The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-07-01
'RUNY ON AGAIN
| HELD FOR THEFT
Richmond Boy Caught
in Act of Commit
ting Burglary.
HAD TOOL KIT
AND LANTERN
North Carolina Boy With Him at
Time Locked Up on Same
Charge - Runyon's Mind
Known to Be Unbalanced.
Escaped From
Georgia.

Eley B. Runyon. son of Or. Emily e.
c. Runyon. of 1922 West Grace Street.
was arrested at o'clock yesterday
morning in Washington on q charge OF
| burglary. His companion, Julian ~.
] Wichard son of a ioriner newspapers
editor in North Carolina, was caught
at the same time, just after they had
entered physicians office in a FASH
ionable apartment house. Both boys
We're measured and Photographed AZ
| police headquarters and held for
1 preliminary examination in the Dis
trtct Of Columbia Court this morning
! Each was armed with "a revolver and
a complete burglars kit. including .
dark lantern. 1t was the flashing OF
the lantern that attracted the atten-
ton Of Policeman c. H. Murphy TO ths
house and resulted in their capture.
| .Runyon, who is seventeen years OLD.
and Wichard. eighteen. admitted nav
ing committed robbery Tuesday.
night at the home of Edward A. Nose
ley. secretary of the Interstate Com
merce Commission.
Boys Mind Unbalanced.
The mother Of young Runyon hau
not heard of his arrest until informed
of that fact by The Times s-Dispatcr
last night Two months ago he was
arrested in Savannah on similar
charge, and held there. A Richmond
lawyer. who went to Savannah to look
after the case. got from Governor
Brown release order by which he
could leave Georgia and go to z
| reformatory near Annapolis. but on tha
day the paper was signed Runyon es-
capped from farm just outside of Sa-
vannah, and nothing more was f1earG
| of him here until news came of his
arrest in Washington.
| Eminent doctors who examined him
agreed that he needed an operation TO
clear some foreign substance from his
brain, the general idea being that he
was not of sound mind. Savannah Off
GERS declared they had picked up hum
dreds of boys charged with various
offenses, but that none had displayed
such an abnormal mind as young Run
yon. They agreed with the physicians
that he ought to be in sanatoriuri,
rather than in prison.
Talks Abnormally.
Some effort will be made to have
the boy turned over to a reformatory,
and 1t is probable that Richmond
lawyer will be in Washington to-day
to urge that he be sent there or to
some Institution for treatment
Runyon admits he has travelled all
over the United States and says he
has been implicated in number OF
rob berries.
Il learned the game from man
who is doing time in the Richmond
Penitenttary." he boastfully admitted.
Its just like gambling."i1e added.
You eventually go broke, get bold,
and get caught"
wichard says his visit to the Mose-
ley residence was the first time he had
participated in robbery.
II didn't know exactly what my
companion was going to do that
night" he stated. II remained out
side and watched while he climbed
through the second-story window and
got what he could find Last night I
did know what / was doing, and Tn
glad / was caught"
Met Runyon at Atlanta.
The boys say they Were living at
the Little Piedmont, s3 1-2 Peachtree
Street, Atlanta, prior to coming to
Washington. Wichard says he met
his companion at the hotel, and that
he had only known him since Sunday.
but Runyon says he has known Wtch-
ard some time. Runyon seems to favs
financed the trip to Washington,
Wichard saying that he was broke and
that he had no way of getting funds
He was kind to me- Wichard said,
"and spent his money so freely that
sequel-well. YOU know that
Tuesday night when the pair reach
ed the national capital, theysw went to
the Hotel johnson and registered. u
About midnight they started out to
get what they could from residences
in the northwest section of the city.
selecting the house of Mr.. Moseley
first. Wichard watched for the police
from the outside, while his companion
I.
a second-story window, taking s29 in
cash and a medal for bravery from
the house. a cap belonging to Mr..
Moseley was also taken. and 1t was the
initials in the cap which brought
about an Identification of the property
found in the room at the hotel.
Early yesterday morning at&the Ce-
Gil Apartment House the young men
had succeeded in gaining entrance 10
the office of a physician There was
nothing in the office that they wanted.
they told the police, and they LETT
without taking anything. They were
looking about for another apartment
TO Investigate. and the flash from the
lantern was seen by the policemen.
Argued With Policemen.
Seeing the officers approaching the
pair of youthful robbers dropped their
revolvers, lantern and other tell-tals
property and remained where hoy
WERE seeming more anxious to argue
the question with the policemen and
talk their way to freedom than they
were to make an effort to get away.
The policemen took them into custody
and sent them TO the Third Precinct
station. later making search and tind-
ing the burglars outfit,
Wichard says he is a printer but ha
has not worked at that business re,s
Gently His father. he says, published
in Salisbury, Lnmherton. Flick
ory and other places In North Caro-
lima. Later he went TO the southwest
part of Georgia and lost his money, Il
He is anxious that his father shall h
not know OF his trouble, saying hS III
would rather have him remain IN fs.