The Norfolk weekly news-journal. (Norfolk, Neb.) 1900-19??, 1911-06-09
Young Boys Are involved.

from the old candy factory within the
past week. Four small boys-Glenn
Emery, aged Is, son Of w. A. Emery of
the Norfolk Lumber company; Elmer
Davey, son of Engineer j. Ii. Davey,
aged IA Leon and Harry Cornell,
aged IL and ID respectively, sons of
II. II. Cornell, a local carpenter-are
implicated by Chief of Police Mar.
quardt, Special Agent Peter Jolly and
Patrolman O'Brien, who arrested all
but Emery Friday afternoon. Each
of the three boys has already made
confession to Agent jolly, admitting
they entered the factory on two occa-
sions, obtaining forty.fiye boxes of eli.
gars all told. The Emery boy got
twenty-six boxes, it is said; Davey,
four; Leon Cornell, Is, and Harry
Cornell. All but fifteen boxes, those
alleged to have been taken by Emery,
have been recovered. Emery is being
searched for by the authorities, but
his companions have told the police
that he said he would beat it." They
claim that Emery had traded off some
Of the cigars.
Two of the boys also declared Da-
vey had sold few boxes Of the stolen
cigars to local expressman for $1.50.
The man they mentioned Is now out
of the city.
In their confessions, the boys ar.
said to name about four men of this
city, who the boys claim have stolen
many of the cigars from the old can
dy factory. They say they saw sew.
eral men in the place Sunday and that
the men quickly shut the door as they
passed. They can identify the men,
they say.
See Men Stealing Cigars.
I'VE were coming home from swim
ming Tuesday afternoon" one boy
said, land we saw the east door of
the factory open. We went in and
took four boxes of cigars that after.
noon. At night we came back but the
door was locked. We put lot of the
cigars in stacks near door, of which
the panel was out. The panel was
pushed in and we put the cigars in
sacks and took them away"
factory they were driven away by men
who threw a sack out of the door and
told them to blow" The men, say
the boys, re-entered the factory.
The stock of goods in the factory is
the property of G. D. Butterfeld and
w. A. Witzigman.
The first discovery of stolen goods
was made by Clifford Parish, who
found Davey in the rear of the C. P.
Parish store hiding a sack of cigars
under bread basket.
These cigars Leon Cornell was said
to have hidden near the Lincoln school
building on the night of the robbery;
they were too heavy for him to carry
and he intended to return the next day
for them. In the meantime other boys
found them and showed them to
Davey, who identified them as the
property Of the Cornell boys. Davey
took them in charge and concealed
them behind the Parish store, where
chief Of Police Marquardt found and
brought them to the city Jail.
Sell Eight Boxes at 15c.
One humorous transaction among
the youthful robbers was the selling of
eight boxes of the stolen cigars for
fifteen cents. George Cornell, an cid.
er brother of the two boys involved,
loaned Glenn Emery fifteen cents to
go to the skating rink with. Davey in
formed the money lender that he
would never get his money back.
George took eight boxes of the stolen
cigars, which Emery forced one of the
Cornell boys to carry home, as Sc
curity.
"The cigars were too heavy for En-.
cry and he made me carry Them" said
Cornell.
The boys were paroled by Chief of
Police Marquardt, who gives credit to
Mr.. Jolly for the quick work in the
case. More developments are ex.
pected.
Chief of Police Marquardt reports
that there seems no chance of captur-
ing Emery. The lads father informed
the chief that he had sent the boy out
of the state. 81 think the matter will
be dropped" says Chief Marquardt.
There seems to be no one ready to
make complaint against the boys"
1t was one of the Cornell boys who
was implicated in a theft of money
and gold watch at the Country club
last summer. The father pleaded for
parole, declaring he would see that
thn hove