Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1907-06-04
!stans!in Vauev
!rus! Co.
CAPITAL, $50, 900
$4,000 deposited with State Treas
urer to secure depositors
PATS4 PER CENT. ON DEPOSITS
OFFICERS:
A l. KREUTZER, Pres.
NJ b. RosENBERRY, Vice-Pres
G. b. BIRD, Sec'y and Treas.
PAYS4 PER CENT. on DEPOSITS
OEFICERS
STOLE COPPER WIRE.

On Wednesday morning nine boy:
were arrested and brought into muni
cipal court, charged with the theft o.
copper wire and brass stencils from the
Wisconsin Box Co. For several month,
thefts of such articles have been maft
at the company's plant and a quie
effort has been made for long time to
locate the guilty parties. Finally
enough evidence was collected to war
rant the arrest of nine boys, who owned
up to some of the differing
Seven of them were engaged in the
wire stealing and two in the theft oi
the brass stencils. From the story told
by members of the larger gang it APP
pears that they went to the box factory
some time ago and while two of them
engaged the night watchman in con
versation the other five unwound the
wire coil in dynamo. AS the work OF
unwinding was slow they did not com.
plete their work the first night, but
finished ii he following evening They
took it to second hand dealer and
sold it for 81 80 though its value was in
excess of that amount several times
The two boys accused of stealing the
brass stencils freely admitted their
guilt and gave very damaging testi-
mony against the second hand goods
dealer to whom they sold their plumber.
To this dealer they made two trips, re-
ceiying Sc per pound for the brass the
first time and Zoe the second time.
The stencils are made of finely polished
brass and are used in putting firms
names on boxes manufactured in the
plant. Each one is worth considerable
money and great many were stolen.
The court discharged the boys, warn
ing them that if caught again in a
similar act they will he sent to the re-
form school
Ii was discovered some months ago
that brass rolls formerly USED by a
picture frame company of whom the
Wisconsin Box Co purchased its plant,
had disappeared. The rolls were kept
in large trunk and while they were of
no use to the box company they would
be worth several hundred dollars to
any moulding concern. They were
worth considerable as pig brass. The
boys diSclaimed any knowledge as to
the theft of these rolls and IT is very
likely that they were stolen by other
parties. One of the boys, however,
stated that one day last winter he met
a boy hauling number of these rolls
up town who stated to him that he got
the rolls at the box factory He gave
the police the name of this boy.
Leopold Kreide, who purchased the
copper wire, returned it to the com
pany when he learned of the boys ar
rest. Following disposition of their
case the district attorney caused the
arrest of l.. Fingerhut, charging him
with receiving stolen property. The
boys in their testimony charged Finger
hut with encouraging them in their
piltering operations, He admitted
having received the stencils, but de-
MED that he had abetted the boys in
their work. Not knowing that the
otfense charged against him is one
punishable by a prison sentence he
asked what the fine would be if he
pleaded guilty His hearing was, upon
his own request, continued To Fri day.