The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1926-01-30
ARTIST,
JUNIOR

and last night / picked 1t up on
Benning Road. The driver said
he'd owned the car for the last
three years, and he had three
registered cards to prove i.
The engine number agreed with
the registration cards. but the tag
number didn't. ] took those tags
off and found the correct ones
underneath. We'd been hunting
the wrong car for two days.
/ turned that man loose and
followed the defendant to Eff
teenths and Fl at 30 miles an
hour.
He didn't have any permit.
couldn't produce registration
card, and when called up the
traffic bureau they said the tag
numbers he was driving with
never had been issued. Besides
that, he looked to me like he
was under age, and i sent him
to the House of Detention. This
Is the third car he's stolen in the
last three weeks.
What do you do-steal a car 2
shs =
week, young MANI
Nom. The one I had before
this, I kept nearly two weeks.
/ kept 1t in an alley. The man
next door to us sold his machine,
and gave me the old tage to turn
In for him. put them on the
stolen car. /"
What did you want another ma
chine for-figuring on going into
the taxi business, were your"
Nom. They caught me with
that machine and brought me
down here last Wednesday
II thought your face looked
familiar
We'll, they kept me here until
half past twelve, and didn't
want to miss my class in moral
philosophy"
Glass in what?''
In Reverse Gear
Moral philosophy. I'm a third
year high school boy. was
afraid I'd be late to class. and
found that car just outside the
SQUIRT, and / drove to school In
it. l liked it so well decided
to keep it.
IT went down to the District
Building after school. and in the
corridor outside the license clerks
office / found whole boxful OF
tags. / broke it open and took
out two or three sets. / thought
If changed my license plates
every few days I wouldn't be 50
likely to get caught.
1T can't be done. Every time
you cover one track, you make
two more"
Witness: I'm from the license
clerks office We found box
of so license plates had been
broken open and three sets taken
out. We knew what tags were
supposed to be in there, and no
titled the police Of the missing
numbers about half an hour after
the BOY was caught"
Probation officer: HE comes
from a very good family, your
honor. This thing is a terrible
shock to Them. If he is sent
away don't know what they
will 10. His studies will be in
terrupted. and the education he
has received so far viii be
wasted"
"It looks to me as though 1t
was, pretty we'll wasted already.
He'll get some education out at
the National Training School.
That seems to be the kind he
needs most.
Young people must be taught
responsibility. Without that, no
real progress can be made. Yet
the tendency is away from it.
In the orgy Of reform now pre-
valent, responsibility IL put on
the school teacher, on the corner
on the movies. q small
part on the parent-but nothing
Is done to make the child realize
his own responsibility.
Much or little, the child must
be held accountable for a certain
portion of his conduct. Can he
grow from an irresponsible person
to a responsible one over night?
t"I am going to send you to the
National Training School. If you
behave well and get a good record
YOU can be out on parole in a
year. Otherwise you'll be there
until you're 81"