Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1901 — Boys Sentenced for Burglary. [ARTICLE]

Boys Sentenced for Burglary.

Five boys, ranging from twelve to fifteen years, were sentenced to the reform school at Oshkosh, Wis., for burglary. They are Andrew Lindblade, Willie Heiss, George Wollanck, Willie Mollen and Herman Schmidt. They confessed to breaking into three stores and stealing valuable goods. Among the articles taken was a quantity of chewing gum and it was through this means that the boys were trapped. Several urchins who seemed to be unusually well supplied with that article were taken into custody and a "sweating” brought out the facts.