Evening star., 1912-07-21
EVERY MOVE KNOWN SAYS HE IS GUILTY
Disclosures to Prosecutor in Eight YearDd Boy Steals
RosenthaI Murder Case. Horses and Buggies.
LINES ARE Cl lOSELY DRAWN HIS SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
jack Suspected But Following Courts Action He Gives
Claims Complete Aibi Officers a Desperate Chase
DISTRICT ATTORNEY SILENT WISHES HE COULD RUN AUTO
of Their Lives-Preocous Lad
Already Made. Pittsburgh.
Eight -Yeare0ld Boy Steals
Horses and Buggies.
HIS SENSATIONAL ESCAPE
Following Courts Action He Gives
Officers a Desperate Chase.
WISHES HE COULD RUN AUTO
Would Have Given Police the Race
of Their Lives-Precocious Lad
Puzzles Pittsburgh.

Special Dispatch to Tho Star.
PITTSBURGH. Pa. July 2o-Senterced
to private school at Glenf1eld last
Thursday in juvenile court after he had
pleaded guilty to having stolen in the
last several weeks four horses and bug
gies. BERTHE Lowell. eight years old. a
little cherub of Mckeesport escaped
sensationally yesterday afternoon from
the probation headquarters at Ross street
and 4th avenue. and was caught late last
night after a desperate chase driving
toward McKeesport in a buggy. 1t is al
legged, he found in Wylie avenue. BERTHE
is a prisoner again in juvenile head
quarters.
Judge Carnahan, who sentenced him
last Tuesday, was astontshed when the
child was accused Of stealing two rigs.
The little fellow, scarcely tall enough
to look over the low railing in front Of
the judges desk. chung to his mother.
and peeked shyly from behind her skirt.
Following the sentence. BERTHE cried
when his mother. almost heartbroken,
bade him goodbye She had scarcely left
the juvenile detention room. however,
when the boy began playing
Endangers His Life.
BERTHE was kept under close watch, but
1t seems that while his guardians back
was turned a moment he slid from his
chair, edged along a wall and leaped
through the doorway. At that moment
Mount Washington street car was pass
ing rapidly. BERTHE seized brace that
holds the running board of the car and
hung on. in imminent danger Of being
caught by the wheels, but pulled himself
| off
did not see this, but boy passing the
Office ran in and reported that he had
seen the prisoner escape. Efforts to
locate Bertie were futile.
About o'clock last night G. M. Cise-
coma reported to the police that a rig
he had left in front of 2014 Wylie avenue
had been stolen. An hour or so later the
rig was seen driving along I'd avenue In
HazelwoOd at furious pace. Bertie was
driving. With him were two boys. each
five years old.
When arrested and taken to the Hazel
wood police station the young fugitive
said he was driving home. Immediately
he won the hearts of the officers and
amused them by his chatter before they
put him to bed.
At a hearing this morning Bertie ad-
mitted his guilt and was sent back to
Juvenile court. He declared that II he
had known how to run an auto he would
have given the police the race of their
lives.
Unusually Precocious Boy.
Many who have come in contact with
Bertie recently have many stories to tell.
A policeman who arrested him in ver-
sailles week ago, when the second
horse and buggy were stolen, said he was
| sorry he did not have picture of the
child driving.
when I saw him coming" said the
policeman, I had to smile. There. he
sat. with his foot on the dashboard, his
hat on the back of his head and his
hands showed out holding the lines like
a real horseman. Every little while he
would turn his head and expectorate over
the wheel as wise as some old men.
When 1 was taking him on a street car
to the lookup. the little fellow looked out
and said:
That's a mighty fine horse. Do you
own a horse? I said l didn't. Then he
said: Well. why don't you? Every man
ought to own horse. They're the finest
things that ever was.'"
The lads mother IS unable to account
for the child's mania for horses, no one
in the family caring particularly for
them.