Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-11-03
CANDIDATES FOR
REFORM SCHOOL
Thlteen-Year Old Arthur Matson
Leads Boys Astray'
ALLEGED BURGLAR CAUGHT
uo.ss friaginss pieads Not Guiiiy 10
nrsakina Into niiier's Foundry
verbose FenchmRn.

Arthur Matson. willie Harris and
Frank FoulEor. three boys ~ 70 yeare
OF aEo were arrested by omcor spcrfy
yesterday afternoon on the charge Of
stealing a copper boiler from the prom-
iscs Of william strad Of Paxton avenue
Maison did not deny the theft when ar
rested. and stated that he had broken
the boiler up and aold u w. conlunc-
ton with another 90 a Junk dealer
named Crolton FOR S5 cents. lie fur
ther stated that the two other boys
were just ~ bad No. h. and that h. had
divided up tho profits with thcm' THE
statement ted TO the arrest N the other
mombors Of the gnng. and they were
all locked up on the charge Of peut
larceny
This morning principal Martin % the
Giant school called on judge Timmouy
and made o. statement regarding young
Harris and Foulgcr TO the cncct
that they were good students and
that he never had any trouble with
them; In bis opinion thoir present pre-
dlcamcnt was due 20 the influence uf
the MntHon boy, whom BE- had bfNn
forced TO cxpcll from the school on nc.
count Of his porniclous habits and
ways.
Thia afternoon the three youngsters
faced the court Mntaon pleaded guilty
10 the charge u petit larceny while the
other two said they ala not steal the
copper. but had shared In the procecda
Of the sale OF the stolen article. Mat
Bon, In his defense. stated that be had
worked three days Tor Mt Atard ana
he received only % cents for the same,
consequently he stole the boiler
(Which was valued nt 80 To- get even,
The father OF the Fouigur boy made "a
plea Zoe HE son and the Harris lad. lie
nlld that this was the nrat time the
boys had transgrcsscd. and that n be
had known Of the affair De would
have punished hin boy and paid any
thlng To have saved him from public
disgrace,
The two lads were allowed 20 20 home
while Mutaon was held IN the custody
81 the shcfin pending hia appearance 20
chow cause why he should not be sent
- the state Industrial school.
Frank nooloy. a sad-oycd. half wittod
youth. waa the next object 10 face the
judicial cyc.
"Nuufnuryf'
not guilty. ] demand "a Jury trial
and I want twelve business aud well
educated men ON my trial do"
swell. We will Flvc you three At z
D. m. tomorrow" said DichL
Whercupon nnoley threw himself
upon the bench and east his hat "a dts
lance q ten feet A. he was Huhae'
aueuuy removed. he made pass ni
oniccr Williams who was i've feet dis
tant,
IL Ruehcn. Drunk"
Guess I vas. ~ voun plnlt Ie Huia
tres trlste. COMMENT Oh | ga meet
Won ffisndt from dc willie de- Butte dat
hadn't met for trivze years. on ON
Hello. aud ! say Hello, come and
-tags a drink. and We did,"
"Well don't lot Il occur again. You
are discharged"
''Niyc 10 Timmonyi"
". H. Reeves pleaded not guilty "a
the charge of interfering with an oflcci
IN the discharge u his duty, a. hiH
request tho hearing was set for ., M
tomorrow, bail being liked at $50.
Moses Higgins, young tcamstor
was ARRESTED by officer Sporty az moot
today ON tho charge % hurglnrialng tht
Miller Foundry. ~ south sixth west
ON October s0th. He appeared before
Judge Timmony at 2 o'clock this NJ
tcrnoon and pleaded not guilty 10 IN,
complaint The preliminary hrnrlnf
of the case was aot for 10 o'clock To-
morrow morning.