YEARS OF AGE.

But In Crime He Is Very OId-His Nature
to Lie and Thieve-Some of His Mis-
deeds-He Is Cripple-Cannot BE Re-
formed.
The wickedest boy in America lives
in Albany. No frontier desperate ever
was imbued with such a spirit of evil
lawlessness as Ruby Goldstein. He is
only 10 years old, and yet his parents
have far less authority and control over
him than they would exert over a young
hyena. Obedience is not in this youths
lexicon.
The police Of several cities fear him
more than they do any rufflan in the
state. He is the incarnation of willful-
ness and rebellion. He'has the antith-
esis Of every quality that boy Of the age
should have.
Ruby will lie in the most brazen
fashion. 1t is seldom he tells the truth.
He will steal anything and everything
he can. He will destroy property with
impish glee and exultation. 1t is his in
AcsOO haUh10 W BGOdA dl1 0OSbEOJa A1bO-
gether he is marvel of degeneration.
1t is a pity Max Nordau did not know
of him.
Ruby is a cripple. He goes about with
the aid of crutch. But with his crutch
he can do as much damage and can
cover as much ground as several ordi-
nary boys each with sound and strong
pair Of legs. Three years ago Ruby
started to run away from home by jump
ing on freight train He fell, and his
right leg was cut off. Most people
thought the injury would be fatal, but
Ruby has very strong constitution,
which brought him through all right.
The boys temper is that of a wound
ed grizzly bear. When he was at home
he is rarely there now-he would
pick up a plate. lamp, coal scuttIe
or anything at hand and hull it at the
object of his rage should any one vex
him. Frequently he hurled things at
people simply to frighten or startle
them
Ruby's father is tailor. In the early
days of his career Ruby would go to his
fathers shop at night and cut rolls Of
cloth into strips, mutilate newly made
clothing and pour glue on the ironing
board. Occasionally he would throw a
fatiron through the window.
Last summer Ruby was lettering
about the terminus Of the electric rail
road. He saw an empty car in the
street. Into the car Ruby hobbled and
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the street the car started at full speed.
An employee saw the danger and
gave chase to the stolen motor The
man ran fast, but the car went faster.
He never would have caught it had not
Ruby bumped into car ahead going
more slowly. Ruby was handed over to
the police, but they did not get him to
the station house without struggle
Ruby punched and jabbed the police
men with his crutch viciously.
There was no sleep in the station
house that night. Ruby howled, shrek
ed and yelled like cage OF Joh0nnas
Toward morning he set fire to the mat.
tress in bis cell, and there was a great
commotion.
huDy was sSne ~ Sah ssSS AAAA AN~N0'
He escaped so many times. and the keep
ers became SO weary Of searching for
him that the last time he got away the
keepers made no effort to get him back.
He had almost demeralized the asylum,
and the authorities were only too glad
to get rid Of him.
The boy was next heard of in Troy.
| There he mlde quite a success Of beg
cling and stealing. One day when aims
was refused he created such disturb
anoe that policeman was called. It
required the services Of two others to
get him to JILL.
Not long ago Ruby went to Green
bush. Passing an engine roundhouse.
he saw locomotive unocoupied There
Was. no one around. so be Ia ned into