The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1915-05-12
BOYS GO WRONG
MADISON LADS ENGAGE IN a
SERIES OF BURGLARIES IN
SIOUX FALLS.

Sioux Falls newspapers report the
capture by the police of that city of
two Madison boys who have for the
past two weeks been engaged in a
series of house burglaries in that
city. OF the case the Sioux Falls
Argus-Leader says:
Ray Jensen Of Madison, the young
man whose latest attempted burglary
at the home of Alex Reid Sunday
evening resulted in his capture and
confession to the police of a series of
other crimes committed here within
the last few weeks, has been bound
over to the circuit court for trial on
a charge of burglary in the first de-
gree. His bond was fixed at $500
by Judge A. F. Orr in the municipal
court where he appeared and waived
preliminary examination. Jensen was
committed TO Jail pending his fur
nishing the amount of bail required.
The ~15-year-old boy, whom he impli-
Gated with him in the robberies was
sent TO the juvenile court for a hear
ing"
Referring to the case the Sioux
Falls Press gives a list of the bur
g~laries committed to which it is al
legged, young Jensen confessed, as
follows:
Entered the home of j. S. Lar
son, 1907 East Eighth street, Sunday
night preceding the Reid robbery;
obtained silver mesh bag belonging to
Eda Larson, which contained small
sum of money and other things,
throwing the bag away. The police
have not yet found the bag and be-
lieve that someone else has picked
it up.
Robbed j. w. Olson home, 81
4 West Eighth street obtained opera
glasses, rings, watch fob. stickpin.
Robbed s%choolhouse west of city
of number of knives, a fountain pen
and other articles.
Entered ]. B. Peterson home, 1872
West Ninth street, on April 8; OBJ
tanned handbag containing several ar
ticles of which a comb, brush and
drinking cup have been recovered.
He said hat he threw the handbag
away while on a train bound to Mad
ison.
r Much of Jensen's loot was found
i'm a suitcase by Officer Muchow when
z he visited Jensen's room in the En-
? erson building in Phillips avenue.
There is much of it that remains un-
identified by the owners and persons
who have lost property during the
last few weeks may find something
among the articles hat belongs to
them. Among other things that has
80 I1or aInsw-1J s- an ,rntab nIarVa IN
which the letters 'B. of l.. +. & E..
are engraved, believed to belong tC
either a locomotive fireman or en-.
{ gineer.
"A. f. Oaks, SAT West Eighth
street, is another who acknowledged
that his home had been entered with.
e in the last two weeks. A purse con
+ tanning about S25 in silver was taken
T Jensen, however, refuses to admit hi:
connection with that crime and Meth
er the money nor the purse has beer
found"
t Ray Jensen is aged II years. sor
a., of Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Jensen, who
reside corner Egan avenue anC
e Seventh street. Mr.. Jensen is engag-
ed in the spectacle business and trav-
2 els about this portion of the state
I being away from home much of his
t time. Mr.. Jensen was a caller al
$ The Daily Leader office today and
was greatly broken up ove the trou.
BILE his son had gotten into and stated
- that the mother was almost heart
broken. Ray had been attending
2 school until about three weeks ago.
when he expressed a desire to quit
4, school and find work to do. To this
his parents consented. In the alb
sence of his father he represented to
Z his mother that he had secured work
! at lathing in Sioux Falls and depart
! ed for hat city. The story of his
J conduct in Sioux Falls is told in the
newspaper extracts above quoted. Mr.
Jensen was at Iroquois when news
reached the mother of her sons trou-
bles and he was at once summoned
home by long distance telephone.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jensen went to Sioux
Falls by the afternoon freight train
to render to their son such assistance
as possible.