Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 294, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 December 1912 — DISHONESTY LED TO BOY’S DISGRACE [ARTICLE]

DISHONESTY LED TO BOY’S DISGRACE

Lad Employed In Store Had Been Stealing From Employer—Con- - fessed After Discot ery* ’. y ~ Hoping |to spare the feelings of a boy who has been discovered in his misdeeds in the hope that he may come to a realization of his predicament and never become a thief again, his name is omitted from this article. she youth held a position in a store in this place and for some time had the confidence of his employer. This confidence wavered some last week, howeyer, when some irregularities discovered. Later in the week it was found that he 'had stolen as much as $5 from the cash register at one time. He was watched and caught red-handed in his practice and to having stolen between S3O and S4O. He was taken before Judge Hanley, who sentenced him to the reform school at Plainfield, and then suspended 'sentence pending his living in an honest way, going to school, staying out of the shooting ■gallery, poolroom or being on the streets at night. • The Judge gave him a lecture that he should never forget and that will be the cause of his reformation if he acts upon it. It is said that the bqy proved dishonest while employed on another job. Lack of home training may be responsible,, but now that the lad has been brought face to face with the seriousness # of his peculations he should never again let a dishonest cent get into his hands.