New Britain herald., 1919-08-21
ROY BURGLARS GO
 TO REFORM SCHOOL
Youths, Guilty Of WeSt-end Rob-
 berries, Are Committed


 successfully adopted the roles of sherlock Holmes and Watson last cVe ming in a manner that was amusing though productive of results in solV ing petty crimes committed lately. Through the efforts of these two, AIr, Platt in particular, two boys who seem to have instituted a plan for a series of burslaries were brought 10 task n chambers this morning and committed to the SchC ol For Boys in Meriden. Though their captOTS rec commended leniency the records Of the boNs wore against them and Judge Meski1l thought it best that they be committed The youngsters were Teo- file Karascwicz, aged 12, and Bronls- laH Mech orizk, aged IS.
 The story of their downfall begins with the entry of Mr. Platt into his homo on Vine street yesterday after noon at about j:3O o'clock. With his 1 arms full of bundles he walked in and 1 heard a noise. followed by the sound ! of running. DiScardng the extra weight of the bundles at random, MT. 1 Platt started for the rear of his house. ] He saw the boys making off in oppo- | site directions. Taking after one of 1 them he called to a labOrcr in the nearby yard to got the other. He eff l ferted l capture and returned with ! the boy. Down the street aways he | saw the IahOrer, badly blown. making l poor headWaN on the trail of he other 1 culprit. Mr. Platt jumped into his l car, which Was stHQding out front, and l made good the handicap that the pursuit had upon him. turned over h tn ]o loh roG cto rte on the trail of tho other. Followed a chase through backwards and over 1 he'd ges. The fugitive fell down, Mr. 1 Platt Followed suit Still they ran. It was at the corner of Forest street that 1 another capture was made even l though the boy, at the time, was fum- ] bling with a pistol
 { The modern Sherlock Holmes 'smelled rat" and calling in Mr. | Parsons questioned the boys. They l took the two men to a cache where l many trinkets, stolen in the course of a few months, were found. Mr. 1 Parsons revolver, a much more eff l cient weapon than hat ca ried by the 1 boys, was one of the items found in ! the trOve.
 Thus he mystery of the burglaries | was solved. The youngsters had pret- 'N l homes and are undoubtedly to blame 1 for many thefts which have not been 1 reported. Mr. Platts timely action l will prove 8 drawback 10 future l depredations. 1 New Lead Coming.
 IoOtcd Three Homes. Reports were in the hands of the | police last week from Charles B. Par sons, F. c. Platt and John Wcssellock, | whose houses had been ransacked and l articles of value as well as small amounts of coin had been reported | taken. Detective Sergeants A. J. 1 Richardson and T. F. Johnson recov- l cred the loot and made the arrests l yesterday. Today MT. Parsons identi- fled a gold watch, chain and charm, a | pair of opera glasses, valued at $1O,
 revolver valued at s5 and pearl l handled knife, as having been taken from his house; MT. Wessellock claim l ed two reVolvers, a purse, several ci- gars and about s4 in change as well as
 several packages of bullets. The | change had been taken from church
 envelopes and the torn envelopes were 1 left behind by the boys.
 Chopped Door Panel
 Entrance to the Parsons home was l SueCltu through ct rear WlnQOW, the
 pane of which was broken while in
 the Wessellock home the boys had en- 1 tered through a basement and had | chopped door panel enabling them
 10 open a latch from the inside The l latter home was ran5acked from top l to bottom and drawers were left open 1 indicating hurried sea rch. The Par i sons home was footed but not ran | sacked as much as the other house.
 Past Records Bad.
 The boys admitted guilt, one of
 them stating that the money was for
 a party and the other not giving any ! reason for his actions. Asked by Judge l Meskil if he didn't knew it was wrong
 to steal, he replied that he did not.
 This is the fourth offense since the
 first of March for the younger of the
 two boys and the third in the same
 period for the other boy. The boys
 were caught on another occasion
 while 5urglarizing an East Main
 street second hand store.
 Fruit Dealers Fined
 Sergeant T. F. Johnson arrest ed
 Michael Camgabian on Spring street l yesterday morning for selling vege-
 tables and fruit without having a li-
 cense issued by the police depart
 ment. He was in police court this
 morning, and paid a fine of $5,
 Camgabian was selling the fruit
 and vegeta bes to three customers
 when the officer approached him and
 asked where his license numb bcrs were | He told Sergeant Johnson that they
 were at home ard when asked for his | written license, he was unable to pro l duce it. He admitted that he had