Putnam patriot., 1918-12-27

of the law and paid his fare to Put
nam he stole $4S from the pocket
book placed in my shoe"
Aslee said Il ana n little Canadian,
My parents live in Canada. came
to the United States because in Cam
ada a penny looks as big as a dollar
does here. | worked in a Woonsocket
mill dotling and put my money in the
myself up and go home to see my fa-
Their and mother, but ! can't 20 now"
1t was peculiar and almost unbe-
lievable tale che lad told, but he gave
names and places and they could
easily be confirmed. From his story
it appeared that large young heart
touched by another's misfortune got
Aslee in wrong. His story was as
follows;
Il am little Canadian. was
born in Canada and went to college
there. | left home year ago to come
to this country TO make more money.
Why, a penny in Canada is as big as
dollar is here.
Il have worked year in the mills
in Woonsocket. | was a doifer and
by working steady all the time made
twenty-four and twenty-six dollars a
week They didn't want me to work
but eight hours, but they couldn't
fool me. | was over 16 years old and
told them so.
"The work was getting slack and |
decided to come to Putnam | went
to the railroad station in Woonsocket
Saturday evening. There | saw that
old man. He said, Little boy, where
are you going2' ! told him TO Put
nam. He said he was going there too.
He was very drunk was taught to
help one another and wanted to
keep him out of the law There was
cop in the station. too. Tue old
man said Nc was sleepy and wanted
to sleep off the whiskey. took him
to a boarding house. Before we got
there another man named Louis APP
peared. They got room and | got
one next door. They each had two
pints of whiskey They drank it and
became very drunk and were fighting.
I'm the morning they wanted more
to drink They sent me after 1t but
| didn't go. We went to Pawtucket
and they got some in hotel there.
When the old man was in the hotel TO
get more liquor Louis disappeared.
He said that Louis crooked some
money from him.
1--WE came to Putnam and went to
the Hotel Chickering. | took out my
pocketbook and handed the man a
ten dollar bill He gave the change
to the old man. We then went up
stairs to the room. / tried TO get the
old man to undress, but he wouldn't.
He drank more whiskey and said he
would cut my throat. He had a white
handled razor. II was three o'clock
before | dared to go to sleep. ! put
my pocketbook in my shoe at the end
of the bed.
when ! woke up the old man was
gone. looked in my poeketbook and
there was only - cents there. l told
the clerk what had happened. We
went around to the saloons but could
not find the old man. We told the
police. The Office took me to dinner
with him. After dinner we found tht
old man. He was in a saloon with q
| lot Of buns around him. He was
drunk. He insulted me by calling me
a bum. The officer searched him anc
found some money in his pockets"
Officer Cordier told Of receiving
| the complaint. He said he took th'
| boy to dinner and after dinner they
went into the north end of the city
/ The boy didn't like to go into the sa
looms. At one place there were 10
Of "bums" sitting around and the DO,
walked up to the old man and picket
him out as the man who robbed him.
Officer Cordier said that he search
ed the old man. He found 5000
loose in his pockets. He even tool
off his shoes and stockings to make !
| thorough search. He was so DRUM
that he couldn't tell anything an'
was drunk when he, the officer, wen
off duty.
James F. Brown told of the oil
man and the boy coming to the hote
and hiring the room. He though
they were father and son. The BIO.
had a pocketbook and handed the oil
man a ten dollar bill and the old MAJ
paid for the room and they wer
shown up. The next he knew wa
when the boy told his story the fol
lowing morning. They searched tn
saloons for the old man but couldn'
find him.
The old man, who said his nam