Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 April 1918 — YOUNG ROBBERS ARE NIPPED [ARTICLE]

YOUNG ROBBERS ARE NIPPED

REX MOORE AND OLEN WISEMAN LAND IN JAIL AS RESULT OF SUNDAY THEFTS. ' Rex Moore, son of Forg Moore, of Hammond, and' Olen Wiseman, son N os Henry Wiseman, of this city, are in the county jail, where they were taken Monday afternoon, as a result of a rtumber of Sunday thefts. The lads are ten years of age. The places visited by the youths during the day were the Van Wood barbershop on McKinley avenue, the G. E. Murray store and the Star theatre. At the Wood barbershop some cigarettes, cigars and keys were obtained. At the Murray store the boys gained an entrance by going to the roof of the building, where they found the skylight open. About five dollars rewarded their efforts at this store, while a few pennies were secured at the Star. The boys will be brought up for a hearing before Judge Hanley within a few days and Will no doubt be sentenced to a term at the state reform school at Plainfield, Ind. This time changing business has the most of our citizens walking in a circle these days. Not that the system is itself so hard to master, but the town clock, knowing the state is to go dry, has chosen this an oppor-j tune moment to go on a “bender.” The city regulator has been “woozyeyed” for the past two or three days and strikes just as often and as many times as it cares to without regard for the feelings of anyone. Unless Custodian Morlan can get the Old Fellow sobered up soon, Rensselaer is going to be inhabited by a race of nervous wrecks.