The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-06-06
.J0EY SMITH R0BS A BANK.
p,s CRIME CAUSES A RUN on
rHE PENNY PROvIDENT.
r....,,or, CIV Out for His blood while
Awaiting the Return Of Their Money-His
p,.,d.r Amounted to IS and He Only HAD
a. cent. Left when Caught by the Police.

IpTftIIfH " / = l b'N'l'i i'iA'h 'ht'
.,d h,r. shut him of from the outside world
yss,erday. Had he b"eh within
..aooh Of N. depo-ltog, of the Whittier House
pa,p, provideut Bank hi, remnants would
..ah,,h. hnye been scattered all over Jersey
cty before night, For he looted that bank.
a. l,.ere smith. and all bn, wrecked II. and
uen- out and celebrated riciousiy on the IS
Aooty with peanuts and pink drinks and the
.rrodly theatre ard other delights proper
o,d improper 10 his : years OF age, And how
cha, no /. caught aud locked m he says he
doesn't care, thai he had "A bully time while
/, lasted and j. only sorry that there wasn't
more Of il. Even 81, he con.olS himself with
tho thought that he wasn't captured until all
h,t q cent, oi the swag was gone.
Tough T., Joey, tough and deyilish sly. like
sd,tlugui-hed iictional namesake OF his. Since
bs va, Years old his life has been pleasingly
nas,ed In thwarting the efforts Of we'll
.c,en,Ioned persons to reform him. When
reform meant pie and candy, Christmas trees
IN winter and piCuics In summer. Joey approved.
When II meant SUNDAY school and clean hands
and good behavior he ran away and followed
his own course. which was, generally speak
lnr that Of a thief. The Jersey Cityites who
live IN Essex street and know Joey Of old say
,ha, nothing Is too inccns!oei able Tor him to
steal He seems to love art for arts sake,
so far a. thievery is concerned. In one industri-
ous day he distinguished himself by unlawful
and f|eloniouS acquisition Of a pedler's cart.
two ash cans. a peck of raw turnips. a lighted
lamp and an educated blackblrd whose OBJ
,eryations upon the crime of which II was the
victim were 80 vehement that they brought
down upon Joey the birds owner and caused
the small robbers arrest. lnterrogated IA
10 WHY he had collected so singular "A mis-
cellany. he replied, twisting unhappily on n
Gallon sed heel, that he didn't know; he thought
the, might come in handy some time.
From this predicament he was rescued by
a visitor from Whittier House. Jersey City's
college settlement, where Joey has been known
for long Good people there took him In hand
and he made quite a curious If not very valu-
able collection of odds and ends and unCon-
siderpd triles from there. such as small pictures
from the walls, pieces of soap. the uses Of which
he has seemed to hold In despite and derislon.
slate pencils. bits of household cutlery. ribbons
and anything else he could lay MS hands upon
Win reasonable hopes of concealing. When
the settlement people discovered the place
where he had cached his treasures they were
saddennd and a little wroth. but Joey explained
that he was only laying up for a rainy day.
and they decided to give him another chance.
~ -, ", a q, in, b,t 49, hi,, and 80 raG
a.. ~ NO Easex s,rea, biont from whom ia
SS. dd' ,hs ,rac,ad Ill., ubicb ha connai ynS tho,
he wanted more than they did, a view Of the
VA a. od ~ " uho !" Nv, 40 |, baad n, 10 ILL.,
M mn nead ~ w 70 ths ,ensment NJ =" "a T ~ .
street, where joey slept when he felt like visit
ms ~ IL CIV - pprofosSad :" H. q
esteen, for Mis- Bradford. I'M, ALWAYS insisted
-" h W. ~ n Az Nv omo "muy y, ~
IN no lat aione 10 beco,ne a n,afuI md honored
o,,,a, o,J tho baad Of n hand AZ d,s,ipguished
bandlts In vain did the visitor strive 10 make
lin, Seo tho foIlacv ur hi. n,nhi,ion, .Joev nnlv
hinted thai she was iacliing in proper shirt.
~ nder these circumstances there was some
srst Hses i.up AZ Whii.icr House. when ,ionny
tnrnad m On Monday afternoon and Gave owl
dance tha, no was The returned nrodical Inv
erno,ncins hs iMntsnti"n of staTtinp an accom-,
with the Penny Provident Fund. To this end
he lad brought three PENNIES, which Inc exhib-
ted With great pride. Miss tassard who was
tordiallty, dniy credited him with three pennies
and suggested that after banking hours She
would be clad 10 see him. joey waited around
and then disappeared from view. He had
quietly slipped into the cellar and hidden him
self with a view To financial operations on the
basis Of his three-cent investment, As soon
as banking hours we're over he made a sortie.
found the coast clear, made his way to the
desk and distracted from the drawer a five
dollar bill. which represented the days receipts.
all bur a few cents. The change had been taken
hastily, but was. unluckily for him, seen by one
Of the servants, who reported the matter when
the loss Of the bill was discovered. Miss Cassard
and Miss Bradford went 10 Chief of Police Muir
ply and said they were ready to give Joey up
as bad case They wanted him arrested and
A policeman found joey late that night. He
was walkins down Montgomery street weaiila
an air of lofty satisfaction, and with a gold
tipped ciaarette between his teeth, In his
pockets were several sticks OF candy three
specimens Of chewing gum. a package Of ciga-
rettes, a publication made up chiefly OF fiashy
pictures and 80 cents.
Where's the rest OF the money! demanded
Chief Murphy when the urchin was brought
before him.
DE rest Of it" said joey scornfully. Say.
dyer rink "A Teller can see de town Ter mutt NJ"
You've been seeing the town. nave YOU
An dey Is Of II" said Joey. I'd awter
struck fer New Yoick where | wouldn't a got
pinclsd
sisted the Chief.
,''Aw lois o things. Gigs an candy an
drinks. Say, | was goin' 4 git a gun an a
horse, but them sody water st,lflS sucks a Keller
50 much amt got de price left"
What have you been doing with yourself
all the evening""
Been 10 see a show"
Now Joey" said the Chief, aren't you
ashamed If yourself 10 steal the money from
those ladies' who were so good to you?"'
Al, g'wan," said Joey. with a derisive look.
tl croared an neyer have DAT much fun
!, was a corkin show / seen. Dey was a guy
my Style. Wait Til / cit West"
further NO., tbam kanrnv Nj That Il ubers
he was taken YESTERDAY on commitment to
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