The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1902-02-21
Young Adam s'Lays IT, to Eve.

Feb. 2l.-"Women have been my ruin. -
was the explanation which 15-year-old Hy-
man Leech, a special delivery messenger in
the employ of a Sixth avenue department
store, gave for his downfall when he was ar
raigned yesterday in the Jefferson market
police court on a charge of having stolen
s445O from his employers. The women in
his case were cash girls working in the same
store, short-skrted slips of II or 10 years,
who evidently already had developed the in
stincts of some older sisters.
The Leech boy told Magistrate Hogan a
fearful tale about how they would come to
him with petitions for candy and treats, be-
cause he had acquired the reputation Of be-
ing quite a spark and how his tender heart
made it impossible for him to say no. His
legitimate income of $3.50 a week being ut
terly inadequate for such purposes, he stole.
The climax of the boys glory and the be-
ginning of the end was theater party which
he gave last Tuesday to two girls and an
other boy. He stole the s44.50 in order to
buy box for the evenings performance OF
Foxy Grandpa In the box he and his
friends sat in state.
The next day the Leech boy was arrested.
He told the magistrate that, while his first
name was Hyman, his girl friends had per-
suaded him to exchange it for Harold
Don't send me away, judge entreated
Hyman- Harold. This has been a turrible
lesson ter me. I'll never nave nothing to
do with COILS again.
The boy was left in temporary custody of
the Children's Society pending further ex-
animation.
A Victim of Gambling.
Suffering from continued losses at the gam
bling table, w. A. Leighton, who, Lawyer
Louis Karasik says, is prominently identi-
To1 urifl, fhoof lc md Inf Of
estate up the state has commenced suit
against David X. Johnson, we'll known in
sporting circles in this city, for the recovery
of $500. Mr.. Leighton alleges that Mr..
Johnson won this sum from him at faro
games at which only they two played In
lieu of cash, Mr.. Leighton says, he gave
Mr.. Johnson two checks for $1,000 each and
note for $500 to settle other losses sustained
during the play.
Some Stirring Rescues.
There were several stirring rescues during
a bad fire which destroyed the Florence
apartment house on Kingston avenue, be-
tween Herkmer street and Atlantic avenue,
Brooklyn, yesterday. Eight families scantily
attired were forced to fee from their beds
and climb down the fire escapes. The blaze,
which spread rapidly, was discovered by Ser
geant Julius Heidler, who lived in the
building.
Sergeant Heidler helped the members Of his
family to reach the street by way Of an ex-
tension in the rear of the building, and then
aided in arousing the other tenants and as
sisting them down the fire escapes. Soon
after the fire was discovered, tank filled
with oxygen, used for medicinal purposes,
exploded in the apartment OF A. H. Tiff, on
the first floor. The explosion added to the
| excitement and fear OF the tenants. Several
women jumped when they reached the bottom
of the fire escapes and were caught in the
arms Of Policeman Leonard and other po-
licemen.
Probaly the most heroic act performed was
the rescue by Rufus J. Suits of his aged
father, a helpless invalid. The younger Mr..
Suits, who is clerk in the Brooklyn school
boards office, lived with his family on the
third floor. After getting his wife and chill
dren down the fire escapes. Mr. Suits re-
turned for his father. With a clothes line
he bound the old man to his back and car
ried him down a ladder, which had been
raised by the nremen. The old man tainted
during the descent. He was taken to the
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