Jasper County Democrat, Volume 4, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 August 1901 — The Youngest Peace Officer. [ARTICLE]

The Youngest Peace Officer.

The youngest peace officer In the United Blates olives at Congress. He la Richard Boscha, 14 years old, the son of Deputy Sheriff Pete Boscha, who has been a deputy sheriff under all ad'nflnlstratlons In Yavapai County for twenty years—a fearless and efficient officer. Richard Boscha is a small boy of 14. He has black hair and eyes and a look of great intelligence. He came to Phoenix recently, bringing the 16-year-old •on of a county official who had become Infatuated with the “Coontown 400,” •nd ran away with It. Young Bosch* was asked if the young man was glad to jo pack c “No.” he said, “h 5 didn’t want to come, but there was no way I 0 7: •tepson of a weH-known resident of Hioenlx, also ran away with t£e iftPWHe was with it at Congress, £>ut has hot been apprehended. The boys weft to get $1 a day and board. Their part in the performance was assistant in the erection of the tent. The next stopping place after Congress the boys understood was to be Denver. There was to be five days of nothing to do but eat And draw salaries. In consequence, they desired to remain with the show a few days, anyhow. Young Mr. Boscha first- came Into prominence about a year ago by the •rrest of a Mexican for whom the officers had been looking for some time. He and another Mexican had fought a duel intended to be deadly, for the favor of a senorlta. One of them was wounded and the other left the country. Borne months afterward this little boy, then only 13 years old, found the duelist, and at the point of a gun took him into camp.—Arizona Republican.