Los Angeles herald. [microfilm reel] (Los Angeles [Calif.]) 1900-1911, 1907-07-14

YOUTHS ARE
UNDER BAN
NINE BOYS VIOLATE THE
LAWS
CANNOT RESIST TEMPTATION
FOR FUN
Majority Of orenses Seem to Be
Without, but Very Near
to, tho Pale Of
Crime

Nine lads whose youthful feet had
istrayed from the paths of rectitude ex-
/ blamed the why of their misdemeanors to
Justice Rose in the police court yester-
day
Usually the boys hailed before that
august court are young in wickedness and
are UP for their first offense; but yester-
days assortment numbered several 'old
Offenders" Six of the little fellows re-
ceived sentences that will place them
under the surveillance of the law for
some time to come, and the remaining
three were bound over to the superior
court.
Wanted to Ride
dissemination to walk when a bicycle
was standing near got Frank Taylor and
Laurence Edmison In the tolls. The boys
were charged with having taken wheel
which did not belong to them. After en-
Toying a pedaling excursion around the
city the boys said that they sold the
wheel.
Captain Dodds of the detention home
suggested that the boys be sent to the
detention home as a resting place after
their exciting vacation experiences.
Have No Mother
A friend of the boys interceded and
plead for leniency because LaWence's
mother died two months ago. The boy s
father is an Industrious carpenter. The
lads will pass the next month in the de-
tention home, with probationary period
Of three months more after they get out
Before the bar of Justice came John
Foster and Willie Ryan, whose years
number II and 10, respectively. Petty lar
ceny was the charge against them, but
the patrolman who made the arrest said
that burglary was nearer the mark. He
declared that they had broken into
house three times.
Yearned for Good Time
The pair were charged with having
stolen sacks worth several dollars and
spending the proceeds in a good time at
the beach Johnny has short black hair
and his black eyes were filled with tears
He could scarcely see over the desk.
Willie came from Irish stock. His head
was shaved close. His short pants were
held up by one ST oender attached to the
trousers by lone nail. He, too, was
fearful. Willie was committed to the
superior court
John Denware also made a mistake in
appropriating sacks which were not his
own According to F. G. Schimer the
boy stole sacks woth s150. The lad is a
ward of the juvenile court and was recon-
mitted to Judge Wilbur by Justice Rose.
Needed a Suit Case
Ernest Wilbur, together with two older
boys, was said to have stolen suitcase
from 1924 South Broadway. His COM
panions were both over 16 years of age
and were each fined S. on a charge OF
petty larceny by Justice Chambers earlier
in the week. Ernest received the same
sentence and was also placed on proba-
ton for $50 days.
Somebody high in authority in the no
torious Express alley blundered the other
day, or, perhaps, like the lookouts in
Chinatown, slept At all events three
youthful gamblers were up before the
court yesterday charged with tampering
with the rolling squares for money other
wise known as shooting craps"
Boys Watch Officers
According to the police, the boys have
an elaborate system of lookouts which
runs from Fourth TO Fifth street, between
Spring and Broadway When officers APP
proach the lookouts give the signal, and
for this reason it was difficult to catch
the young gamblers.
Although the officers were DESTROYS that
their efforts should be rewarded by the
conviction of their young prisoners JUS
lecture. He warned the lads that the
next boy caught would have to serve a
straight jail sentence. Boys" he said
'you go back to your alley and tell the
other boys that the next one who comes
up here for gambling in that alley will
go to Jail and stay there awhile. The
business people around there are tired OF
being bothered by you. I've given you a
fair warning and you will get no mercy
in the future. Do you think you will be
good?'
The trio piped their little Yes" in rec
ord time and departed to tell their mates
Of the order of the court.