The evening world., 1915-01-09
SOCIETY YOUTH
| ADMITS RObB|NG
TELEPHONE BOXES
Barrymore Stetson, New Ro-
chelle Y. N. c. A. Leader,
Confesses Many Thefb.
TAKEN IN EVENING SUIT.
Mrs. Anna Stetson's Adopted
Son Had Tools Hidden
in Dress Clothes.
TAKEN IN EVENING SUIT.

narryaers stetson. adopted son Of
Mrs. Anna Btstson, Whose fins home
on Franklin Avenue, New Rochelle. 10
one Of tat suburbs social centres.
iasAded guiity before judge Swim
bourne IN The New Rochsiis CNy
Court to-day 20 the larceny Of 90
from . telephone pay station In the
woodsids station OF the New York.
New Haven and Hartford Railroad.
Stetson. twenty-two-year-o,d leader
NJ the younger dancing st In New
Rochelle. confessed that for two pears
no haA bean systematically rebbins
telephone boxes and slot machines In
The railroad stations all Up and Down
the suburban railroad lines IN the
vicinity Of Nsw Roohslis. what this
slender. soft spoken young member of
the New Rochelle z. ~. C. A. has
bssn DOING for the last two ysars had
been attributed by railroad dstsctivy
20 . clever gang Of ten OF fifteen
professional crooks. nv"
The ticket agent 1t the wotdsids
station noticed . young man IN eve-
ming clothes Thursday night letter.
Ing around ne waiting room near
the telephone pay station. Bearing
In mind the long sueesssson Of rob.
bsriss from Mount Vernon 10 STAN
ford. the agent believed tAs suspl-
eious visitor needed Wstchias and
tslsphonsd TIE police. 4 policeman
came. paassd his hands over he
aatty svssooaS vssA ~ Ne voung
naa ard when AAs fingers 'snceun.
tered something had he arrssted him
~ nArcosa bsnsaAh his svsuias
clothes. tr''
The policeman found . smai,
hammer. . chissi. scrswdrivss. pair q
pliers aal . bunch % fsise ksys. say
eAs - which would NJ ne erdisasy
lock. S,apsd On tsispheas or slot ma
ohine bdzsa saying no word Of q.
planstioas the prisoner went to Jaw.
But before ~ appsarsd for asraign.
msat to-day tAs lads foster mother
visitsd him In his cell and 70 Asr he
poured out his whol wrstchsd wslshs
OF eonsaisaos burden. To-day 10 her
home Ars. ststsoa to,. Of The young
thisrs life and repeated the rsvs,A-
tons ~ mad made to her.
WAea ~ was two yeass old, Ars.
gtstsoa aAoptsA a. orphan Of Swiss
pArSatass and gave him the sams Of
HasrynofV 0tstsoa. whso hs was
ninstssn. he worked ~ a elsctrisiaa
IN the Colonial Thsa&rs. New York.
euitting that position year laAsr 70
become . ticket seller and assistant
treasures Of the Terty eighth Street
TAsaSrs. hobart A. rsdrow vas
treasures at The time,
NY boy teld me- thse - soon 40 ne
came under these Influences no began
TO learn ne seAmy SIDE Of life" said
Mrs. 0tstsoa. "a man 10 the theatres
smpsey vas systematically robbins
The company. and he oAvs Aarrymors
90 week 70 help ham In bile Aseaioa-
aons and 10 keep siisat shout them.
A. The time, BARRYMORE told me hs
was making 10 . week: not until
yesterday AID ! know oi3 was all he
was nahiAg. aad that the other Sis
was stolen money. He confessed this
much to me In HE cell.
barrymore dtd not drink. nor did
he have anything TO do with women.
But this man taught him 10 gamble
aud most Of his money passed from
him ever the green table. II was, !
bslisvs. 70 rsooup HE losses and. DOS
sibay. 70 hs,p cover dsfaloatlens IN
tss thsatssS bsoln tAAA Harry,uors
bsGaa 70 stsal from tie railroad sta.
tons. The other man was csuRht
and sent 70 prison last June, but my
boy was not suspected aad continued
NE w0uld 70 TO daness--or I'll, ma
hs was going 10 dancss-aimost every
night, when IN reality he visited rail-.
road stations all the way from STAN.
ford 70 Mount Vernon, and eiths,
broke open or picked the locks of cssh
boxes and stole hundreds OF dollar
He hasn't . psnny OF this money
now" = .
On the request of lAwysrs for The
rAilroad and telephone compauies
9tstson was rsmandsd to-day 10 {
cell for further examination next
Tuesday.