The evening Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1918-1920, 1919-07-23
YOUNG BURGLARS
RECEIVED PRISON
SENTENCE TODAY
Youthful Store-Breakers to
Winter i'm Windsor
Judge Morse Lenient

Ira Savage, 16, and Bernard Car
medy, IT, both of Chelsea, Mass.
entered pleas of guilty to the
charge of breaking into the stores OF
Paino and Barquin last week and
were sentenced to the House of
Correction by Judge Morse in MUM
cipal Court this afternoon. Savage
was sentenced to not more than five
years nor less than 10 months and
Carmody to not more than three years
nor less than six months.
The boys left Chelsea ten days ago
with an idea of seeing the country
and getting some experience. They
rode freights to Portland, MancheS-
ter, st. Johnsbury, Lyndonville and
Newport and then returned to st.
Johnsbury. Here they broke into
the Barquin and Paino ST res on the
night OF Juy II, looting4 ash regis
ters and eating and des3 ing the
store contents. They left + Albany
where they were capture in the
Central station by the Albany police
and were brought here for trial by
Sheriff Worthcn and States Attorney
Campbell.
Savage has a bad record. At the
age of 13 he was committed the
Lyman Reform school of Massachus-
etts. He has been out on probation
three times and each tiEc was re-
turned. He spent six weeks at a
time in the discipline barracks and
was under discipline several times.
He ran away from the school and
was caught. He was found guilty
of stealing a bicycle. He also stole
and sold, by means of an accomplice
whom he knew only by the name
of Jimmy" Liberty Bonds valued at
$4,000 for which he received $50.
He made a two days trip to Chicago
on the money returning part of the
journey via freight trains. The au-
thorites of the Lyman school say that
his record is so bad that he does not
deserve another chance. Attorney
Campbell said at the hearing this
morning 81 haven't run up against
such record and the facts seem to-
keep coming. l recommend that he
be sentenced to the House of Correc-
ton for at least eighteen months"
Savage was born in Chelsea, Mass
His mother has been dead four years
and he has not seen his father for
four years. He said that his father
had always been a hard drinker.
The boy said that he had learned to
steal with gang of Parker street
boys in Chelsea and that several of
the gang had already "done time"
Judge Morse said "the boy has ap-
parently never had half chance.
My policy is to give young lad the
last chance. However with his re-
cord, no family would care to take
him in and probation would mean
nothing to him."
Mr.. Campbell was of the same opin-
ion that his time spent under the
strict discipline of the Lyman school
should have proved beneficial and
that inasmuch as no indication OF
Improvement were shown, no leniency
should begiven the boy.
Carmody seems to be of better
type. When he left home he said it
was only for adventure and that he
had no idea of doing anything other
than seeing the country and begging
at farm houses. He said that he did
not know that asking for food at
back doors was a criminal affair.
He has been employed as floor
boy in a shoe factory at $14 per week
and has been giving his mother $6
week. He comes of large fam
lily. His father is stone polisher In
a lithograph factory and has been
steadily employed there for twenty
years. 7
When interviewed by Mr.. Campbell
recently, Mrs. Carmody said: "Of
course l am mother enough to want +
my boy but l realize he has done
wrong and expect him to be punish
ed. 1t will be good thing for him."
The Carmody boy has record
while not good yet not criminal. He
has been in Police Court once along
with several other boys on a charge
of trespassing on the Boston and
Maine railroad property.
When questioned by Judge Morse
the boy said: 81 was foolish. After
l get out of this scrape Pm going
back home to work" He wanted to