Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1909 — Rensselaer Boy in Trouble. [ARTICLE]

Rensselaer Boy in Trouble.

A Rensselaer youth of good parentage who bas been in trouble before and seems destined for the penitentiary unless be changes his ways, is said to be serving a 10 dayd* jail sentence In Indianapolis for the theft of an overcoat and revolver from Perry Horton, son of Dr. and Mrs. J. W. Horton. Perry Is taking a commercial course there and the young man reently called on him at the college and accompanied hjm to his room. Later during Perry’s absence bis overcoat and revolver were taken and Perry surmised that they might be located at a pawn brokers. He located them and the police located the young man ands be was lucky to get off with a Jail sentence.