The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1904-11-18

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Darll1:ss crimes are often comm Ittea
Il Land \ ard Is aware OF the r act.
Youthful offenders are rarel II "a usSSat
In the act OF commit ting even slight
onenSes or, if they arc. toIersert
4 5polieeSi is moro often thang not I'm
clincl TO look with lcI1ient eyes on i
I n1isdenea nor, that in an older nerson-
would mean arrest by boxing the cars;
OF Tic tiny culpritsnn1 letting him go.
"A recent remarkAble series of hons
breaking cases in the Enfield district
In which the father of an GRAND boy
Twas sentenced to sSN years penal
seryitude for teaching his fourteen
4 ycarold son to oran1it burglaries.s
shows conclusively that the criminal
CLASSES do not hesitate to teach cIiif-
sdrent to do what they fear to practice
1 themselves
The Scotland Yard authorities know
commit various crimes with i1npunity
to aintents and purposes reform and
become respectable members Of the
community They open small shops.
and then in very. quiet way hold
classes of pupils eager TO pay for learn
ing the secrets Of the craft
The first thing the muster does Is
to examine the would be probationer's
hands The .fthiefs mark must show
up strongly on both or the boy or girl
is not WI rth the risk Of trimming. Even
If the child has clever light fingered
parents. and the '.thfef's mhrlx"5is nb
sent from its hands, the trainer VIII
have nothing 10 do with tile case. TIc 1
docs not believe in a child inherltinG
b its parents evil propcnsi ties.
Girls are mostly taught pocket pick
ing and how 10 steal tritles from shop
showcases. Members of both sexes are
well drilled in the art OF unblushingly
telling lies. They daily rehearsc hold
ups by imaginary policemen. The
trainer, OF course, acts the latter role
and #instructs the &you1g idea howato
invent plausible excuses at a second s
notice.
The girls are the shnrpest at this
game and very seldom get caught. \
trainer VIII never have anything more
to do.with#a child that has once entered
refornIatol.y. The clergyman there
has generally worked on The youthful
conscience, and ever after fits Of rel
pentance must be counted on TO occur
at inopportune moments.
IA Boy burglars are trained IN a very I
simple manner. It is argued that most
people living in Villas pay a great deal;
of attention TO bolts and bars on their
ground floors, but very little If any to
those on the upper floors.
Accordingly the juvenile Bill Skies
is provided in the early days OF his
training with ten#foot sflken rope L
tied in knots foot apart. Fastened L
at the end is strong but light steel L
hook. The boy is required to practfce
with this rope, throwing it in much the +
same way as "a lasso would be upIt a
window sill six or more feet above him,
SO that the hook holds to the stone: +
2 When the Iassoing Is acquired to the
trainers satisfaction the lad is next re-
CURED to shin up the rope without dis
lodg ing the hook from the sill. This re-
quires great deal OF practice. and
many are the falls endured As the
height is seldom more than ten feet.
and prior to this stage the boy has been
how TO fall, only slight bruises
result
The children in their first expedi-
ions are always taken and shown the
house that is to be entered in the day
time and instructed as to the best
pethods of entry to the back.
Then late at night the instructor
axes the little lad to the crib" and
rom a convenient spot watches his
pupil disappear according to instruc-
ions. The presence OF an adult with
boy Of tender years late at>nfght dis
rms any suspicion an alert police
nan might have If the boy were seen
Walking through a street alone. Z
L Once Mt the back Of the house. the
10Y, quite at his leisure. makes an In
pection of every window on the
round floor. If oneEopens readily he
nters by. 1T; If not be surveys the next
Ter. and in nine cases out of ten dis
overs that the bathroom window is #
artly open. That Is sufficient. From y
side pocket he draws the coil Of s.
ilken rope and couple of minutes
lter is standing inside the little room.
The juvenile burglar is instructed to
lake his entry by a bathroom Nyher-5 .