The Billings gazette. [volume] (Billings, Mont.) 1896-1919, 1902-01-21
ERRING LAD GLADLY ACCEPTS
OPPORTUNITY.
ASHAMED OF HIS POSITION
Will Not Leave Jail Until After Dark
to Escape Public
Notice.
Sundays Daily Gazette.

From Sundays Daily Gazette.
The fact that the events through
which he has passed during the past
few weeks have worked a change in
Roy Huffman and caused him to
realize his position and the manner in
which the world regards conduct such
as he has been guilty of was made
more apparent than ever yesterday,
when his brother arrived from Sturgis
City to. take him home.
Instead of maintaining his old de-
faint and Indifferent air, he appeared
contrite and humble when he beheld
his brother and could do nothing but
cry when spoken to. When asked if
he were willing to go back he express
ed great pleasure to be given the op-
portunity and gladly assented. What
was considered as the best evidence
of a change Of heart was the fact that
he exhibited shame at his position and
requested his brother to permit him
to remain in Jail until after dark, say
ing he did not want to be seen in pub
lie and recognized as the boy who had
gained so much notoriety because Of
his hayward conduct. His request
was granted and he continued to oc-
cupy his old quarters until darkness
interviewed, when he was liberated and
accompanied his brother to a barber
shop and bath room, where he secured
himself and was rugged out in a COM
plete change of clothing bought for
him by his brother. Last night the
two departed over the Burlington for
their home.
To a Gazette reporter G. w. Huff
man, the boys brother, said that he
was at a loss to understand Roy's
conduct. Up to the time he disappear
ed he had always. been a good boy
and conducted himself in a manner to
gain the esteem OF his teachers and
all others. He had attended school
regularly and had been considered
one of the brightest members of his
class and had never manifested any
desire to be bad or even unruly.
Prior to making his home with him
Roy had lived with their mother in
Idaho. Last summer MI. Huffman
said he had visited them and because
of the absence of proper school facil-
tiles had taken Roy with him to Stur-
gis and given him a home in his own
family and up to his sudden disappear
ance Roy had always appeared happy
and contented.
When he took the notion to run
away MI. Huffman was east and Mrs.
Huffman sick in bed and no one was
there to look after him. After leav-
ing. Sturgis he went some miles into
the country to where Mr.. Huffman
has a ranch and told that he had been
given a vacation. There he took pos
session of an old pony and rode him
about for a few days. Suddenly both
he and the animal were missing and
the supposition is that he rode the
horse off. At all events the animal
has not been seen since then, and as
up to the time Mr.. Huffman spoke
he had not asked Roy concerning it,
he took it for granted that he had sold
the cayuse. Mr.. Huffman was in
clined to disbelieve the story that
Roy had visited Livingston before the
time he was arrested there, as he
thought the time which elapsed be-
tween his disappearance from Sturgis
and his arrest was not sufficient to en-
able him to double the road, which
would have been necessary had he
been there and returned to this city.
Mr.. Huffman confirmed the report
that Roy had considerable money COM
ing to him, saying the sum of 5 5000
had been left to him by a relative and
would pass into his possession upon
his majority. He also said that he
intended to place the boy in a Sisters
school at Sturgis, where he would be
kept free from bad company and re-
ceive moral as we'll as mental train
ing. Should he manifest any DISPOSE
ton to again "break out" he would
place him in some military or sim
liar school.