The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-21
WHERE TIE AGE FAILS,
Wholesale Manufacture OF
Juvenile Criminals
in Hoboken.
PARENTAL IMBEcILITy
Police Asked to Take in Hand
Some "Hopeless Cases.
OF Twelve.
RENTAL IMBECILITY

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The Hoboken police raided a stable at
Eleventh and Clinton streets shortly be-
fore midnight Saturday and captured
six remarkable specimens OF juvenile de-
pravity, who preferred to sleep in a sta
bic rather than go to their comfortable
homes.
For several weeks past the police re-
ceived many complaints from parents,
who complained that their sons remained
away from home, refused to attend
school and stole coal from the trains
running along the Hill, which they sold,
and with the money purchased dime now
els, cigarettes and liquor. The police
were kept busy several days in their eff
forts to locate the boys. They finally
learned that they had banded themselves
together as an organized gang and were
committing depredations of all kinds. 1t
was decided to trace their movements,
and when an opportunity presented itself,
a round up of the gang was to take place.
Detective Kivlon saw several OF the
boys enter Dorsett's stable, at Eleventh
and Clinton streets, Saturday evening,
and suspected that they used the stable
as a rendezvous. He notified Detective
Nelson n a raiding party vas organ
lied. When it was believed that all of
the gang had assembled in the stable and
gone to sleep an attack was made. The
boys were sleeping soundly on bundles OF
straw and were so completely taken by
surprise when awakened by the police
that they made no effort to resist arrest.
AT the station house the boys described
themseIves-as Henry Brown, alias Hans
waffler," II years old. of No. 307 Clinton
street; Michael Delaney, alias Irish
Mike II years Did, of No. 30S Clinton
| street; John Fedival, alias "One-Eye," IL
years old, of No. 325 Garden street; Henry
Graham, alias "Cut-Mouth," II years old,
| of No. 81 Adams street; John Reide, alias
"Boo-Boo,r 10 years old, OF No. 24 Gar
den street; Henry Woltnana. alias
"Dutch Henry, 10 years old, of No. 800
! Washington street, and Alexander Hahn
| ing, alias Dutch Alex" 10 years old, OF
| No. $40 Court street.
The prisoners were placed in separate
cells and seemed to enjoy being arrested.
| They sang comic songs and sentimental
| ballads and disturbed the other prison.
ers in the lookup by their conduct The
| police several times threatened to give
| them a fiogging and also a shower bath
| unless they kept quiet and allowed the
| other prisoners to rest undisturbed dur
ing the night, but the boys merely
laughed. They seemed to think that
/ they were martyrs because they were
locked up.
When the prisoners were arraigned be-
| fore Recorder McDonough, yesterday,
and asked why they did not go to their
| respective homes at night, in place of
sleeping in a stable, they refused to
| give any reason, but merely grinned at
each other, as if they were proud OF
| their position as prisoners before the bar
of justice. The Recorder said he was
| convinced that they were incorrigible
| and decided to remand them until today,
when he will probably send them to jail.
Mrs. Delaney. mother of one Of the
prisoners, appealed to the police several
| DAYS ago for the arrest of her son, who,
she said, was a very bad boy. She was
| anxious to make a complaint against
him. so that he could be sent to the Re
form School.
The police say that Brown has been
| arrested five times for various offenses,
but always managed to escape punish
ment; Delaney was arrested three times;
| Graham, Fedival and Woltmann. four
| times each; John Reide, twice, and Alex
| ander Haining, five times. They usual
ly managed to escape being sentenced to
| ian. owing to their tender years. The
| police are nxiou hat the boys shall
now be sentenced to the Reform School,
as they say the prisoners are now be-
You'd redemption and hav given them
much trouble.
Several member of the gang are still
| at large and the police are looking for
them. They ~are:-John Lang, alias RED
Lung; Charles Wilson, alias Monkey
| Paul Greppler. alias Dutch Paul; Pat
rick Maloney. alias Irish Paddy" and
! Frederick Anderson, alias "Chappy-''
| Two members of the gang were arrest
| ed at Port Jervis. n. Y, several days
ago, for stealing a ride on coal trains
but were discharged, and the police think
they will return to Hoboken.
The parents of the boys under arrest
refused, yesterday. to intercede for them
but seemed anxious to have them sent to
/ tha Reform School