The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1899-11-07
RUNAWAY IN THIEVES DEN.
BRIGHT nor FROM ALTOONA TURNS
UP ON THE BOWERY.


He disappeared Lest sprinr ana HIS Hels-
u.. ssve nhoush ~. h f." o.. o n ne
ssn r.y"k INC -, S,
ana LIVING L'ko hoy 'n D'"o novel
Charles Vincent. a Rood-lookinE boy OF IL
whose homo IL In Altoona. Pa. was arrested
last Friday night after the Gerry society had
been Informed In an anonymous communion
ton that he was freIuentins the low concert
halls on the Bowery In the early morning ana
that the belief was general In those resorts
that he had been kidnapped from his homo.
The letter received BY tho society said that ths
boy was musician OF remarkable talent 1t
IN ,hs,r no..s.s,on Assrt. Moors and pi.sr,,
NJ, ." -. 49, -. - ,,,suIsh, =. Fl,
paid a visit visit to tho .Ium' at midnight on FRI
u uas , -. o0t .,,ss.., AN. u '' ~ x,.,o-
ausnted IN. ,nie'ss osn' 10 'ne WEN,
Nv W OF 1na,nam n, 'ausf'' .ns' no mao mao
bscsu.. ths nronr,.,or, wars afraid Tia. ,h.v
would b. arrested II they h.rbor.d him. and
that no had been picked up by blind beggar
known as 'Blnty BILL" who was shel.crins
him In a tenement house at 91 Chrystie street.
The Gerry men iound him asleep on pile OF
smelling room. They brot. in tn. door and
the .. hoy opened .s his eyes: sat up and said: 49,.
Hello Iei'o"si guess you arc rom inc
Gerry Society, I've ee'n expecting thi. and
40 49,, - 49, IT, q. 80 90 .nn,o. r.
le, out now the JIG sup ana suppose I'm
He was told 40 nut on hi. ba, and Goa. and
49,. o.,.., NJ.
and closely Questioned. II. told SUIT. J.n'
kIps that he was known around Nav York
a. "th. K,d" md rhsn ,s.sa .h.rs hs i,,.d
said he made his home wherever he found
himself at midnight. Sometimes be slept
in a dive. and at other time. he shared
the bed OF q beggar known as "Corky" because
he had cork leg. He and "corky" tho DO,
ntqodeSs bim 10 amo., All o the essgsr s1 IN
them and played the piano. the beegaIs poss-
ing around II: hat ard dSdios With him tn:
old Mother Hubbard" who had q begging
rIo,hn SV 1h Sren nad ,onxea S.sr n
with "Binky Bill"
when hsupt; JsnLinv. asked the boy how long
s'a Be- had
hS ted to ,ss, he M1nd be to ths
nnIes. some OF his relatives turned up to claim
him: that b. e1nsented To- teIl more about
Charles Vincent. that b. was II years
Old: and that his father was thest;
Hs s mother a the So, said. wa. dead roam and
he had left home because he could not agree
with his hepmothcr lie ran away last spring
and spent the summer at Coney Island. play
Ing the piano In tho dives along the Bowery
and making friends o. the divekeepers. the
bsggars and thieves. When the Coney Island
season closed he came over to Manhattan and
earned q little money in thieves dsns BY play
In on a rattletrap piano In the early morning
when the thieves gathered to divide their
booty BY and by he went up the line"
playing tho piano in the Bowery resorts. being
chased from one TO the other by dtveksepers
who were afraid OF having him around for fear
that they might get into trouble, with the
authorities 10 some OF the resorts, he said, he
had collected as much as $40 in nieht by
passing his hat around, but he was robbed fire.
ing any sum above $40. Once he had 500 sewsd
in the lining OF his coat, hut he oonrded the
fact TO thief who had Just been released from
Sing Sing. an the man atol- his coat
Recently. tho boy said. he had saved some
money 10y turning IL over to "Oli Mother Hub
bard" who took care Of y FOR him. When sho
had saved 81 for him she sent her son over TO
Baxter street TO buy suit OF clothes for him.
and later she bought him shirt and under
| clothing. She also bought him a new hat and
| u watch and chain out ~ the money he gave
| 20 her He only had the watch and chain one
night. and then II was stolen from him. He
know most OF the women who are seen on the
Bowery after midnight. the HOY said, and
often lent money to them charging dollar .
week interest on aten-do!iar loan. but he had
refused TO steal.
RtaDCNA home.