The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-03-22
PAGES II TO "a
By Josiah FIynt
and Francis Walton.

know what that means. Ruderick' he says: 'the kids
fly bloke They keep crackn' YOU up as Professional
-, ' - " MhlIe you begin think yourself that
nov" and al the end o. the year didn't think any more
aooul s9Ih pack To the sov'nor. ia made mp my
Itu MouId De not stun an Professional am one
night another boss kid am me- we jumped out one o.
tne WlhdoNs am got away He knew of place where
mere was selnoleons YIN loose. am We went am got
en- an j been hittin it up thar way ever since. He's
IN mere too We got pnched for golu ou the dip am
lhe Judge gave as both three years Thought they'd
put as together but they didn't He's fin the cigar
factory an ! over in Jhe foundry. Gosh iJs hard
work i'm that foundry Ruderick The guard e-r r. Inn
Lof me- TOO lie does me every time he gets a chance.
I've been in the dungeon twice already
Wen don't need 20 tell You how falt-that KID
Z I'd been bankin' on 1 suppose ought to "a brseeC
him uD again an talked The warden about him au
sol ms govno on his track but fellow like me aint
opposite. mans skill aches u him tim he gets u out.
sust IKE me right words for thing an trained him
70 be professional I didn't do it, right away. For
nearly six months kept squeeziu my brains 10 figure
OUT what ought to do but it's temptation to a fel-
low ike me 10 have chance make good thirr out
on d. smart KID. don know DO you've ever been iu the
same fix yourself. but sometimes The temptation
Lfe Always oeeh a. tipoa am can help uEuun ont
what can make of neryy Kid If + get my biukers
on him. Course after what told him three years be-
lore ln the JAN bout goln' back TO his goyuor am
bracn up 10 seemed eaten words give him the steer
] dldi but Il was square with him. one might told
him what ] would wouldn't do just as hc wanted.
Kid says him. can put you Next if yll like am
make you hrst-class CRATER bur you want 90 make
up your mind for keeps whether you want f0 be- one
or not You can't play with the business. You got To-
forget an about the g0y'n0 Once CRATER you've
got 10 stick To il if you're g0iu to succeed
Ruderck my gov HOru never see me again. I'm
a thief an he'll feel better thinkin I've croaked'
He meant IT, an for the next eWeye mouths-he
wise one. 1 don't know if you ever trained a Kid o-
not but let me tell You that there amt auythn nicer
I'm this world than fashouin' youugster with brains.
II JUS hhe uaihlh hld % your own % u haJcI
him gettin next day after day am you keep sayn' t0
Tor hlnl IL dlscouragln as The devil when The Kid
amt smart but that Kid { bad smart as they
make em. He'd catch ON TO what was describin' 10
MN lore IL even finished what i was sayln-' i see
Sec he'd say; an 1 could go ON TO s0methiu else
What surprised i'm most was The privileges
boke can get i'm thc pen if he knows how. ] had lm
out o. the foundry i'm the feather pickn' depart
ment-the sOftest snap I'm the ulaee-a week after 1
took hold of him. There MAS detective had the
o. the place am he am the warden grated together
The fly cop would find which pri5 could raise
the stun To make il nerestin' for him TO go 10 the
warden an ask fay0rs for em. am then he am the
warden nd dvvy. I knew the fly cop from way back
an / worked him without money He knew was
straight steer. Says he: .McKowd, if you'll put me
next 10 anythn' that you knows g0in on outside I'm
hhtW Lle bioAes OUTSIDE AN was LAey lo De aDe 10
tell him what they d0n'. am Ire wanted TO get
wise off me- pretended 10 take the Zip. an he began
SHOWN me Idtors amt zone Such lau YIN lA d.
did To that copper. but he never got TO
open out IN Chicago next month an You want To ger
next He'd thank me- am Tell The warden 10 do some
.thin for me 2 wanted. and then go galNantn all
over the shop Course the sale was never down bul
all i had to say that the crooks had probby got
scared Off an he took il an in
Il think that could a. got the Kid out o. the
pen through that copper 1 might a had 10 put up
little cash grease things but the fellow had an all
fired big Dull. He knew bout the Warden's ben'
crooked an the warden knew bout him. an both had
square each other. See2 BUT didnt.tIy To spring
The kid. ius kept ON trainin him You know What he
is today. We old uns call him The Michigan Kid. but
the coppers all know him the fly Detroit crook
He amt been in prison i'm the last ten years an yet
ia a. i'm rTfE RIGHT "a FHru q
houses i'm Frisco an owns big gambln joint lu
Chan / guess he CRAFTS ten thousand every year
besides He's slick they can't touch hln He SHOWS
up In Detroit every no" ana tlel am 'lley lo.h I'm
up suspicious character If it's circus day or there's
in few days. There's bokes Jhat can MN q IIeaNt
they say he had luck. That's rot IN all the Crooks
this country had that kids brains they De Just PAS
successful toll you brains count Tor as ur III .li7
business as they do in bankin. If you amt got EN-
you can't be y No. J.
Il saw the kid bout a year ago over in York. an
he told me e his govnOr still had a reward out I9r
any I'D give him news of his son He read bout
it, he said in a western paper He asked me II
Thought he ought to write To the bid mau. I told m
when Won am me was i'm the pen Josehe-. You
couldn't stay home if you went there SO why make
a bull show uD at allE
That may be. kid, I says but you ought 90 d
thought that out years back. It's too late now. lie
agreed with me-
were shot back and this time there was no letter to be
IAN ready, boys" the sheriff called; 'his h0nor's
The men and boys were handcuned together il
Good luck. felows.' we cried after them.
And in solemn procession, with the sheriff Mt me
head they went to their fate some OF u2en are sun
dom time" others again waiting for sentence
day and a few have passed on TO that final court
from which there is no appeal and which ,hey dread
least Of all
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