Evening journal., 1914-01-03
JUVENILE COURT
COMMITMENTS
Some Youths Ar3 Sent TO
RefOrmStOriCS; Others
Given ChcHCe

6lVen ChcHCe
Judge James l.attomus in the Jnve
nile Court yesterda. afternoon had be
fore him The Five Fingers Gang" the
band of boys who for some time have
been stealing along King street The
leader, a Philadelphia colored boy. who
ran away from home and took up his !
abode in vacant house, was committed
TO the Ferris Industrial School. Three /
other boys were ordered placed in care
of Probation Officer Farra and the Sup
crntendcnt of the Delaware Children's /
Home. c. ID homes will be provided for
these children IN order that they may
forget the influences OF home where
they were neglected.
When court opened the clerks desk
rescmhled a small sized store. Sweaters,
shoci canned goods and hardware were
piled in heaps IL rcpres 1ied some OF
the loot that the Five Fingers Gang
had stolen from Lippncott and Com
pany, Louis Baier, Harry Satmnn.
johnson Brothers, Sue Dougherty, vii
liam Ingram and William Montgomery.
A 10-year-old cOlored boy admitted
the larceny of a watch and a sweat
er He implicated several of the
members of the gang His father
lives in Philadelphia and his mother
/ I'm Massachusetts,. He has been liv-
ing with an aunt in Jones flats. He
had stopped for nights with the other
hoy at Front and Poplar streets.
A white boy admitted when ar
raigned that he had taken can Of
corn. Miss Adelaide Shippers said
the boy had good principles but had
poor home environments. He often
/ came to school without any break
fast His father has been away for
two years.
The next case was that Of an ltal-
ian boy who was charged by Johnson
Brothers, of Seventh and Kine
streets. with larceny. Manager Lilly
testified that every day canned goods
are stolen from the boxes displayed
IN front OF the store. He had seen
the boy around the corner. The boy
+ admitted takin~ a can Of BAKED beans.
The boy had been before the court
for larceny Of brass pipes.
Another boy, 10 years old, whom
, the other boys called captain. admit
ted he also took can Of beans from
, the store.
Five other boys were next charged
with associating with thieves and
vicious persons. The boys we're Civ
p en- q good reputation and with one
| Of the previous boys were prohated
They will go TO school constantly
keep out OF bad company ana report
TO Probation officer Farra weekly.
Three Of the other boys we're di-
rccted to be placed in other homes by
Probation officer Farra and the SUI
perintendent Of the Delaware Chill
dren's Home Society.
The mother of William Carter. col
e ored, arrived during the hearing and
said that the boy had been away from
home since last July. She lived here
until ten years ago, when she went
TO Philadelphia When he was young
er she put him in the Ferris school
He will be sixteen years old this
week. He was recommitted to the
Ferris Industrial School
A twelve year old Hebrew stol'
money from his father. spent II fol
candy and in moving picture theatres
and slept out of doors. His father
0
was committed to the Ferris Indus
trial School
A 15-year-old white youth wa
charged with being neglected child
He does not work and stays out late
at night and associates with a clas:
of people that leads to trouble. The
boy was probated.
Wingate Shooting.
go vie Moore
we're held in $500 bail each for aD.
pearance at the upper court. The
charge against these sixteen year old
youths is assault with intent to com
NIT murder They are two OF the
boys who were in the party on Wed
nesday when George Wingate was
shot in the back at Seventh street
bridge Wmgate is now i'm the Della
ware Hospital awaiting on operation
for the removal Of a bullet from his
back.
Wingate testified that on Wednes
day some one fired a bullet through
the window of the boathouse at Sew
enth street bridge. He got out o
bed and saw a youth with a rife
Later he went TO the boys and re
monstrated with them for being 81
reckless and as he turned away iron
the boys he was shot in the back.
Or. Ostra testified that the hulle
was in Wingates body to the deOu
of about two inches and was located
by the X-ray as being between th'
fourth and fifth lumbar vertebra.
very dangerous place. He said tina
an operation for the removal Of thu
bullet may be made next week an,
was very difficult one and that th'
wound was a dangerous one tha
might cause the death of the wounde,
| man.
Four boys who were with Davis
and Moore we're discharged 1hi