The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1910-11-24
YOUNG THIEVES
ARE IN TOLLS
Of THE LAW
GEORGE PATEL AND ALFRED
MICKEY AGED Is BURGLAR
lied THOMAS GROCERY
SUNDAY EVENING
Arrested in Bed Early Monday Morn
inn Boys Admitted Offense-Have
FABRICATED in Many House
Breakings.

ueorge falZel, ana Alfred WlcKey
each aged 10 years, were arrested at
the homes of their parents lat 200
o'clock Monday morning by local Off
GERS charged with the offense of bur-
glarlzing the Miner Thomas grocery
store. The youthful transgressors
admitted the offense and their cases
has been referred to A. c. North
local& probation officer Mean
whle warrants charging burglary
have been issued against the juve-
niless
At about | clocl. Monday morning
while making his tour of the business
section, Nightwatchman Mitt Nc
Kinney, noticed that the rear door,
of the Thomas Grocery store ,locat-
ed at the cornor of LaPorte and
Center streets, was open. He threw
his light into the room, and perceiv-
ed that no one was there and then
telephoned to Clarence Slayter tell
ing him of the open door. Mr..
Slayter at once came to the store.
and together the men made an inves-
tigation. 1t was found that the cash
register had been rifed of small
change amounting to $2.42 also that
a quantity of smoking and chewing
tobacco, gum and lead pencils had
been stolen. The nightwatchhan at
once recalled that he had sent the
Wickey and Patel lads from off
the streets lat about Hoo o'clock,
and at once surmized that they were
guilty of the thievery. Marshall
Jacoby was summoned, who went to
the residence of August Mickey in
south Plymouth, while Mckinney
went to the home of Ren Patel, af-
ter the Patel lad. Both lads at
frst denied their guilt, but soon ad-
mitted the thef.s. However both con-
tinued to deny stealing the money
from the register. They admitted
looking into the register, but affirm
that it was empty. They also told
the officers that they tried the safe,
but found it locked
Wave of Thievery.
A wave of burglary by juveniles
of the city, and of petty thievery
has been going on for severals weeks
The wholesale grocery of b. f. Lin
kenhelt on west CAIRO street, was
entered by couple of boys who stole
tobacco etc, few weeks ago. These
boys were identified. and their par
ents, settled the thefts, and the mat
ter was hushed. The bowling alley
operator by Dudley Wiggins was
broken into, by the same lads and
miscellaneous articles, tobacco, bot
tied goods, etc, were taken The
Patel lad figured in this with anoth-
er, who was involved in the Linken-
helt offense and these boys paid for
their thievery, by working it out,
setting pins at the bowling alley.
The Patel boy, also admitted rifiing
cigar machine in the Clipper Cigar
Store. by obtaining key, to the
machine and when unnoticed took
out couple dollars in nickels. A
few weeks ago the same crowd of
hoys, which include the Patel and
Mickey boys. and pair of others,
stole quantity of bottled beer from
the spring house of j. A. Molter IN
west Plymouth. Later they were
found to have been engaged in a sys-
tematic rihing of the Pennsylvania
freight house, and freight cars, of
bottled beer. and other goods, being
shipped.
The cases are in urgent need OF
solution as these boys are of tender
years, but more dangerous because OF
the influence which they have on
their companions.