Norwich bulletin., 1914-08-08

rf,e Charles v. Willard hardware store has been visited by thieves by 6Sy and burglars by night more than any store in Westerly. or perhaps com bination os stores, which is prooaoly d,-e to the lenient action of MT. Will lard when the offenders are taken into cusSo6y Finally, patience ceased to be a virtue with Mir. Willard and the big store was wired and equipped With A burglar alarm that has proven to De that although there has been dtminu. ton by imprisonment of the band or boy burglars of this section that still some remain.
 Thursday night while Chief of Po- lice Brown was patrolling High street introducing Policeman George Dyer to police work. the burglar alarm was sounded in the Willard store. The officers were in front of the Castr1tlus store at the time and they ran back to the Willard store. >Ch1ef Brown stationed Officer Dyer at the front door and he made rush between the temporary post office structure ana the Willard building to the basement entrance to the store. He found that door open and in a shed outside. croyched behind a cask, he spotted three boys with his pocket searchlight. These boys were taken to the police station. protesting innocence of par tic3pation in any crime. declaring they had gone to the rear of the building for other than criminal intent. One door but told the chief that they saw A bigafat man in the basement as they tvent te the rear of the building:
 The three boys arrested by Cnlet Brown are all residents or Morgan street and are William Buck, age 16, and Henry. Bowman and Frank Bur dick. each 12 years of age. A pane of 3dass was broken from window near the rear door and through this the two smaller boys entered, put BucaA could not get through. So the other boys once ipside the building opened the door for Buck. It was the openxng of. the Hcer that sent in the burglar alarm and there would nave been like result if the door leading to Sfre store above had been opened, ortfz, fact any door in the section Of the building occupied by the Willard
 Tkare :ir no doubtsb that the three Ro3d, bad boys. Buck Burdick and BoSsdman. would have been better boys but npr the&r careless home surround . F4ngaR The Buck boy Is a cripple ana seems to be lacking in intellect Bur- dfck4neyer knew. father or mother and rwas .an Inmate of the New London fcourffy home at Norwich. Bewnan's S fax1,er ts in New Jersey, butfthe boy Hives. with his mother, and. accord ing to fhe police. the home IS not what h should be.
 Judge Oliver H Williams Of the Third dfstr4ct court spent the tgreater part of the morning Friday in con- erftxtton with the boys, making study of the4r general Character and also with the parents or guardians as to Their past conduct in the care o1 The boysr and ofatheir future intentions in gl,at respect. The Burdtck boy sai6 he did not want to go aback to the home of his adoption, or to tthe X coun- tyEhome, but wanted to ihe a soldier Judge Williams gave the Buck bo! into the custody of <hfs father. and will commuhicate with Bowman's father before disposing of the Bow man boy. The New Eondon county commissioners will be consulted as to the return of Burdicktto the county rome In the meantime the boys wtl be in charge of Joseph T. Murphy state probation officer, and Miss An nette Mccall fhe local probation of ficer.