The Oskaloosa herald., 1915-02-18
ARE TAKEN TO ELDORA
Three Boys Will Attend The State
School of Correction.

Sheriff D. L. Henley went to Eldora
today, over the NJ. & st. l.. with |
three county charges, Raymond Rock |
we'll of New Sharon, who has recent. |
ly developed kleptOmania and Leslie
Ballinger and Raybourn Giles,
who were arrested some time back
charged with the breaking and enter.
ing. They confessed to entering eleV-
en- business places along High avenue
west They were sentenced to Eldora
Industrial school by juvenile court
but sentence was suspended during
good behavior.
Arrested again Friday charged with
taking chickens, the boys confessed
to Chief Stoler, deputy Ruggenburg
and Justice Lafollette that besides
taking chickens they had again been
guilty of breaking and entering, TAX
ing property that did not belong to
them and of chicken thieving. The
boys stated that. they ransacked the
Hawkeye Pearl Button factory, South
Seventh street and the Anderson Can
ming factory, South Second street in
the day time, gaining entrance to the
places during the afternoon. They
carried away considerable property
from these places tools, knives, a good
shot gun, the property of Charles An
derson, a good robe, comforters, etc.
The bulk of this property has been re-
covered from the lads and returned to
the owners. The gun was sold by the
boys but officers are on the track OF
it and the chances are that 1t Will be
recovered. The robe, the boys say,
they carried south of town consider
able distance and hid it ON the public
highway behind some weeds and
chances are it is still there.
The boys admitted getting chickens
of Mrs. Donnelly, Albert West tfrom
which, two places alone they obtained
twenty-eight birds that were sold to
the Mexican,) and from Sam Borum,
George Overturf, Eura Curry, Ernest
Mikesell, August Peterson, Walter
Richmond and several other places
whose owner or occupant was un.
known to the lads. They could give
street or avenue and number of al
most every place they went into. They
sometimes took only couple OF
chickens, thinking a small number
would not be missed from the many.
Later they would return for more.
They carried the birds under their
arms, and only when the MeXicans
in a sack. The thefts were invariably
committed between seven or eight
o'clock in the evening".
Chief of Police Stoler has number
of geese and chickens at his home
on Second avenue west. The boys
said they had been looking at his
birds, but were afraid he would come
home and catch them at work. SO
they operated just across the street
where there was a place easy of &C
cess.
! A number OF bantAms were taken
from Eura Curry but these were of no
use to the boys and thinking they
might be identified they took them
back after several days.
Attempts were made. to peddle the
stolen birds to boarding houses and
restaurants, so the boys said They
sold fowls to two restaurants. The
boarding houses turned them down
but the Mexicans took all they could
get. The boys gave evidence against
Mr. and Mrs. "Hekitonki" or Mr.. and
Mrs. Lopez at No. GOT Third avenue
west, resulting in the arrest of the in
mates of the place Saturday morning.
Ballinger and Giles in their confess
sions implicated another lad, George
Raines, boy of about II years of
age, who has also confessed to his
part in the work. He was not with
them upon all occasions but was en-
gagged in robbing roosts number OF
times. "'' .
When the case of Ballinger and
Giles was brought to the attention of
the court by County Attorney Nc
Cutchen the Judge gave immediate or
ders committing them to the indus
trial school and they would have been
taken sooner but for their evidence
against the MeXiCans and the colored
woman. -..
The Raines lad will be held for lat
er hearing of the charges against him.