The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-11-12
RESCUE CT A BEGGAR BOY
Who Is Musical Prodigy--Gerry
Society Has Him in Charge.

New York, Nov. I0-FrOm uld1o OF
the children's roof garden oa up Of the
Gerry Society's building there camc yes
terday morning the strains Of 'Cdvalieria
Rusticana" Above the changing OF car
bells and rumble OF wagons wave on
! wave OF melody Aoated down into the
street.
Men and women passing tho corner OF
Fourth Avenue and Twenty-thl "a Street.
stopped and listened, Seldom had they
heard Mascagnis opera olaysd 81 well.
The execution was marvellous. - was
apparently the result Of years OF study
and practice IN musical .ecnique.
who is your musical visitor, they
inquired Of the Gerry agent at the cesk.
"Oh. that's not a visitor" was the re-
ply. THAT Is a prisoner. one OK ;he ;u-
mates He is a boy who lived VIII. a
crippled beggar on Chrystle .treet"
The boys name Is Charles Vincent Hc
IS afteen years old. and when .ouri by
the Gerry society. was learning the trade
Of professional begging and crime
The Gerry Society received a letter last
Friday from "a man who ive8 IN t,rc-
ment house on Chrystle street, TIE ct
Ter EdaG Nilat dE W - Gl4 AilhE ~fHf' ~
beEgar kept boys prisoners. THsy we're
locked up IN the morning when re- start
ed on his professional tours q 'n-1di an
cy and were kept there uutG ne returned
at night
At / o'clock on Saturday morning.
Agent PIsar-a, Of the Gerry SOC e'v.
gained admit;ance. Covering in a cor
uer Of the room on a heap u old rags he
saw 4 Nght-ba.red. blue-eysd boy VtOfe
face was pale and wan, but wdo. in sri,e
OF his\surroundings. stil seemed 20 bear
evidence of some good home TIA, he al
Iett long ago. he was clad or.v 90 an
undershlrt. pair OF ragged tTo1sei ans
shoes that had no soles
How old are YOU" asked Sara
The old man .old M 70 ssy that 0sr
eighteen. but as matter Of fact ! shan
DO only sixteen on my newt 5.-.hta-.'
Area PLsc3rea took enc BOY e. sfe Ger
r. S5ci-tv. and there Iitt'e by Ef.s -
tod his stoTy. he Rad run away from
home. ne said. in Altoona Pa. a5eof a
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