Norwich bulletin., 1917-01-18
PARENTS ARE GRIEVED
 AT SONS BEHAVIOUR
LawIess Boys in Town Court for Many Misdemeanors-Dwi Wilson Sent to Reform School.

| Weeping mothers and eXasperated l fathers sat in the town court room Wednesday morning and listened tc revelations relative to the doings oi their boys. and their resultant appear ance before the tribunal
 Seven boys a44SIhS rom 10 to II years of age were present to answer to variety of charges of having in dulged in malicious michief-and what they were charged with was on1 a part of the counts that might have been filed against them, for they ad- mitted to officers and others various escapades stretching over period last summer Among the charges fil- ty theft; also cutting automobile tires.
 Long List of Escapades. Question were asked them, kowev- CT, realtive to cutting clothes lines, spilling a tub of grease at the railroad freight station, stoning the mill of the River Weaving company and Adler Battey the watchman thereof: ston- ing out windows in the borough hall. setting fire to the grass about the armory, stealing fruit from packages at the freight station and rolling yarn beams into the space between standing on the siding. Another charge to which some of the boys pleaded guilty was stealing junk from Fred Herman, a dealer and reselling it.
 
 having a free hand for long time, their depredations finally becoming so bold as to result in clues that led to their arrest.
 The boys presented were Leo Belido, IA, recognized leader of the gang son of MT. and Mrs. John Belido; Dwight Wilson, Is, formerly of Brooklyn, a boy who has really been without home here and has been employed about a stable; Harold Sipples, 15: n. lard Lasnier, IS; Fred Rondeau, IT.
 BeIido's Mother Appeals.
 Charged with breach of the peace viz, stoning the River Weaving mill and Adfer Battey, and stealing junk metalS-from Fred Herman, Leo Be- case for Judge Woodward, Prosecutor A. G. Bill said that the Belido boy has made a bad record. In school he has been incorrigible. He was real ly the leading spirit of the organiza- ton and MT. Bill recommended that he be sent to the Connecticut school for boys at Meriden, which action was ordered by the court, Belido to remain there until he is 21. Mrs. Belido sob bed pitifully and finally entered an ap- peal to the superior court, the boy being released until the March term, under bonds of $200.
 Wilson to State. School
 Charged with the same counts as appeared araIn>' E..ii young Will son also pleaded guilty and he was sentenced the same as Belido, his guardian ad litim, Attorney E. L.. Darbie, expressing the opinion that, as the boy had no home and had been sleeping in a stable, it would be bet ter to send him where he could get an education and at the same time learn a trade.
 Four on Probation.
 Sipples, Bodo, Gay and Lasnier were placed on probation for six months, in care of Arthur G. Bill, to whom they are to report once a week. They had their parts in the series of events that brought the crowd into court, but extenuating circumstances were found applying to the cases of each of the quartet. The boys, it had been found, were troublesome in school. They were lectured by both Judge Woodward and MT. Bill and given clearly to understand that they must do very much better or be calI- ed back into court to face the possibili- ty of going to reform school. They are to report MT. Bill once a week until July 21. Bodo and Gay, the least guilty of any, were evidently led into improper ways by the bad in- duence of the older boys.
 Rondeau Not Guilty.
 Fred Rondeau, r, pleaded not guilty to wilfully slashing, last September, a tire on the touring car of Agent J. F.