New Ulm review., 1912-08-14
Petty Thisvlng ExposSd.

John as,ast; ~ III isf. aspS} IS
years Of age, wss csught shortly
bsfors II o'clock Saturday night
while trying TO burglsriss The cigar
store Of John r. Schneider. The
proprietor caught him In the ct OF
climbing through Tie rear window
and seized him - hs wss shout 20 step
down to the door from Z table which
stood near the window.
For the last year on an average Of
about 2 to 8 times . week Mr.. Schnei.
dor found when he opened his cash
register 10 the morning, that be wss
from q 90 to $3.50 short. At first he
thought that be might have made
mistake In counting the cash which he
left In the draw or and later he made 1t
9 point to count the money two or
three times TO make sure thst be had
made no mistake. After that when.
ever he found some of the money gore
he would make . close inspection OF
the windows and doors. He always
found the rear door locked and the
windows closed 90 that the springs had
to be presssd In in order to raise them
and they could not be moved from the
outside. Mr.. Schneider, for some
reason, suspected young CARRIER and
discharged him . few months ago
and employed Mr.. Hoehne In his
place. However when the latter left
for camp at Sparta last week Gerber
was again given work. Saturday
evening about 8 O'Clock the boy came
to the store and talked about various
matters that were not of much impor-
tance. Finally he suggested that he
work Sunday morning. When
assured that there would be no OBJ
jections to this, he went into the
shop to wet down his tobacco.
MIR. Schneider had his suspicious
aroused by the young mans demeanor
and actions and after he had gone,
made an examination of the shop and
found that one of the windows had
been raised and . stone about one
inch in diameter placed under 1t to
prevent the spring from catching.
This had . tendency to confirm Mr..
Schneider's suspicious that his cash
register WAS again to be victimized.
He locked up soon after that but
returned to the store shortly after 10
O'Clock and hid himself under the
table near the window to wait for
developments. About 10 minutes to
II he heard some one jump over the
fence and approach the building.
The intruder took out the screen,
raised the window and crawled upon
the table. As he was about to step
from the table Mr.. Schneider grabbed
him and they 10th rolled on the floor.
The young man was considerably
scared and did some tall yelling,
enough to attract the attention of
some of the people going by. Mr..
Schneider opened the front door and
several came in to see what the trouble
was. Mr.. Schneider then let the
young man 60 home. .....
The pext morning Gerber came to
the store ss tho nothing had happened
and was ready to 20 to work but was
not allowed to do so. Monday after
noon he called on his erstwhile en-
ployer and asked for the loan of 81. 90,
which all goes to show that there is
something wrong with the young mans
mental makeup A very unfortunate
is the fact that his mother
is in rather straitened circumstances
and is quite seriously ill at the present
time. ...v
Mr.. Schneider will take no steps to
have Gerber punished, which is GER
tainly commendable on his part, all
things considered. he feels that the
young man ought to be given another
chance. II developes that Gerber has
been regular attendant not only at
all the dances In town, but also In
Essig and Searles and has spent money
freely for liquor. The police have
taken . sensible view OF the matter
md Gerber 10 going to be under strict
surveillance from now on, must be at
homo st $50 every evening and will
not be permitted to attend dances nor
pisit saloons. They hope that this
will have . sslutsry effect on bis