Arizona republican., 1901-09-12
CASE OF GEORGE ST. LOUIS
The Making of Brilliant Gentleman
 or Criminal.

The preliminary trial of George St. Louis. an eleven year cid boy. charged with horse stealing. vas begun in Jus tice Burnett's court yesterday. To the student of human nature and to the student cf unusual things in criminol- oSy the proceedings, must have been oi great interest The defendant is smal for one of his ge. He is well dressed. polite. bright. far better educated thar the aver; g. boy of eleven. and has been brought up SD far in a home of more than average culture and refinement. There i- nothing at all of the hoodlum about him. II looks like q good little Sunday school boy He is cool without being bold and altogether has the mak- ing of a most accomplished gentleman or most accomplished criminal On last Christmas day an Indian. Charles Noble. left his team hitched at the court house plaza. When he went after 1t couple of hours later one Of the horses was gone. the harness having been taken off il and thrown into the wagon
 About two weeks ago the Indians grandson found the horse in possession of farmer named Packwood. Pack wood said he had bought the horse Of a boy. He claimed to have bill of sale from the boys mother, but nobody has seen the document yet. The sher- im's officers were guided in their iden- tifcation of the youthful vendor of the horse by their previous knowled te of young St. Louis rather than by any statement of PackwoOd's. for the boy and his younger brother of eiSht be- Ionged to a sang of boys winch hal been stealing horses and whatever else was unobserved and moveabIe. This boy had stolen a wagon from corral and sold it.. He and his brother had stolen a horse. saddle and bride from Con Hurley. They kept it two days. and when the officers at last got on the track of it and found the boys without the horse the trail med 10 conn to an end. The boys admitted having had such horse as the officers were look irs for. but said they had hired il at corral. The corral keep=r said he had hired no such horse. The boys were separated and the elder one led an off cer d wild goose chase of five hours in pretended search for the animal When at last he was brought to jail he happened to remember another one of two livery stables where the horse might be. It was found at one of them The keeper said it had been brought there the night before by a small boy who paid for its supper. lodging and breakfast. saying he would call for i; in the morning. In the meantime all kinds Of persuasions wzre wasted on the eight ar old boy. He was coaxed and threatened, but he declined to be interviewed.
 In the case of the Indians horse yesterday PacIwopd told the story ot its purchass. He found the boy witt it and asked him if he would sell if The boy said it belonged to his mother and he would ask her Packwond of Tered S2-50 for the horse and q bill oi sale. He said that the boy went away and soon after returned with the bil of sale. PackwOod gave him an envel- ope containing the rnoney and he went away. He identified St. Louis as tn' boy. His testimony was corroborate, by Jose Figueroa. who keeps store ir Montgomery addition. He also sai; St. Louis was the boy. He was sure o that.
 The boy went on the stand. and, talk