The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1911-12-23

Two more were added to the list of
vagrants to be gathered in near
Flomaton and jailed in Pensacola,
when a deputy sheriff yesterday ar
neither over the age of II years. in
his custody. They were William Rol-
lups and Frank Vought both of New
York, but who had been employed un-
til recently at Chattanooga. They
were found, like many others, near
Flomaton and arrested on the charge
of being vagrants. When the boys
were arraigned before the court of
record judge yesterday at the Jail,
they changed their pleas from not
guilty to guilty, upon advice of George
L. Randolph, of Mobile. and were SEN
fenced to pay a fine of SO and costs or
serve so days at hard labor.
Randolph, who is a foreman for the
Edison Co, constructing a viaduct at
Mobile, was on the train when the
deputy boarded the train with the two
boys handcuffed, and he became in
terested in them because of their age,
and was told that they were in search
of work and they exhibited letters
from their former employers saying
they were honorable and hard work
ing.
Randolph says he paid for some
thing to eat for them, and then be-
gan an effort to get them released.
but was told that the best way would
be to have them plead guilty. He
says he was promised by county
officer that If he would have the boys
plead guilty the court would suspend
sentence on them, and in that event,
said Randolph, he was willing to pay
small amount to secure their re-
lease, for he knew of the father Of
one of the boys. who is .stevedore in
New York for the Hamburg American
line.
However, when the fines and costs
were added up he found that the
amount went up to a large sum, and
he was unable to pay this great
amount, for mileage had to be charged
all the way from F1omaton to Pen-.
sacola. He says he has wired to their
relatives in New York acquainting
them with the condition of the two
boys.
BOYS TALK FREELY.
When seen by a representative of
The Journal last night. the boys did
not mind talking freely about their
arrest and told a story about as folz.
lows:
I'VE were at South Flomaton when
we were arrested and were walking
along the road.
How long had you been there?"
asked the newspaper man.
About ten minutes" replied one Of
the boys.
When asked where they were from.
both of the boys said their home
was in New York city and that this
was their first trip on the road. Re
turning to the subject of their arrest
at South Flomaton, they stated that
when they first saw the officer who
arrested them. he was some distance
from them and motioning them to
come toward him. which they did.
When they got to the man, whom
they did not know was a deputy
sheriff, he asked them a few ques-
tions as to where they came from,
how long they had been here, etc.
according to their statements. after
which he took a pair of handouts
from his pockets and cuffed them to-
gether.
"The jailor said you were not hand
cuffed when you reached the jail,
said The Journal representative.
mo, after we passed two or three
stations he took the off of u.s." replied
one of the boys.
Asked how the deputy sheriff treat
ed them while in his custody, the boys
said that he treated them all right.
They said after they were arrested
they were brought to the nearest rail-
road station, about two miles this
way, where they boarded the train.
Frank Vought said he was book
binder by trade and VIM. Rollups said
he just worked at different jobs be-
fore he left home.
One of the boys said he was II
years of age and the other said he
would be II in January.
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