The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-09-28
Acknowledged King Of the
Youthful ''Court House
Gang" Submits After Or.
deal of the Third Degree.
YOUNG CROOKS BRAZEN
ACTS CAUSE ARREST
Taken Into Custody After
Haunting the Police Head
quarters lnquiring ''Who
the CuIprits Were."

WHICH mas never Deen cnrO0lcled In
local police legends. and 10 perhaps
without parallel for pure unadulterat,
ed nerve. Frank Townsend. aged l3,
recognized leassr Of 4 juvenile -un-
desirables." in order % sva11>Gnspicaoa
from himself. visitqf police helaquazt-
ers on three diffefent occasions yes-
terday and anxi6usly inquired ifttAe
culprits who eykered the ONCE OF he
Commons Dairy company on 0oGfA
Fifth street. Sunday night. ana st6le
$1S2 from tie safe. had been causAk
Townsend was arrested On the oconp
sion of hie last visit to headQuarter6,
but acted his part nobely. exhibiting
such a degree Of surprise when lock
ed up that even the police were led
to wonder for . few minutes II tholR
suspicioos were not unfounded.
Finally orsas<s Down.
1t was only after tho stif6est kind
of dose of the third degree" had
been administered to Townsend aur-
ing the greater portion Of the night
and early again this morning. that the
young man finally lost his nerve.
broke down and confessed to Patrol
man Henry vogelsong that he vas the
guilty party. He made . cleaA breast
Of thu whole affair. He s1Atsd hat
lhe waa told tho oonDnon6 -,
safe byfEarl Graham. IN 1lleeoQ 66an-
Der of Ms gang. who II employed ~
delivery boy for the Commons CON-
pany. and Who knew where the secret
paper was locAted. Townsend declar.
ed that he robbed the safe whilo
Charles Lotus stood guard ON the
outside to warn him Of the approach
of the employees or policeman. Ac-
cess was gained to the building
through a cellar window In the alley.
he stated. He denied the fact that the
safe was left unlocked by the pro-
prietors but declared that he had no
difficulty in opening It. With the know.
ledge Of the combination.
Find Hidden Money.
He told Patrolman vogelsong where
the money was hidden ut his homo On
North Seventh street and the officer
visited the place Of concealmeut this
morning. securing &63.53 Of the loot,
including ~ two cent stamps. - ones
and 20 Of the five cent denominatioo.
The money was in bills and . bag full
Of silver and small change.
Practically all Of the stolen pe1vaAo
papers and certificates Of deposits for
81 900 On IN out Of town hank. belong-
ing to Walter Commons WeEe also re-
covered.
Townsend stated that he gave Loe.
tus nifty cents - his share ol the
loot for Standing guard while hs vusi-
ed in the office. Notwithstanding this
small amount Lotus refused to give
way" on Townsend and II Was not un-
til after the latter had confessed 70
the theft did he acknowIedge The
| whole affair to CHIEF Staubach and
Patroaman McNally amid tears end
plaintive sobs.
Claim s1os seelsn.
The company in going over their
books again state that only sos had
been stolen but Supt- Staubach II in-
clined to believe Townsend's story
that @63.53 was all he had taken. and
declares that II the company will %
over their books xgain his statement
will be found correct II II probable
however. that Townsend has some
more Of the stolen money hidden at
his home and thorough search Of tAs
premises will be fEf tftuted-
| Townsend bears . bod reputation.
He Is now On parole from the Jefles.
sonyille reformaAory where he was
sent some time ago for larceny. The
police regard him a. one Of the most
daring young criminals In this section
Of the country. They are deserving of
much praise for the manner in which
they landed him and forced . confes-
sion. Il was through the unfiring e(-
forts Of Pafrolman vogelsong who
cross examined Townsend Tor hours
that the desired end was finally ac-
complished. Chief Of Police StaubacA
also comes in for his share of the
credit, being instrumental - forcing
Ia confession from yong Loftns-
Townsend VII be bouD6 ovof 70 tAo
circuit court and WIN pEobah1y - sen-
tenced to the reformatosy lnedlate-
". The sentence for burglary = ftu0
| ten to twenty years Lotus YIN Prob
ably be sent mp Tor . long term q
the PlainfIeld reform school Frank
LAugel and Allie Earls Who were -.
rested In connection With the ro6beTy
I'm al probability WIN - released .
It h believed thev veeo not implies,
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