The Glenwood post., 1922-12-28
YOUTHFUL BANDITS
SLUG LONE WOMAN
Mrs. Erickson Attacked On
Street By Bandit Who
Relented at Once
DECLARED DELINQUEN1s

Just at the time when the communi-
ty was filled with the Christmas spirit
and choirs were singing the glad tidings
of peace on Earth, Goodwill Toward
Men, those in the vicinity of the
Glenwood sanitarium heard shrill
Shrek Of a woman calling for help.
1t was Mrs. Erickson, who lives at
lois Bennett avenue, and it was soon
Learned that while on her way home
she had been assaulted by young
man, knocked in the head with a bottle
and brought to the ground, and that
the bandit then apparently took pity
on her, helped her to her feet and
escorted her to her home only short
distance away and then beat hasty
retreat.
The first report was to the effect
that Mrs. Erickson had been shot, but
a physician who was summoned to
Mrs. Erickson IS reli,f soon reported
that she had been asa ,ulted with some
blunt weapon, and that she was puf-
fering greatly from nervous shock.
Officers were soon busy on the case
and they finally placed under arrest
two young men from Grand Junction
who had registered at local rooming
house under what later proved to be
assumed names, and had given Kan
sas City as their place of residence.
Confronted by their victim the elder
of the two boys, who, gave his age as
II years, admitted that he was the
author of the wild west act which came
near costing a harmless old lady her
life, and said his pal was sick in bed
in their room at the time the act was
perpetrated, and had nothing whatever
to do with the act.
The boys finally gave their correct
names and addresses, and at the hear
.ng in the county court last Tuesday
they were confronted by their parents,
who were greatly embarrassed by the
lawless actions of their sons.
The men in the case are both en-
ployed on the Rio Grande road, and
give every evidence of being honora-
BILE citizens who would not tolerate
any unlawful acts on the part of their
offspring if they could prevent it.
The boys made clean breast of the
whole affair, reciting their conduct
from the time they left their homes
in Grand Junction, up to and includ-
ing the assault on defenseless woman
in G'enwood. While the elder of the
boys assumed all the blame for the
assault, Judge Bell said they were both
guilty, inasmuch as they had Travelled
together and together had planned
such unlawful acts. The boys sad
they had $2S.90 when they left theil
homes in Grand Junction, but that they
spent it all before they pulled off the
hold-up.
When asked by Judge Bell why they
left home, one of them said they just
wanted to see the country, but the
father of the speaker held up a eau
tioning finger and said, "Hold on
now, tell the court the TRUTH and
then the boy faltered and admitted
that they were in "dutch' over some
ear deals and had heard that they
were TO be prosecuted. and they thought
they had better "beat it" while the
beating was good.
Both the boys and their parents ad
mitted that they had "flunked" in
ther school work last year and were
now conditioned and trying to make
up their studies.
When Judge Bell asked them if they
could return home with their parents
and make up their school work and
keep out of further devilment, they
seemed quite willing to do so, and in
dicated that they had had quite
plenty of the wild west life, and saie
they would not need any guardian
from this time on, as they had found
that there was nothing in the wild way
that leads to destruction.
The court then declared the boys de
inauents but on their promise to fac'
about he suspended sentence to the re
formatory, and paroled them to th'