Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1913-05-21
THE BOY WAS DRUNK
WHEN TURNED OVER
Sheriff Of Wheeler County Turns Young
Prisoner Over to Sheriff Esc5
Of Marion County.

An investigation headed by superin.
tendent Hale, Of tho Oregon Training
school anil members Of the state board
will be started this afternoon into tho
cause Of a boy prisoner being drunk.
Tho Investigators will look into q mat.
tor wherein Crete Winborger a 13-yoar.
old lad, who was committed TO the
training institution from Mitchell, Or,
u little town near Condon In Wheeler
county, was turned over TO Sheriff
Esch Of this county y eeterday after
noon by Sheriff Kelsey, of Wheeler
county, in state Of intoxication and
the lad was 30 beastly drunk when 70.
ceived at the school That IL required the
aid Of the institution physician to sober
him up. The boy was removed to the
hospital at the school whero ho Is still
in bed and under the care Of the doctor.
Just who is responsible for tho dis
graceful state in which the boy was
when turned over to Sheriff Each, will
be found out in the investigation which
Is TO be made Immediately by superin.
tondent Hale, Governor West and tho
remainder Of tho state board. Accord
ing TO tho lad % story this morning, ho
obtained pint Of whiskey while being
confined in tho Condor Jail pending his
final commitment 10 the roformatory.
Ho informs Superintendent Hale that
he carried the liquor with him to Port.
land and IL was not taken AWAY from
him when he was locked up In tho Multi.
nomah county Jail for several hours bc.
fore resuming the journey to this city
yesterday. He then states that before
leaving th5 Jail he drank some Of tho
whiskey and while riding to Salem in
an auto with an unknown doctor and
tho sheriff Of Wheeler county, he took
several moro drinks Of tho liquor.
Sheriff Bsch Makes Discovery.
Before leaving Portland, Sheriff Kel.
sey phoned Sheriff Esch, asling the
latter II ho would accept the charge
and turn him over to tho proper au.
thorities, to which the sheriff accodod.
Upon arriving in Salem, tho Wheeler
county ahorin and the physician
brought tho boy 10 tho court house and
the physician, according 10 Sheriff
Esch, was intoxicated The unknown
man requested Sheriff Esch 10 parole
tho boy for six months and turn him
over 10 him (the phygician) for safe
keeping. Then, declares the Marion
county sheriff, he noticed that the man
was under tho influence Of liquor and
apparently WIS undor tho impression
that ho had arrived AT the reform
school and was talking to tho superin.
tendent.
after tho Wheeler county sheriff and
bis associate had loft, Sheriff Esch no.
ticed that the Winerberger boy was act.
ing queerly and finally asked him a
few question. The lad continued 10
lounge around in bis chair and could
hardly keep bis eyes open, and finally
began 10 yomit. Sheriff Each could
smell the liquor on him thon and made
an attempt 10 get some information ont
Of the drunken lad. Tho boy told the
sheriff that he Was given A bottle Of
whiskey while being held In the Condor
jail, but would not make any further
statements, in fact, conld not on ae.
count Of being helplesfly intoxicated.
When he charge vas turned over 70
the training school Authorities, Sheriff
Esch eallel up Superintendent Hale and
informed him that the boy was intorl.
eated. That the young fellow vas IN.