The evening times. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1906-1914, 1909-08-13
PUPPY LOVE"
Of YOUNG KIDS
LEO TO MURDER
Jealousy of Kids Over ode
Gals" at Bottom of the
Trouble
YOUNG THUGS CONSIDER THE
KILLING A COLOSSAL JOKE
Victim and His Pal Had Invaded the
Sacred Soil Of the Assailants to
Take Couple Of the Young Girls
to the Theater.

Take a Couple Of the Young Girls
to the Theater.
Chicago, Aug. 13.-That erratic
name Of youth termed by unromantic
age puppy love- led to murder last
night. 1t was Just a kids scrap."
put one OF the kids" lies dead at his
nome and four of them. not realizing
the seriousness of their plight, are
Laughing and jesting in the lookup of
lne west Lake street police station.
Two lads, Walter w. Gretschow. ~
years OLD, who is now dead, and Nor
r1s Goldstein, who is Is wears old
tnought last night to give expression
TO the affection within their hearts.
and SO they invited two fair ones to
go with them to the theater. The in
vltat1on was extended to MYRTLE
walsh, aged 16 years, and Bertha
richards, year younger.
Five Others L0itered Near.
So the youthful gallants went to a
west slde play house to buy the tick
cts. Returning, they paused for a
second time at the front door of
Myrtles house, where the two girls
were, to talk with them. Five other
boys, ranging in ages from Is to II
years, were lettering on the outskirts
OF Union park at West Lake street
ana Ashland boulevard. They were
George Lewis. Paul Watts, Frank
Smlth, Claud Buckner and Alfred
Nohrer.
Although two of these live north of
the Chicago & Northwestern railway
tracks, which run parallel to kinzie
street, they consider themselves the
south OF de tracks bunch"
Cries Lets Get EN-"
"Aw, look" said Nohren, according
TO the confessions of three of the bows
iMo Kids from across the tracks is
gabbin' with Myrtle and Birdie. Let's
get EN-" .
Jealousy instantly leaped up in the
hearts OF the youngsters. They start
ed toward the other group. Walter
and Morris saw them coming and.
leaving the girls, started toward
nome. The other boys all followed
except Claud Buckner, who remained
to talk to the young women.
Inc other four overlook their two
victims at North Ashland avenue and
Fulton street and started in Ito trim"
them. Three OF them hit Morris
Goldstein and two of them struck and
repeatedly Knocked down Walter
GretschoW. One OF them, the Lewis
boy. says he hit them both The sub
Jects of this beating ran home and
an hour later Walter was stricken
with cerebral hemorrhage and died.
Four Of the Five Arrested.
All the five except Nohren, who was
not found, were locked up by the Or
Ger OIL Lieut.. John Hartford OF the
West Lake street police station.
Nohren's arrest was ordered. They
were held without being booked" or
formally charged with any offense.
pending the coroners inquest.
That they were "just kids was
verified by their behavior today, when.
still imprisoned. they failed utterly
to appreciate the gravity of what had
occurred.
Sure, We killed i'm, that is, they
say he's dead,' said George Lewis, in
his cell, and then shouted to the lock-
up keeper: "Hey, there! Make them
two kids in the next cell quit throw
In water on U.s."
What did you do it for?" asked
visitor who interviewed the members
of "de gang"
sThey Was Sparkin' Our Girls"
"Oh, they come from across the
tracks and we didn't like their looks,
besides. they was sparkin' our girls"
was the debonair rejoinder.
You're In trouble now; do you
Know that you may be charged with
murder or manslaughter by the coro-
ner's jury?" Lewis, the most talka-
tive, was asked.
Yes. / s'pose so." he replied, and
slight shadow clouded his facetious
features, but only for a moment.
Il had nothing to do with it," piped
young Buckner, whose father is
lawyer.
That's right" agreed the rest of
the kids" 'He stayed to chin with
the girls rather than fight"
Grief at Dead Boys Home.
Contrasted with this was the dark
picture of grief at the home of the
dead lad. His mother sobbed and told
about her boy" His grandfather, an
aged man, grunted an imprecation
against "the young divvles that killed
him. His younger brother tried to
comfort both. Morris Goldstein was
there from his home across the street,
one eye blackened, telling how it was
done.
The two girls left their homes early
In the day to escape callers and ques-
tions.
VAN SAINT WINS
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