Waterbury evening Democrat., 1904-04-09
HAD TOO HUGH MONEY
 STOLE nISER'S WEALTH
Quickly Run Down by Detectives and Landed in Station Nearly All the Money Found-About $l2, 900 Was Stolen, and Over Nine of it Was Recovered-New Milford Boy and Five Waterbury Boys Implicated Boys taken to New Milford.

The boys were taken to New MIL ford on the l 80 train this afternoon. A Democrat reporter talked with them at the police station earlier In the day. Blodgett said he was sixteen years old and helped his father at the lathing business. He is stockily built and looked the picture of good health.
 Weimer gave his age as nineteen and said he was learning the machin- ist trade at the Farrel Foundry & Ma chine Go. He appeared to be 8 bright boy.
 McCormack remarked that he assist ed his father in the coal business. He is eighteen years old. slim, and to all appearance of a retiring disposition As he turned to speak to the reporter his face looked like that Of some thoughtful Sunday school pupil.
 Plant said he was learning the bricklayers' trade with G. s. Chatfield X Go. He is twenty years old and good looking. He was the best dressed one in the lot and when he put his handsome young face over to the bars one could not help thinking what pity 1t was to see such young man with bright prospects ahead of him on the road to ruin. Tn fact none of them looked tough and so far as can be learned none of them has any police court record worth mentioning.
 Just how they happened to fall from grace is not known. All have good homes and wanted for nothing. It is understood that in some way or other they had an acquaintance with young Turner. who used to see old Davis counting over his store from time to time at the window, and it Is believed that the youngster put them on the track Of what was there and with his assistance it was but a small job to. get hold of it.
 The amount already accounted for is less than $10O00. although Davis claims that there was S12,O0O in the trunk. but some of 1t was not in cash, so that probably he will not be much out. He is said to have put up a ter rible "holler'' when he missed his pile and remarked that after all bank was a safer receptacle for valu- ables than the ordinary trunk. He Is lucky to get back so much of his prop erty and no doubt when some of the professionals heard that he had such pile in the house they will feel like going around the corner and kicking themselves for not getting onto 1t be- fore it fell into the hands of anna teurs.
 During the day the family of young Plant sent word to the police that they had found $833, and it was turned over to an officer.
 The total amount found on the Wa terbury boys and in places where they had hidden 1t was $9,015.5O.
 When Chief Egan called the atten- ton of the detectives to the Milford case yesterday, John Kennaugh said that he had heard of plan to get hold of some old fellows money over six weeks ago. He knew the crowd and felt sure that this was the ''bunch'' wanted. He was right It Is the same old story with these youngsters. Too much night walking and a deter imitation to have their own way be- fore they knew how to take care of themselves turned them from the right road to the path which invaria- bly, leads to states prison and not in- frequently forceSoneto ascend the gal lows. The way they handled the mon- ey shows that none of them had any practical experience in the business and the fact that some of it was to be returned right away makes 1t appear as though all of them would soon get stricken and make amends for their rash act. But it is too late and they must face the music Much sympathy was felt for Robert McCor- mack this morning as he hobbled down to the police station bright and early to find out what was the matter with ''his boy" No doubt the par ents of the others feel the situation as keenly as MT Mccormack does. The recluse will get back most of his gold, but when will peace again reign i'll the hearts of the parents, mothers and sis ters of the foolish young men whose only portion of the plunder now avail