The Paducah evening sun., 1910-03-07
Leader 10 Gene Scott, Yellow
Boy, Who Goes to Re.
form School.
Two White Boys Turned Over
10 Parents.
DIME NOVEL HEROES GUILTY

Prompted by stories OF heroes o
dime novel fame. three boys. tw,
white and one colored. ranging II
ages from i2 TO II years were caugh
breaking In the roar door of A. NJ
I.eeyison 4 company's bottling work
at 5 o'clock last night the seconc
visit to the store that day and III.
-fth adventure In robbIng three othel
establishments and an Illinois Centra
box car on Flrst street. II. Fried.
man. at the bottling works, found
the place had been entered yester.
day afternoon and laid In wait last
night. The still watch" was re.
warded by the lads second appear.
ance there and they were held until
policemen took charge OF them.
Following the banners Of Gene
Scott. a little yellow negro who says
he Is ~ years old. and who was the
ring leader OF the gang" Willie
Futroll and John Wesley Carter
joined ln the game. 90 emulate keds
OF Jesse James. Before they com
pleted their plundering they had en-.
tered ave places and stolen and de-
faced valuable property. Patrolmen
Cross. Shrader. shelton and oglivie
nabbed them and the youthful out.
laws confessed to their crimes. War.
rants charging them with house
breaking were issued today and
Scott will be sent to the state re-
formatory by County Judge Barkley
10 remain until he reaches 81 years
OF age. The two Write boys will be
taken In hand by thek fathers.
Where they paid their first visii
u not known by the police. fester-
day afternoon A. NJ. Iaevison's Sec.
ond and Jefferson streets, wac broken
into and the young bandits ransacked
the once and are believed TO have
taken BEETLES away. This was prob
ably thelr hrst trip. The proprietor
decided to walt for their return when
the boys were caught Sometime be-
tween Saturday night and this MORN
Ing other places were visited by the
trio. The commission house OF Ex-
all & company. at ais South Second
street. was entered through the rear
door and lot OF oranges and other
fruits taken. The third victims were
Richard and Rodney Davis at the
Davis Sheet Iron Metal works. 129
South Third street, Smashing a
window pane at the rear OF the store.
the boys scrambled through the sec
tion OF the sash. They priced open
the private desk OF Rodney Davis.
secretary OF the Paducah Fair asso-
ciation. and scattered valuable papers
and letters over the floor. Opening
one OF the drawers they found 81
bill. 81 In silver. one-half dollar and
dimes and pennies. making a total
OF Sc that was stolen. Going TO the
front of the building they priced
open the desk OF Richard Davis. but
overlooked a dollar In small change
that was In one OF the drawers. Both
desks were badly defaced The rob
bors made their exit through the
broken window. several feet above
the ground, the lower sash being
protected by heavy screening.
On South First street a railroad
BOX car containing potatoes was
broken open, but nothing taken. The
boys confessed 10 breaking of the
seal on the car.
The next victim was w. w Sacra.
the photographer. at his studio. i16
South Sixth street. The studio was
turned topsy turvy and small
amount OF damage done.
The boldness with which the young
thieves operated Is q puzzle TO the
police department. Gene Scott has
been before the police several times
in the past few months on charges of
stealing beer bottles from bottling
companies. The Carter lad was be-
fore the police few days ago on a
similar charge. but they were turned
loose. Futrell is known to be a
bad egg.
The fathers OF the two white boys
will take care OF them and they will
be dealt with severely.