The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1916-08-10
WANT TO GET An EDUCATION
Fred Mason and James Lutz Tell Court
Unusual Story When Arraigned on
Charge Of Stealing Ripley Automo-
bile-Three Year Term at Waupun.

Inc ufSI drunk proved expensive IOr
Jimmie Lutz and Fred Mason and on
account Of it, according to their story
in the Municipal Court on Monday af-
ternoon, they went away with the
sheriff this morning. Went up to the
state prison to spend three years at
hard labor for the state. Lutz and
Mason did not have anything to say
for the three years that they are going
which they stole from in front Of the
Ripley building week ago last night
has been returned to the owner, DR.. G..
Ell. Ripley. 1t may be that the boys
were romancing with view of getting
sympathy but it did not appear that
this was the fact from the way they
told their story. They were couple
of nineteen year-olds a2d cousins. Ma
son told the most of the story and the
other cousin confirmed it. He declared
that they were born down in the Ell
Paso, Texas neighborhood and grew up
on ranch. They went through the
rather rough schools offered in the
ranching country and completed the
grade school work. Then, according to
their stories, the district school teacher
helped them at the ranch at night and
they were planning to go to school
some more after they had "made the
harvests this year and secured little
money. The boys declared that they
just drifted into Kenosha from Milwau-
kee and that after spending some time
at the bathing beach they got to drink
ing. They had never smoked or drank
before, they said, and the liquor made
them DESTROYS Of pulling off real
thing. Stealing an automobile seemed
to be the only thing that presented
itself and they stole the Ripley car.
When the boys first came into court
they insisted that they had not taken
the car themselves but that two other
fellows had taken it and had driven it
as far as Chicago where it was turned
over to them. Later on when the boys
had signed request to plead "guilty'
they both changed this story ana adj
mitted that they had taken the auto
mobile from the Wisconsin street loca-
tion.
Both of them insisted that they had
never been arrested before and that
they had never been in trouble. Both
made plea to the court for leniency
in order that they might 60 to school.
Both Of them told the court that they
believed that they should be punished.
The court gave them just half of the
maximum sentence and he advised them
that coming as they did from the cat
tie country they Should have known
what the common fate Of the horse
thief was. "It's getting to be pretty
regular this stealing of automobiles, y
said the court and the time has passed
when such crimes may be passed over
lightly. Some time stealing an automo-
bile viii be made punishable in the
same manner as stealing a horse
1 The two boys were advised that with
good time their sentences could be cut
to year and a half. "We want to get
out as soon as we can and go to SCHOOL,
was the comment of Lutz. You bet
we will be good from now on" was the
second by Mason as they went back to
the Jail to get READY for the trip to
Waupun. Now that the boys are off to
prison, the police officers and the dis
trict attorney are making an effort to
locate their parents or other relatives.