The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1920-05-06
BOYS ARE CHARGED WITH STEALING
DYNAMITE TO CARRY OUT PLAN TO
FORCE and ROB SOME LOCAL SAFES
Three Boys, All Minors, Taken Into Custody
When One Tells Tales On the Others;
One Escapes At Door OF Court House.

Three Canon City lads, two of then
on parole from the State Industria
School for Boys at Golden. but who's,
names papers are not permitted undel
the statutes to publish because o.
their youth, got in bad with the au
thorities here late Tuesday afternoon
although only couple of them are un
der arrest, the other having made his
escape after being taken into custody
One of these boys, about IS years
of age, is said to have come heie .e
Gently from Montana, and it was
through him that the other two were
implicated in series of misdemean.
ors. He went to the Office of a prom.
inent business firm about O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon and asked to see
the president of the concern When
the president inquired what he want
ed he demanded that the sum of $50
be paid him as hush money" other
wise he would tell things" about the
two paroled boys in the employ of
the company, for whom it is said that
Its manager had very generously
agreed to stand sponsor for their good
behavior at the time they entered the
company's service.
Realizing the absurdity of the boys
demand and believing that he was
either half-witted or crazy, the presi-
dent ordered him to leave the place
Immediately or he would have him
arrested for blackmail A few minutes
Later the boy Teappeared at the Of
nee IN company with Undersherifr
f'ulkerson. whom he had invited to go
with him, and again made a request to
see the president of the firm. When
the latter came to the counter the boy
repeated his demand for the $50. With
out further discussion of the matter
the president at once order the under
sherif to take the boy into custody
and have him locked up.
Later in the county Jail the boy
who had attempted to extort money
from the firm alluded to, told the Of
hcfals a wonderful story of plans
made by the two paroled lads to dyna-
mite the ''strong boxes" of several
business houses in town, of alleged
robberies they had committed and of
others in contemplation. Upon this
revelation the two boys in question
were arrested about $3.50 O'Clock in
the evening, and an officer started to
the court house with them They
were taken into custody for stealing
a couple of bicycles and were al
3oved to ride the machines from the
place they had been working to the
court house, the officer making the
arrest accompanying them in an au-
tA,nah;1a hafnra inc hatr
destination one of the boys turned his
bicycle in the opposite direction and
rode away as rapidly as possible and
was soon out of sight. He made
good his escape, and has not since |
been seen around town.
While some of the accusations made |
against the two paroled boys were
probably not true, sufficient credence
was given to them by the officials to
cause their arrest. which develop
ments have proven was amply justi-
fed. That they have violated the
provisions of their parole and that
both of them. if the missing one can
be located, will be sent back to Golden
for further assignment to the indus
trial school goes without saying.
one OF the ldGS dlter DeiuS louSeu
in Jail related to the authorities how
he and his associate pried open the
door of the powder house of Jewett e
St John at their quarries near the
entrance to the Royal Gorge last Mon
day night and stole a .22-calibre Win
chester target rifle. box of fuses and
a quantity of dynamite and dynamite
cs ps, most of which has since been
recovered He said the rifle was Sc
eted under the Ninth street river
b dge, and the officers later found
it there in the place described. II
is reported that the boys intended to
use the dynamite for killing fish in the
river and for blowing" safes for
rooney, but how much of fact there Is
in such statements il is impossible
10 state. .- ~
The boy who attempted to force the
payment of money by the blackmail
: ing process was arraigned before JUS
tice w. L. Sparks at 9 o'clock thil
morning. but was remanded to jai
until o'clock this afternoon to awai
preliminary hearing.