The evening world., 1913-05-02
BOY CROOK TELLS
HOW FAG|N TRAINED
PUPILS" IN CRIME
Samuel Fattman, Seventeen
Years Old, Uses Weird
Vocabulary in Story.
STOLE BY WAGON LOAD.
Little Lads Taught by Master"
How to Be Thieves,
He Declares.
STOLE BY WAGON LOAD.

A seventsen.ysar-old boy. ANAL Of
stature but OF vide experience In crime.
kept jury before Judge Swami In Gen.
erai Sessions to-day interested In his de.
scription Of how boys are schooied In
crime by modern 'FaGins. The hoy.
Samuel Fattman. alias Edward Bartel.
also Fatty" admitted under the aues-
tionins Of Judge Swami and Assistant
District-Attornsy Charles r. Bostwick
that since he was seven years old he
had been q rook. . pastnaster. ~ II
were. in all sorts Of petty crimss In
boastfni tone. ~ though they were to
his credit. he told Of his experiences In
the Catholic Protectory. che HOUSE OF
Refuge. the City Rseormatory. the Psni.
tsntiary end IN tho Elmira RsformA.
tory.
"when I came out Of these institu-
tions," rattman told the jury. II was
Q more accomplished thief than I was
before I went in. The boys met there
we're my companions when they and
we're released. and together We pulled
of many tricks"
Fattman's language was lingo OF
tho east side crook. Half Yiddish. half
English, Il was pretty hard NJ u.nes
for the court oficiais and the Jurors
to follow his story. With smile
upon his face he would explain to the
best Of his ability what he meant by
such terms a. "snitch." bull" "gon-
H." "dicks." 'moii busser'' and king.
Fattman. or Bartel. a. the police best
know him. 10 the principal witness
asainst Isidors RAIDER. . storekesper. OF
No. 81 New Utrecht avenue. Brooklyn.
on thai charged a. . ringiesdsr Of q
hand Of thieves that have stolen during
ths last fsw ysars hundreds Of horses
ana trvclss loaded Wit. valuable msr.
ohandise.
AoM,TTgo ThGFr OF MUCH
| VALUABLE MGRchANo'sg.
The youth confessed that since his
release on his last "strstch" he had
bssn working with Racer and had
helped steal many valuable loads oi
merchandise along the river 'front.' Ra'
der disposed Of the merchandise, SHIP
ping Il to PHILADELPHIA. Hartford. Conn.
and other citiss. whore his agents dis
posed Of the stolen property.
The boy admitted his part In the thsrt
Of 4 wagon load Of merchandise be-
LONGING TO the Burns Express Company
on the morning Of March 81. from IN
front of 4 business house In Franklin
street. for which theft RAIDER 10 In
dicted. Fattman drove the wagon on.
but was captured.
After ne had been arrested ana mad
been In the Tombs . few days. the boy
said. ne made up his mind to tell the
police about RAIDER and RAIDERS arrest
,o,,oved. While In the rombs aftei
RAIDERS arrest. FAttman said one OF
Raiders Gang-a boy named Issy-
c.l,ed on him and threatened that un'
iess he withdrew his confession he would
be done for. Fearing the vengeance o'
the sang. Fattman said he wrote {
postai card TO . member of the gam
that the dicks" (detectives) he'd forost
him to make confession. but he wouit
, DO his best TO free Raider.
rsttman's vocabulary was % full o
queer words that Judge Swami Aske
him to explain their meaning to the tus'
The dicag hsSgsd me and frisked mi
IL had no front. and when he said
would get II sii for being . gun I mad
up my mind not to DO any hop-scotcs
!" Ing. I saw Il was . case Of job
O'Brisn Tor mine II Z could set 70 10
lammstsr. Iknsw I IVES . lobster an
not having any masumA. had TO oosT
scross." the boy testified.
All of which meant that the polio
= man stopped him. sssrchsd him. and 20
% him because he had no money he wou
= b sent away for being . thisf;
> knowing he was broke, was not going
. take any chances. but set out Of TOW
on . frsisht train. John O'Brien."
j. explained. meant . freight tram. 81
% "ismmstsr'' fugitive from Justice.
y oAVs hG OgcAMg A cRoo
"yUeT NATURALLY"
u Further In his testimony the boy cal
there were az other youths who q
sigtsd Rsdsr In de theft OF horses ~
- true1u. They we're known 10 him ,
'S1ink." "Itch." 'FSshey." Boob
',geogi' ana ''vaiiy." Besides the boy
Raider employed two or three men
exercise supervision over the boys ~
. direct their operations IN the thsfts.
All the boys. he said. had been trains
by RAIDER In the theft Of the horses ~
trucks. and had succeeded In maxi;
RAIDER rich. Five of the boys. no to
a Mr.. Bostwtck. had been arrested. ~
:. were now either In the Penitentisry I
In the Elmira Rsformatory. RAIDER.
said, In order that they mieht n
~ "snitoh" upon him. provided counsel &
n them.
.. How did you hrst become q tfasf'
Judge Swann asked Fattman.
ID just naturally. had nothing Il
y TO do and Just driftsd into II. 10sn
~ had to keep II up. The 9ang know
was Q crook and whenever thsss NJ
anything con I was always invit'
.. along"
N In reply to . question by juror vat
tc man SAID the boys In the mob" We
N. not over eighteen Year, old. and wsrs |
very small.