Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1910-02-10
SMALL BOY STOLE
LOAF OF BREAD


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ysaF-sla Hunter Ingram fer shs theft
OF evs-ssnt leaf 81 bread fren An
outside wrocers bread osx en- ksrth
Eighteenth street. estwesa Breet s.s
Harphan streets. Wsdn ssdsy. q ssorY
about a. pitifui and tspisrHbss -
could we'll be coaeeiveA wss s~ssght
10 uSht In shs Pslies Csnrt
In speaking OF tss ssss. Sssties
Crutssnsld AID:
This 10 absolutely The wsrss sass
81 the kint that Ass ssss srs~Shs
te my sttsstiea-
Az Onsers n ~ ys-Gas a.s w. n
Toot were soisG thsay reunss ws&-
| they noticsS q aEurs eDerEs frsDe ths
dsrkEees. AID With . hurried sAaRes
ever hts shoulder. creep Up 80 ths
bread hex and rasss the rG
The lad. fer II v~s Ne. Dut enc
baud into the osx. aaa. withdrAw1ng
| fellow rstraesd AIS stepA aad vhifs
Oncsr JOrdaA followed N hha vASs.
i Oncer loot hurried evor 90 The ben
and pearsd IN There. yiAx snDs-
Tested, were . number OF ether lOAreA
Tie boy was ahaooily drOsgeA. anS
this. ssuDled with the fact that snly
one leaf Was takan. pSon eanVtneeS
the minioRs Of the Law that there wee
a story behind the insidenl ThSx a.
tsrmiRed 60 iavostiGAte
The BOY went TO 4el FertA ExA-
teenth Street. followed By the ofAcera
and disappeared. Oe5csr Jorsan rap
ped on the door and was admitted D
the same lad they had oses follovins
Much az they would have prstsrTe<
10 drop the care. as sworn ofneerR q
the law. they had TO do their auty
lie was placed under arrest and lecks'
up.
In Police Court ne faced Justte.
John. Standing beside him vRE m
: / hF~e -
possibly forty or forty Ave year, ED
Justice John asked IA N. smith ans
Gilbert Pollock 20 represe . the az
cused and Commonwealth Attorne
Minitree r Folkes 20 act for the Com
imonwealth.
The lad testified that ne took IN
loaf OF bread because there was nc
a crumb 20 eat az home. II develope
= that the family was actually Eunerin
for the want OF food.
/ According 20 the boy. ne Was ser
by his mother in the morning early {
Keep an appointment with = part
l. " 40 promised 10 let him have
cents. The party failed 90 keep N
appointment. and the lad. bccomin
desperate. stole the loaf OF bread.
u was brought out in court tn
morning that the family has had nou
ling 60 eat for several days. nor fu'
. with which 20 make FIRE.
Officers Jordan testified IN coul
c house when ne arrested the boy ar
, THAT the rooms presented a bare al
q. pearnnce. window panes were out
many places. and in their stead pa
r. been stuffed old clothing The houi
N n which Mrs. Ingram and her Of
ID. spring live is said 60 be tOtterin
dilapidated. rambling structure. az
unsafe even Tor tenancy
j. FOR months az "a time. owing 10 n
h. ness. the mother has Been depenoe
- upon what few cents tho son earnc
- she has taken in washing. when ~
q. health permitted. while she has bee
Of given work at the Associated Char
81 ties. Both the mother and son. ho'
ever. have been unable 20 md ara
thing 20 do for sometime.
e o., men Justice Crutchneld was sat
b. fed that the woman was destitute "a
"A lacking the necessities 60 sustain h
ne suggested that a subscription
AZ taken. heading the list himself H.
a. were passed around the court roc
o. and everyone contributed somethlr
he several dropping in bills OF vario
10 denominations. Upwards OF SIS "
ar quickly raised. which WAS turne0 on
er 40 Mrs. Ingram.
is " r.. Davenport. "a county Ofhc
IA who lives at 2S23 Nine Mile no,
.et stepped forward and proffered 81
Ingram the use. free OF charge.
"a two rooms in his home. Mr.. Dave
nj port. as well as Captain Theo. Fowl
ia OF the Salvation Army. have interest
,a themselves I'm the case. and will
ms what they can TO alleviate the IA
a ily's sufIerings.
Ne