The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1901-02-23
MURPHY IS TOUGH,
10 HISTO % 10 Z RTIOR TORY ron
>IIFN iIiE> 10 IMPROVE.
" OF ~ out, Iudgs " ~a's ommv AGED 10
stthe beginning OF = Lecture on the wick
.dnrs. ~ Theft Ne iought CLERKS. bus
Surrrnder-d to stores Girl Detective.

Turr. NrrrnE. h"sg,r. thief and gen
ertlI. Tad Hut. Mil J." sent ~ a refornatory
'nr -,,.u sou-- Dy Magistrate Pool in ths
Jefferson Ntrsst Iu.iDc court to-day in tho
hope that no may H" hotter "a a man than
lc ua, t",n 49, O. boy Tommy - only Ia and
Nrl. small and slight for hI- age. but tho police
say mat DO" ~ a. bad II not worse than sons
,rroks who ar" much older lie i. in the
carr ~ the terry .ooiety at present and says
shat - doesn't mind II much
Tommy was arrested for shopllftins on
Thur-dd, au"rupon I'm court yesterday
tr told ina Magistrate that he was sorry he
bad - de- q "womau's turn. but grating
wa- - lad Just now that there vas nothing
else dong Ne vas caught stealing a fancy
clo,N from u BroadWay store. and he was
caught hy Woman detective Tommy knew
When lie got hI- hanus on the clock that she
Na- wutch.ns him. ~ when she came forward
tie boy ran He didn't drop the clock. he
had grated" too long To b" as foolish az
Mat n" TANNED II into his Jacket and
tried to get away 80 fast did he work his
s'lbDy i"gs that the store detective found she
va- no match for him and called on the male
,.fE- for hclV
They went after he bov more than q
s,or" - Ih"u and some ~ the customers
.uri-d IA the chase. but they weren't agile
enough 10 prevent the speedy Tommy getting
ou, OF ;tr ,toro unmolrsted and they had to
Hslr him when they captured him. after
mucn lodging, a block further down Broad
wa He kicked and biz At his captors until
the -torc detective produced bag Of candy
: ~ a hr,hr =" give w Il hopeless struggle and
Tommy surrendered II. was taken TO the
. M"ic-' -lrcrl polio" station. where they sent
Z hlul 80 the Gerry room TIA" scrubbing he
co. tlrr" ., traa.iormcd hun that he was a
100. o. -.Hf lll.a N.HH .-f u IAt. In fAaAA
. Mlci-'ra'" Pool III Jefferson Market yester-
daN .
over hi d"-k 20 survey N" ,1mall prisoner.
Won are rhnrsed with shoplifting and thu
roic" -ay hat Your" a very bad boy that
ali v"u. DO /. beg and teal l. that sos ~.
Well. rre>- VI. Judge" responded
dt" "ln'i Wyirio bow, iat wuoiks in de .torc.. 40
"Thc store detective testified 10 Tommy
a~rr>' 81" had followed him about the
h"au abb ~ ca',h him before
Yep, dat r.rhi. Jgdgc, put in Tommy;
4" l.Gy's right in W.T. ale says an she's all
rght hrr-cll Ohc TOR" detective blushedl .
ludg" ,nr'- q two times winner. she is. II
'tWI,u'' for h"r Wit never got me
Il aim got ~ ladder nor ugIdd"r. nor folks.
,m tM"-' nyn"T ~ 'a 5d i F@L T"P S"a! s'T we!
knows soilo i,raiiv slick g%raft.rs. ] does
lcy tell 10" how to work lie games We
! tIll . lttf l' tll' Is l' l'Hl w liilf 80 u Gil
I.dtcrA"ld liur de piokpoCket. dat I'll
vrj huw one lu-t 10 show what a slick srdole
f., an On Guc- lu~t got me hands on a
-v,ll tj,1rr al covered wild sparklcrs. weI
do lao, seq. me | starr 10 ~. lie coop and
sLn wells So som" Of dose Willie boys wal
utr'- dor" HAIR m a" middle 10 clap der paw
con- m"
But | fools dose chsppie gcezers 10 da,
! dcy lose, l"rr brCt'' an say, OH Deahi
Ia Ia bcl, 'cm ou 81" ty hut an Essex ctr eel
cur,-N wu' talks rtgt,u" uahs me. I'd lckec
on. ..ir ot han. ui Il dor lady hadn't nabbed
me ~, tud enough Ia b." caught by a Yid.
i,l.rr. Judge, huf / couldn't hat a Indy.
say. Jj,dg". | kIoW- Im .. dead 'un now,
! drc. 40 plcud~ guilty II youse'l onlS
~. ne a ,uau,t ter get a wiack at dat NUT
No ull to'~ has hair IN de middle III go tt
dc Isaul'
Mo magistrate began n lecture. but Tommy
INTERRUPTED AW say said he. cut II out
JUDGE. and do suuc'iig wld me
The S!usi.trH'" SAID he had decided Il
pv' hm IA an institution until he become'
OF nC"
"Dn''- all r.si'. Judge. " aid the prisoner
sulus.N a. long IT. Nul don't keep m,
Z TOO far away from 81" Buwcrv."