The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1957-04-04

store on Third street in Oakland
early Wednesday morning. Mer-
chandise amounting to $1,112.24 in
retail value was in the process Of
being trucked away when Porter
Dewitt, night policeman, came
upon the two with a stolen truck
in the alley back of The Republi-
can building
The day-long investigation yester-
day also brought four other juve-
niles under observation, with the
result that all six have confessed
to a series of petty thefts which
have been occurring over the past
several months.
Names of the persons involved
may not be published, because of
the juvenile court law, but it is
rather widely known who the
persons are. Their ages: one is Is,
four are IA and one is 16.
The story as brought out by
States Attorney S. R. Pagenhardt,
ran something like this:
About 2 a m. one of the juve-
niles went to the home of the other
one, tapped on the window and
awakened him, and then both went
to warehouse of A. D. Naylor and
company, where one the company
trucks was kept. The previous
night they had broken the lock and
replaced the covering over it, 50
all they had to do was to open the
door and start up the truck
They parked it in the alley in
the rear of The Republican Of
flee They then took glass cutters
and attempted to cut through an
auxiliary door of the r. and p
store, fronting on Third street
Failing in this they smashed the
window and entered. They hastily
gathered the following: nine guns
several of them high powered
rifles; 81 boxes of % calibre shells
boxes of 16-gauge shotgun shells
10 boxes 12-gauge shotgun shells
"a boxes of high powered rifle bull
lets; two radios, three rifle scopes
watches, flashlights, pocket knives
hunting knives, fishermen's hats
aEa other things.
Prepare TO Load Truck
They made their exit by way of d
cellar window between the store
and the City hall, leaving theil
loot" between the buildings while
they went for the truck.
1t was while they we're getting
the truck started that Policeman
Dewitt arrived He arrested one
boy, while the other fled Taking
the one boy to the lookup he
reused Deputy Sheriff James
Frantz, and learning the identity
of the other boy, drove to the boys
home. There the family was in bed
| but after the parents were aroused
and search was made, they founc
| the second youth in bed in his
pajamas, but he pcrspiring heavily
and was still out of breath from
running home.
Dewitt learned where the articles
were that were in the process oil
being loaded on the truck and sc
practically everything was re
covered.
CriIling Follows
Then in the grilling which tool
place yesterday authorities Learned
that on March "a, four had entered
the j. w. Jackson and 10 cent
store, and again on Monday the
two had gone back.
Throughout the day they adj
mitted to daytime theft of a mum
Der of articles from the Englandcl
Pharmacy, Browning's Hardware
Hubs Harness Shop, Carroll.
Sport Shop, Western Auto Associ
ate Store, Smouse's Store, Oak
land Pharmacy, and the Oakland
Radio and Electric Company. They
also admitted having stolen a cal
from Ralph Smouse's Body Shop
and also one from Sanders anc
HerShman garage They admitted
stealing dealer tags from Sander.
and Hershman, and of havinI
stolen gasoline at least once. From
The Oakland Radio and Electric
they had stolen truck keys.
They also admitted to having
entered the A. D. Naylor and com
pany store around Christmas time
and stealing a high powered rifle
This was recovered yesterday. One
of the youths said he took that in
daylight hours by sticking it down
his trouser leg.
Had Loaded Four Guns
County authorities said that four
of the guns had been loaded, and
there was speculation of what
might have happened had Dewitt
been few minutes later and had
come upon them while they were
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