Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 January 1914 — Chicago Boy Raids Pantry; Finds Two Burglars [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Chicago Boy Raids Pantry; Finds Two Burglars

CHICAGO. —While raiding his mother’s pantry for bread and Jam the other afternoon, Charles Claus, nine years old, 1730 Diversey parkway, surprised two real burglars who were stealing his mother’s silverware, called the police

and had them arrested. Just as Charles was attending to the booking of his prisoners at the Sheffield avenue station the desk sergeant received a telephone call from Mrs. Otto Claus, the boy’s mother. *‘l want you to watch out for my boy, Charles,” she said. “He disappeared while I was away from home.” “He's right here, madam,” replied the sergeant, “together with the two burglars who stole your silverware.” “What!” and the receiver banged on the hook. It was the first knowledge Mrs. Claus received that her home had been robbed. Charles came home from school and finding the house locked up, went around to the kitchen. He found a window open and crawled through. He

raided the pantry and was eating bread and Jam-.when he heard a noise in the dining-room. He tip-toed in and saw two men with their backß to him stuffing silverware in a sack. The boy tiptoed back to the kitchen, climbed ont of the window and started for the police station.. On the way he ran plump into the arms of three men, who seized and held him. They were Detective Sergeant George Cudmore and Detectives Oill and Rlesche, whom the boy did not recognize as policemen. The policemen returned with Charles to the house andi seized the men as they were leaving the house with their plunder. The boy accompanied the policemen and their prisoners to the station, where the men gave their names as Louis Mishovltch and John Habut.