Putnam patriot., 1917-02-23
PUTNAM CONN. FRIDAY.
BOYS STEAL SSSO
Snatch Woman's Hand Bag and Run
 Caught in Webster
Adelard Bonneville Sent to Reform School
 Brother Anthony Put on Probation

Brother Anthony Pul on Pr0batIon
 In the city court Wednesday moru- ing Adelard Bonneville, F, and his brother Anthony, 9. were found guilty Of the theft of $s30 from Mrs Penne- chino Persiehi, wife of Frank Persichi, Buck street. The older boy WAS sem tenced to the Connecticut School for Boys al Meriden until he Is 2i and the younger was placed in charge of the probation officer for six months.
 The theft occurred shortly before o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Mrs. Persiehi went out to buy some meat from the cart of Sylvester Gwyno and hung her hand bag, in which was a poeketbook containing the money, on fence. The woman saw the boys coming up the street and saw the older one take her hand bag. She called to them to stop but they ran up the street 10 the tracks of the N. Y. N. II. X H. railroad and down the tracks toward Front street. They ran down the banking back of the Bradley beef house snd disappeared.
 Ms. Persichi immediately informed the police of what had occurred and gave such description of the. boys as she could.
 Captsin Ryan immediately set 10 work on the case. He located two boys who had seen the Bonneville boys come down the banking onto Front street, one Of them carrying the brown bag. He made inquiry and found that the lads had not shown up at school after the noon recess.
 The captain immediately communi- cated with the police in Danielson and Webster and then, with Deputy Sher- if Holbrook, started in m automobile for Danielson thinking that the boys might have taken a southbound troll ley car. No clews were found in this direction and shortly after the officers returned they received word from Maurice Glare, chief of police in Web ster, that he had arrested the boys as they arrived on the trolley in that town.
 Meanwhile Mrs. Persichi went about the city in frantic condition. She said that the money was the savings of several years and the brown bsg also contained her marriage certificate.
 Mrs. Persichi's first husband was shot in revolver duel aDout three years ago under the Front street bridge and died at the Day Kimball hospital the following day.
 At Webster The boys arrested were taken to the police station and search ed. The massachusetts, officers eyes nearly bulged from their sockets when from the year-old boys pockets a hundred dollar bill, two fifties and some small change was forthcoming followed by a total of $l7l from the other boys clothing. Out of tte money stolen, which was in two one hundred dollar bills, two tifties, three tens and three ones, $329 l6 was re- covered.
 Captain Ryan went to Webster and brought the boys back. The capt ain said that the lads, when questioned, said they didn't know why they took the money and that they intended to return to Putnam on the next car They said they threw the bag back of the railroad gangs quarters and there 1t was found.
 Webster officers say that the lads in- quired for moving picture theatre as soon as they arrived and gave a boy, who told them where to go, a five cent tip.
 In court the boys father, William Bonneville, Elm street, appeared with them. All three cried as the court proceedings were under way. IL seemed to relieve the father somewhat when he found that the youngest boy was not to be taken away from him. The boys parents are hard working people. MT. Bonneville WOfks m mill and his wife does when able. She Is at present recovering from an opera ton.
 |A Captain Ryan said the boys had bad records, especially the older one. They have been arrested for playing truant from school and were detected as re- sponsible for the loss of . woman's pocketb0ok at the W0olworth store . few weeks ago. At that time the mother was In the hospital in . serious condition and the boys were not brought into court.
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