Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial., 1918-11-30
FOUR BOYS CHARGED
WITH Il ROBBER|ES
Youthful Band. Organized Tor
Crime, Caught by Police; Are
From 9 TO IL Years Old.

Beginning their career by breaking INTO
and wrccking school rooms to get even
with their teacher. four bows. ranging N
ages from @ to t3 wears were rounded M
last rIght hy the police and are charged
with ronhiug no less than eleven stores
in this CITY recently while thc police cX-
pcct to faStou several more thotts upon
them.
Full confession of the number ot rob
berries was made bN the BOYS, All of whom
live here. the police SAY They declared
they had broken INTO three Schoolhouscs
arT found II suCh An easy matter that they
determined tn become real burglars
Tic polH arrested were Robert Brown
wears old hing street near Eighth. Owen
Johnson. ii wears old 20i Fith avenue,
Namau Anderson n years old Jackson
and MARYLAND avcnuc, and I.ro Patsoskiv,
Is wears old II Cedar street
Light hurglanc~ on Thursday night
are admitted according e. me police by
thcss, bows. who called themselves the
'P,Ssnm Gang ON previous night
thew broke into three other stores and
three punhc schools 4 total oi fourteen
buvgIarIcs 10 winch they already have
confessed
Youthful - the bows arc. the police
dcclarc they went about their work with
III the skill and aptitude " professional
Neggmcn
In one instance. on Thursday night.
where they broke into the meat store o'
Fred AlverS $50 King street they gained
entrance hy drilling hole IN the rear door.
boring ont tho lock with an augur. hammer
ing off the combination of q safe, and
saving of tho hinges
The door Of the safe was then loose,
hut the strength uf tho boys was unequal
Ia the task of lifting il c1t, and they were
compelled 10 leave without any money
IN the notion store Of Florence y.
Curlctt : East sixth street, on the same
night. the police say the Youthful burglars
stole So 80 from the cash drawer Here
entrance was gained by forcing the sky
ight They assembled 10 the rool of m
adjoining house hy means ot shed and
ram spout on which ono II them rISked
lie life 10 Chamber to the roof
At the barber shop OF Louis Capcdonla,
: l5ast Sixth street entrance was forced
also hy means q 3 skNhght Here eight
ra2ors and a pair of clippers were stolen
4 Slot machine was broken into. but no
money was N IT.
In the but cher shop Of William Ennis
S37 King street they failed find any mono,
and atc and carried away sausage worth
about St
That same night they entered the candy
store of Fred Jasper S27 King street,
getting s. in pennies; the store Of Charles
Woodward, S31 King street, and the
fruit store Of George Wallace. Sixth and
King streets they told the police
On November II they broke into the
stores Of Charles Meillcr 50 King street,
the American Store 303 King street,
William johnson, 305 King street On
these night also they broke into the three
public schools II Is Sald
Altogether they stold on these two
nights more than $3.50 in money hat the
police have been able 10 account for
The booty they took outside of that hard
" amounts to 500
The very oravado which the boys used
in carving out their tmcvery led 20 their
arrest Last night Detectives Green
Riley. and kcnpski saw small boy
standing at Sixth and King streets with
gun. They questioned HIM. and his
answers led them 10 accuse him OF being
concerned III the burglares. lie broke
down CRYING. confessed and lInplcatcd
hls comrades.
Tho bows activities started some weeks
ago. according 10 the confession ot young
Brown wnen out of revenge at their
tcachcrs IN Public Schools Nos /, 3 and,
10. who uporaidcd them for laxitN in their
studiee. they broke into the schools at
night and almost wrecked several q the
class rooms Clocks were demolished,
ulaclboaris broken desks cut with chisels,
telephones torn from their connections.
lnk spilled over the floor and the rooms
madeto look as though 4 cyclone had
struck them
50 pleased were tie boys with thc man
rer and ease a winch tie schools had been
entered Brown said, that it was suggested
that they call themselves the "Poss,m
Gang" and embark Oh 4 carnival Of crime
''just like IN tic movies. be added
All wcle turned over 10 the Juvenile
Court Johnson charged with forcble
cnf-2 tho pthcr three With l3rccnr