The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1908-03-12
STOLE OVERCOATS
TO BUY MEDICINES
FOR HIS Ill BRIDE
Youth Who Left Home
After Marriage, Blames
Downfall on Com
paTlIOn.

A st1ry of Illness and financial re-
verses following a elaudesuue MARRIAGE.
eliminating in theft by the husband that
medicine might be provided for his bride.
was reciJcd al detective headouarters
today by Frederick j. IIeuulug, who
was arrested for stealing OvercoaLs.
deuning, who is only nineteen years
old, atld bridegroom OF three months.
is under charge OF stealing clothing
from students in Central High school.
where he was once an idol and a cham
pion athlete. he is said TO have con-
tessed mis- guilt, but tearfully explained
that he wanted 10 supply his III wife
"1th the necessarIes OF life and remedies
prescribed by a physician.
Wife III, Man in Jail.
The young mans wife lies i'll az $50
street southwest, whittier they
went after his parents, according 10
his story. practically DIS, wned him be-
cause he married a Catholic gIrI. Hen
ming IS locked in a cell at the Second
precinct, and is said Lis wife is
without the proper care and attention.
Detectives Weldon and BurIingame
arrested Mortimer Hoover, twenty wears
old Of 2y0y Fifteenth street nortbyye,-r.
with Henning. The two are said 10
have been systematically stealing over
coats from the Central High School
cloak room for the last week and SELL
ing them al secondhand stores. Hen
ming was thoroughly peuusut today. lie
blamed his downfall on his cOruDau7Or
who was able 10 raise 500 collateral and
procure liberty until the case is tried
in the Police Cert
A number or Students in the Sevaurh
street school reported last week thai
their OyerCOats had been stolen. Rur-
lngdme and Weldon were assigned 10
HlilyestlsalS NV the IIeIts, The JanitOr OF
the school remembered that two Young
men came into the school several times
curing the week and gave the detectives
a description OF them.
Seen by JanitOr.
Yesterday, it IS charged. Henning and
Hoover went TO the cloak-room and
carried off four oyercoats, each taking
two. The jantor is said to have seen
them and reported the matter 10 the
detectives, The youths were ap9re-
hended a short distance from the
school.
Henning was unnerved by his arrest
and is accredited with a confession i'm
which he named the days and n45uber
of coats which he and MS com5anion
are charged with stealing. Two charges
OF larceny were against each of the
youths.
Henning SAYS this is the first time no
has ever been in any difficulty and
asked TO be dealt with leniently for his
sick wifc's sake.
II was forced to steal to keen INV
wife from Icing deprived Of needed
medicines" " he said. she Is --erv sIcI-
aha the doctor said the presentations
must be filled. I mad no work EVERY
thing has been going against me since
my marriage was discovered, and / he
came q thief
Wedding Secret Came Out.
II formerly lived with my people at
ZOOS FIRST street northeast, but fell in
love ana was secretly married in Wash
IE5ton three months ago. We tried 10
keep it quiet, but one OF two girls
learned Of the wedding and il was not
long before my parents heard of it, Il
was forced to tell them all about my
wife. who continued to live with her
people,
when my people learned Of my mar
riage TO a Catholic girl conditions be-
came such thar I left home and went
TO live in the Third street house. Ny
wife was taken III and we had no
money. / was once a student at Central
High School and took part IN athletics
there for several years. 1 knew the
boys there wore good clothes and when
I met Hoover ard he suggested that We
steal the overcoats and sell them &C
second hand shops I thought this was a
chance TO get some money 10 buy what
rHe.f ..H.