Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1914 — BLIND BOY A HOUSEBREAKER [ARTICLE]

BLIND BOY A HOUSEBREAKER

Young English Lad Will Also Inherit a Considerable Fortune When He is 21. London. —A boy of 15 named William Garstang, who Is almost totally blind, was charged at Colne with housebreaking. It was stated that Garstang had been discharged from his work in a cotton mill at Nelson on account of blindness, and this had worried him. He broke into a house at Brierfield by sliding down a coal chute into the cellar. He was seen by the occupier, and a number of women surrounded the house and captured him. He escaped, but a policeman chased him to a tramcar and he was caught When arrested the boy bad a flashlight and a knife in his possession. It was stated that Garstang had been previously convicted of housebreaking, and sent tqka blind school. The Bench under probation for 12 months. Garstang, it was stated, will inherit a considerable fortune when he reaches the age of 21.