Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-09-10
N0ETHER BEFORE COURT
No One Appeared Go Prosecute and
 Case Continued to Monday.

HuSS'S $S04, came to town last night and was surrendered by his father to the police, in whose custody he will remain until Monday morning at least.
 Noether is tall and q good deal older looking for his age. which is said to be Is He appears to have been in the sun considerably, for his face is we'll tanned and his hands are almost 1 brown He has remarkable stoop for one of his years and there is a daZed or silly expression about him. He appears to be one that might he easily led, for he obeys the police more like piece of machinery than boy l of 16
 Tuesday he left St Louis on a Big Four train and enjoyed himself as well as he was able until he reached l New York in the forenoon of yester- day There he was seized with full impression of the enormity of what l lie had done, yet he faced homeward, determined to meet the end no matter what 1t should be.
 He arranged his movements so that lie would not arrive here until eyen- ing. He went to New Haven. from New York and took the loop route from the Elm city, so that he could alight at some quiet point near the city and reach town at his own pleas I 1Illb arrangement He nOLlu6Q ms brother Vincent of and the latter met him in the suburbs. Noether left tho train at Cheshire and walked the rest of the way home.
 His father was pleased to see him and after he had heard the full story J of the boys rambles and conduct since his departure from town last Sunday morning on the 1 o'clock train, he es corted him to the police station and surrendered him. He was immediate ly locked up pending action by the pos lice
 Up to this morning there was no le- gally authorized complaint against the boy upon which he could be held. ex- .I cept on the general principle of police I regulations under which considerable power is given to a police department l in cases of this kind Everyone at all interested personally in the sensational transaction could enter complaint l against the boy, but none Of them had done so.
 Mir Egan could have him held for burglary for entering his house in the nighttime, and also for theft of prop I erty contained therein. Miss Conner ton, in whose custody the money actlt- ally was at the time it was stolen, could also enter complaint against him, and the. owner of the money, Mir Huss, could do likewise. In the ab- sence, then, of any complaint, Chief Egan this morning furnished the in- formation to Acting Prosecutor Me- Mahon, who thereupon issued a war trant upon which the boy is now held. He is charged with theft of $6S0, the I property of Mir Huss, and the case was called in the city court to-day, but immediately continued ito Monday morning under. bail of $500, not been conferred with. Prosecutor McMahon refused to give any information concerning the mat ter, but Chief Egan was as communI cative as could be desired. In the chiefs opinion his namesake, whose house was entered, has more cause for Icomplaint against young Noether than has Mir Huss.
 ,"He who steals my purse steals trash, Twas mine, 'tis his
 And has been slave to thousands.
 But he who tilches me of my good ! name
 Robs me of naugAt which enriches l him,
 But leaves me poor indeed"
 The chief takes the same view of the situation as the gentleman of Shakespeare's creation.
 It is doubtful if a parallel case to this can be cited, but one quite the op I posite occurred not very long ago. The principals were colored man and colored woman, and the latter was charged with throwing some powerful acid into the others face. When the case was called in court the injured man declined to prosecute provided the woman who injured him would In.N x.3% 13etr1l cr and that was the last of the case. In the Noether case 1t seems the police will endeavor to force those concerned into court.
 The home coming of young Noether proves that the vision of some of the blue coated guardians of the public peace is far from normal and that the safety board would makel no mistake i'll calling in an oculist with view to determining how many of the men need spectacles. After the disappear ance of Louis Husss money somebody informed the authorities at the police station that young Noether had been seen in the vicinity of the Egan resi- dence Saturday night, and the word was passed along among the officers to keep lookout for him. Sunday two of the officers reported that they had seen Noether out east, one of them being so sure he was not mistaken that he volunteered to make oath to that effect. The next thing they heard showed that Noether was several hun. dred miles from Waterbury when the officer claimed he saw him here. What then? Why, the conclusion ar. rived at was that if Noether had any, thing at all to do with the case he must have had an accomplice, who made off with the whole pile became repentant, and to shield himself used Noether's name instead of his own, so that really the authorities were at sea regarding the identity of the real culprit until Noether came along and owned up. There is absolutely no doubt but that the officer believed im- plicitly that he saw Noether, and if 1t I were case of life or death he would I have sworn to it before the supreme court of the United States, and Noeth CTS word nor that of a citizen with a l better reputation wouldn't count for