The evening world., 1912-02-08

AND BADPETE,11
O0NW ARPATH
Juvenile Desperadoes Set Two
Fires and Attempt Daring
Gun Holdup.
THEY LAND IN COURT.
And Now Whimpers Have Re-
placed Bravado of Youthful
Brooklyn Terrors.
THEY A N IN u

when two mail boys start out on
what they believe to be the warpath.
They Ear make almost as much trouble
a. their elders imiia rly bent.
h two small boys with whom this
chronicle Is concerned are Peter Nc
Corniskey. with eleven years Of expert.
ence In this thrilling world. and Fred.
erick Coots. who has had thirteen.
'Peter lives at No. 6e5 Prospect place.
and Frederick at No. 1876 Park place,
0oth Brooklyn. They have long been
Followers OF the life exciting and a
little thing like staying away from home
~ night is no longer n diversion-it's
merely an incident. They have now.
however, achieved the distinction OF
being considered Juvenile delinauents,"
which doesn't sound like very much
Until one appends to II the character
isaton '~pyromaniacs." which has the
havor OF q thirty-third degree.
They were brought before Judge VIII
KIN. In tho Chfidren's Court, to-day. and
on SATURDAY they are to be Sentenced
--and that has a fine sound, too. But,
Incidentally. all the heroics are going ont
n me boys just now. BY Saturday
there will be only a whimpertng left.
But to begin the thriller:
After n restless night I'm a cellar on
prospect place. between Bedford and
FRANKLIN avenues. In Brooklyn, Peter
and Frederick set forth to see what
Yesterday might provide in the way Of
u0awful excitement. First. they went
TO the apartment house at No. go
Franklin avenue and forced the base
ment door. In the cellar they found
an old lounge and a lot Of paper and
rubbish. As they had matches in their
pockets there really was only one thing
TO do with the lounge and rubbish. 90
they pushed the rubbish under the fur
idtiire and with no little skill set Are
to ii.
When the fire was blazing merrily
they departed. and in a comparatively
short time. found themselves in front
OF No. ass Prospect place. This looked
Ike another good place to break into,
80 in they went and there. as before,
they found convenient rubbish and paper
and an inviting wicker hamper. The
'~pyromaniacs' gathered the paper. filled
the hamper n touched 1. into a blaze.
This time. though, the getaway WAS
not quite so we'll managed. As they
started out of the house q large man
doomed on the horizon AM. filed with
sudden fear OF capture ~red-handed, the
two boys darted back into the cellar and
valiantly attempted to extingulsh the
IRE. So eager was Peter that his coat
caught fire. and It was all trusty Frel
could do to put the fire out. But he dld
so, and In a moment more the two made
Their escape and were off for further
adventuring.
The incident OF the burning coat
cooled the 'pyromania." so a quick sniff
wa made TO sun-play, and they Jared
sfown Prospect place to the quiet home
Of a Mrs. Hall. Now. at one time, Peter
worked for a laundry. and knowing the
All-prevalent adherence humans have
'for paying laundry bills. he decided TO
take a chance on Mrs. Hall. S,ealthily
she two boys crept to the second floor
Of the house. where Peter had often
delivered laundry to Mrs. Hall. and
there he knocked upon her door. When
she appeared. he assumes II careless
air and asked her what about the $l.ii
she owed the laundry. Now, as Mrs.
Hail did not owe the Si.4i, she promptly
bade the youngster be OF. and banged
the door In his face. But Peter had his
trusty gun at his nip. lie drew it forth
and pressed its muzzle against the
panel.
open the door at once or | fire." he
called. his voice firm with determine
.tlon.
Fred, with his gun. was standing
close by. Mrs. Hall. however. was
gone, and as Peter could not he sure
Of getting "A bullet into the Kitchen
from his disadvantage us position. they
heat 1t dow the stairway, minus the
s1.tA.
Now, the scene shift. to Wynne's
sta tionery store, in Flatbush avenue.
The door stood invit!ngly open. and. az
great caution was necessary, Peter and
faithful Fred crept in ON their hands
and knees. They got behind the counter
and ravished the TIL OF seventy-six
cents, the only good haul of the day,
Again were they adroit enough to effect
on escape. and for the rest of the after
noon they amused themselves spending
the loot on candy and moving picture
shows
At last night came. and with II the
last of the sevcnty-slN cents, so the
.,,pe.adCes longcd for home. But home
vas one place they dij not believe
-I, 'nselves wanted, so they returned to
800 cellar IN Prospect place. When
corning came. their fatal curiosity led
10 n to the scene of their first exploit,
20. Ga Franklin avenue. And there the
'ogNy man, In tho person of John j.
N,,,n. Deputy Fire Marshal. was wait
ms for them. lie saw the burns in
.%'eter's coat and accused him. There
gpOn came a Confession and an iguo-
minious end to all the glory.
When Fire Marshal Brophy lad a
ak with Peter he recognized him as
an old Offender, lie charged the hoy
with setting fire 70 "A couch in the
apartment-house at No. 1905 Bedford
avenue on Jan, % last, Peter admitted
this. Then when he was asked where
lie had been on Feb. d he said he and
Fred had gone to Yonkers with their
'revolvers. held up a number OF timid
Aomen for their purses and stolen a
ot Of subway tickets from the station
there. Also. Peter said, he had stolen a
gold watch from a sleeping gateman In
The station. As a finale he told the
Marshal most OF their loot had been
taken from them by the tramps who
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