The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-12-29
SMALL BOYS
CHARGED WITH
CRIMES
Eleven in Jail Now, With
Robbery Least Offense
Charged.
MONEY AND JEWELS
BURIED ON PALAFOX
Purse Stolen in Church
| Leads to Arrests and
Other Revelations.

Stealing a pocketbook containing
$50, rosary, checks, jewelry and other
| articles of value, in st. MichaePs
church, is charge which faces four
young white boys who are now locked
up in the city Jail They are Rosario
Gamley, Salvatore Gante, Joe Gam
kley and Robert Irwin Presley, rang
ing in age from to ~ years. The
pocketbook and valuables which they
are alleged to have filched is the
property of Mrs. James NJ billiard,
from whom they were taken while
she was placing flowers in the church
yesterday
In the city Jail during the aftrnoon
the boys all admitted having been con-
cerned in taking the pocketbook, but
each accused the others. Presley
said that "Rosar' bet him he could
/ get more moneg in a minute than he
could show, and then he said "Rosar"
went off and got the pocketbook, full
of money and things" This the boy
accused denies, saying that PRESLEY
was the one who brought it out "of
the church up there"
| After the pocketbook was taken. it
was buried behind the bill board on
the east side of Palafox street near
Chase. After making this admission,
the boys were taken there by special
officers, and without hesitation one
of them located the spot, dug up a
few handsful Of dirt and hauled, not
only Mrs. billiards. pocketbook, but
another one, later identified as the
property of Miss Finch, residing at
Ia West Gadsden street.
Another P0cketbook Found.
This pockasbook was taken to the
police station, and Miss Finch was
notified. Later she went to the po-
lice station, and it then developed
that savings bank, with about SO
was missing from the Finch home,
and when one of the boys was told
that the officers wanted it, one of
them volunteered right away to go
and find it. He said that it had been
'buried under our house"
Savings Bank Too.
Taken to the home of his parents,
the boy searched for the bank, but
nothing was found. The house was
but few inches from the ground,
quite too low for anyone to crawl
underneath. zen the boy stated
that the bank had sheen chunked
way under the house." It was never
recovered.
Tries to Get Away.
Just as the officers expected, this
boy tried to get away. When he
thought the officers were not MOTTO
ing him, he made break to run, but
was nabbed. Then he said he was
"only trying to get in the house to
i get supper"
Another of the boys volunteered to
find the missing SO from the pocket
book stolen from st. MichaePs
church. He said he knew where it
had been buried. Officer Nichols
took him to the spot indicated, which
was behind the bill board on Palafox
and Chase streets. He showed the Of
ficer one place where he said the
money had been buried, but at the
same time, when he thought the Of
ficer was too busy digging, he also
made break to get away, and was
chased about half block before be-
ing overtaken. He was returned to
the jail.
More Youthful Offenders.
i Probation Officer Pinney was sent
! for, and he said that the case pre-
sented aspects which he had never
encountered before. At the same
time Mr.. Pinney found awaiting in
the city Jail seven other youthful Of
= tenders, some of them charged with
unprintable crimes, while others were
. charged with stealing sacks. Those
! on the latter charge will be heard in
} the probation judges court within a
day or two, but hearing has not
been arranged for the others, as the
J police are investigating number Of
other complaints which have reached
them. !