Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — BOYS ADMIT ANOTHER THEFT [ARTICLE]

BOYS ADMIT ANOTHER THEFT

Took Ring and $3 From the Russell Store at Monon. When news of the arrest and conviction of two boys here for robbing the Pleasant Ridge store reached Monon Tuesday evening, the proprietor of the Russell store, which had alsa been robbed on last Sunday of $3 in cash and a valuable ring, telephoned this information to Sheriff McColly, he suspecting that the same two boys had done both 'jobs. The sheriff went before the boys at once and accused them of the theft and an immediate confession was made. One of the boys handed over $2 which he had sewed inside his hat band, and the other boy produced the ring and another dollar. Both boys persistently refused to say anything further regarding their residence or relatives until they were enroute tp the boys’ school at Plainfield where they were taken via auto Thursday. As they neared their destination they showed more of a desire to talk and sought the sympathy of the sheriff, each showing a reluctance to go to the boys’ school and wanted to go to their homes. They then said their names were Sam Comena and Harry Larsh, and that both had a widowed mother residing at Benton Harbor, Michigan, which was their home. The former is an Italian and the latter a Norwegian. However, it was beyond the power of the sheriff' to do anything for them at this stage, even had he wished to do so, and they wer"? duly placed in the institution and their relatives have been notified, but no word has been received from them as yet.