The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-08-10
Later This Morning'the Lad,
Behind Bars at the City
Jail, Tells the Reporters
His Story.
LAD STATES PARENTS
TREATED HIM BADLY
Youngster Was Taken in Gus
tody Because, 1t Was AS
serted He Was !ncorrigibIe
is a sad'c7se:

"She told me that unless was
,good. she would iput me in Jail and
send me to thei reform school" was
the excuse made by oneil Rhodus. the
bon of Mr.. and Mrs.
James Rhodus bf Hagerstokn. in the
,county Jail thib morning, for taking
trench leave frbm the Home for the
'Friendless. abobt 1 o'clock this morn
ing. The womah whom hi referred to
was Mrs. Mar4aret o. spencer. ma
tron Of the Homie for Fribndless. The
child was brought to tbe city yester-
day from gerAtown /and placed in
the home for kAepang until today
when he was to have been arraigned
In the Juvenile court for delinquency,
but owing to the illness of Judge Fox
this could not be done.
6ehIndathe Bars.
4 Locked behind iron bars and in a
ksteel lined cell. the little boy. who is
lprobably three and half feet tall, made
10 pitable appearance. He was almost
lin tears when he told his story but
lbore up with remarkable fortftude.
He has been called the young Wayne
Icounty desperate, but in reality it
would seem that he was a boy. some
what wayward, but with an ambition
no be just like other boys.
Report was given out that the boy
Jumped out the third story window at
tho home. He says that he was plac-
ed In q room at the Home for Friend
less and the door locked. In there
he was supposed to spend the night.
However. his desire for freedom and
home was not to be denied by such
means and he climbed through the
Itransom. that thing over the door.
He denied jumping from the window
tbut instead maintained that he walked
through the hall and made his exit
ithrough the front door.
10 Caught Again.
About o'clock this morning, he
farrived at the Pennsylvania station,
l1ntent upon catching train for home
However the big arm of the law. as
'tmpersonated by the station police.
man, sw0oped down upon him and he
was again placed in the custody of the
county. This time. however, he was
taken to the county jail.
Instructions were given for the boy
to be locked up SO that it would be
impossible for him to get away. Ac
icording to the statues 1t is not permis
Isible that child of his age be con
fined in the jail but in his case some
h0H fo no $ho ~
has no Juvenile ward.
Before the reporter took his leave
fthe little fellow begged that the news
paper man make some arrangement
whereby he might go home on the
noon train. Please mister won't yo,
ask them to let me go home, viii
come back again tonight" he said IL
parting.
Makes His Choice.
He took much interest in the reform
school where 1t seems that he mus
go. as his parents say they can d,
nothing with him. He asked whicl
was the best place to 90. Whites In
Dtitute or the Plainfield Reform
school. After a pause he said h,
lguessed he would go to the reform
techool in order to learn to be good
He makes no complaint about treat
.ment received from his parents. H
says that they whip him often an
hard because he is bad" He take
an interest In home and already
willing to promise almost anything t
get back to the protecting skirts q
his mother. for he has found that tn
outside world is cold. hard one.
He thinks that he can 60 to the n
form school. mind explicitly what tn
officials say and get out in year
time. He says year does not seer
70 be- long time. He Is ambitious I