Arizona republican., 1910-08-28
YOUNG sLEUTHs CATCH
 YOUTHFUL BURGLARS
RUN DOWN LADS WHO BURGLAR
 HE'D STORE AT FIVE POINTS
Show Shrewdness Worthy of Olde
 and Experienced Detectives.

! With a skill and shrewdness that
 would have done credit to much older
 and more experienced sleuths, Ralph
 Peck. aged 12 years, and Ernest | Woods, aged II years, secured and
 placed in the hands of the police yes terday, evidence which resulted a i few minutes later in the arrest of l Luther Miller and Milton Welch, who
 confessed that they had burglarized
 the Midway confectionery store early 1 Thursday morning, taking about forty dollars worth Of candy. tobacco and 1 fruit The youthful detectives sue
 ceeded in locating the fence" of the young "yeggmen" and recovering all 1 that remained undevOured or un- 1 smoked of the spells of the invasion
 of the Five Points confectionery. l Just when the police were at their
 wits ends in their efforts to run l down the perpetrators of the burglary, Marshal Moore and Policemen Trout
 man and Bradley hit upon the idea of securing the services of a boy or
 two familiar with conditions in that
 section of the city to do a little scout
 ing. From some underground source the police had learned some facts which made it seem that there was possibility that one or both of the boys finally arrested. had guilty know ledge of the burglary. But it was
 next to impossible for the police un-
 aided to secure the evidence neces- sary to cause an arrest.
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 crecy, young Peck and young Woods were given a free hand in the man ner of their procedure. After having spent some time in careful perusal of a juvenile edition of The Mem oirs of a Great Detective" they de- cided the way to win the confidence of the suspected youthful burglars was to secure possession of something which would appeal to the heart of the lads. And so they decided to purchase some firecrackers and se- cure permission to fire them off Now firecrackers will bring the average boy around on most any proposition and so Welch who was the first to be seen fell into the scheme. He offered to give Peck and Woods some candy if they would let him fire off some of the crackers. Peck and Woods pro- fessed to be somewhat leary about setting off the crackers about Five Points and were given an invitation to go up to Fillmore street, where Welch said he knew a spot where they would be unmolested.
 Welch escorted Peck and Woods tol 1341 Fillmore street, which proved hA viously been occupied by two sisters of Miller. who had been requested to leave town by the police some weeks ago, following several escapades in automobiles and upon the downtown streets. A few fire crackers were set off and then Welch was asked to produce the candy He went into the house and soon reappeared with a bountiful supply which the boys pro- ceeded to devour. Later the three set off for other points.
 Kidding themselves of Welch. the young detectives made their way back to the vacant house and going in soon located a boxful of various sundries usually found in confectionery store. Just as they were about to leave the place Miller appeared at the back of the house, but finding that some body was inside ran away.
 The two detectives immediately communicated with the police and Of ficers Troutman and Bradley started out. Troutman went to the house and secured the booty, while Brad lay started a search for Welch. He found the boy within an hour and l,f, 1AS Snss s..c. bot Miller had been occupying a room at the Phoenix hotel since his parents went to Prescott
 Officer Troutman went to the hotel but found the boy had left shortly before While Officer Bradley was bringing the Welch boy to the police station on a street car, he spied the Miller boy walking along the street. and jumping off. nabbed him, and then proceeded to the police station with both the culprits. Neither de- nied their guilt one claiming he want ed some candy badly and had no money. the other saying he was hun gry and willing to take almost any chance to get something to eat Mill Ter. who said he was hungry, claims he had breakfast at the home of the Welch boy and, admitted later that he could have had his dinner and supper there too if he had mind to go there
 The Miller boy had been in the re- form school for three years, and he broke down last evening when he realized that he was likely to once more see the inside of that institution. ! His mother has married since the death of his father, and is now in Prescott. So that be;ng without the guiding hand of a parent he naturally drifted astray. The Welch boy also has a stepfather but has always had comfortable home He claims the older boy drew him into the crime.