The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-12-18
DeUOtiOn OF Sisters
 FniZS To SnUel Youth

In Judge George E. Hinnan's court
 yesterday was unfolded tale of more
 than unusual interest in revealing the
 devotion of two sisters to an erring
 will have to go to jail for term of
 one year, his sisters, not despairing
 of losing their fight for his liberty,
 will continue to stand by"
 It is but fair that their names are
 withheld from the story which is one of boy held in check by the stern rigors of an ultra-religious home and his wild outburst into a life of crime which was nipped short in his first attempt. Raymond Wilson had lived the life of regular little Lord Fauntleroy
 with his parents at Bradford, Pa. un- til three weeks before he suddenly
 disappeared. Until that time Ray
 mond had never seen the inside of pool room, saloon or any other of the
 pitfalls which lay in wait for unWary young men. Then he met pal who
 told him great stories of those places. Raymond was tempted and he fell.
 In three weeks he disappeared from his home, leaving no trace of his whereabouts and headed for the field of adventure. Instead of going to Montana, or Wyoming, where adventure is said to- be for everyone so inclined, he head ed straight for the wildS of Stratford, Conn. Stephen Hinsky, a local taxi driver, was the first to fall to Rey-
 mond,s prowess and Stephen got it in tho neck, for the young hunter from Pennsylvania placed three bull
 lets of small calibre in Hinsky's neck. Then the Stratford police stepped in
 and a budding romance was stopped then and there.
 The last reel of tha romance of Raymond Wilson was run off in Judge Hinman's court when the boy pleaded guilty to aggravated assault and was
 sent to jail for a year.
 When the youngster landed in jail he wrote to his family of his predic- we'll known Illinois travelling man, the other living on Long Island; came immediately to Bridgeport. They se- cured employment here and have been in constant attendance upon their brother at the jail. When he came into the prisoners cage he was cheered by the presence of the two sisters and his brother,
 who is, a minister with a charge in
 Pennsylvania. Commandant Der | mody of the local Salvation Army Corps was present to help all he could--having been drawn to the case by letters from a Pennsylvania min ister who is a great friend of the army and also by letters from the chief of Bradford police. All these
 letters told the same tale of a boy living bla,me1ess life until he fell to temptation.
 II A IoTiueT SIlpiCyef WIOCo III Ills
 defense and a community letter also
 came. All told the sama thing. The taxi driver recovered and liked the young fellow so well that he wrote the court and asked 1eniency for his | assailant. And it was in view of all
 this that the court tempered justice with mercy.
 The sisters last night were sad | dened but not discouraged. 1 The Illinois woman speaking for
 the family said: 'Of course we feel badly that our brother has to go to | jail. But perhaps it is all for the best and we shall not desert him. I will go to Illinois and get my little 1 daughter and come back here to my | job so I can be near Raymond while | he serves his term. My sister lives | close enough that she can come each ] week to visit him. When he comes i out I am sure then he will go | straight"
 It is just another case of a boy 1 falling through gang influence. In l this case the boy will have time to
 reflect and by the strong help and