Show 1 r SMALL BOYS LOOT DESK OF TEACHER FOR A BRIEF TIME LEAVE RECORD REC-ORD OF COAL OIL JOHNNY FAR BEHIND MAKE THEIR FRIENDS HAPPY n Youngsters Give Away Bills of Large Denomination with Reckless Prodigality Have Now to Pay the Reckoning Chicago Boys and girls of tlio northwest side are reveling In tlio losscsslon of unexpected live dollar and ten dollar hills as tlio result of tlio prodigality of thieo schoolboy thieves Tlio trloI Kdgar Hottlngcr 11 years old Frederick Clark ten years old tnd Krlc Kcll ten ellS old pupils of the Hlcliard Yates school blow In i35f In it few bourn the other after loon and evening The money was stolen from tlio ocker of Mrs Kva I E Clorc teacher In he school Tho smull I fortune was illfcred after school hours and Its disappearance was learned by accident acci-dent The hoys according to their confession had been robbing touchers ockers In tho school for some time Airs Clerc had been given this partlc ilar largo sum by her husband to deposit de-posit In the bank In her statement to tho police she said she left her room for u few moments mo-ments carelessly placing her keys on her desk When sho returned she discovered dis-covered tho loss of her money Tho boys had entered during her absence opened tho locker extracted tho money and relocked tho door Half a dozen detectives were detailed ailed on the case with Instructions i to corral every pupil who had been In tho room presided over by tho teacher teach-er Shortly after tho sleuths had I started out however a tip leading to tho Identity of the culprits reached i the station A man whoso name could not be learned visited Hanloy telling him his little daughter and son hud each given him 30 which they said liad been presented to them by Edgar Hettlnger Acting on the clew a detective was I sent to the homo of young Heltlnger i only to bo told by his mother a widow that ho was not at homo and had not been homo since ho left for school after luncheon A guard was then p1acd at tho boys house Shortly after two oclock In the morning the long watch was I rewarded i At that hour tho lad appeared carrying car-rying a pair of new shoes and a now suit of clothes under his arm Ho was questioned by tho policeman as to where ho had been and ho nonchalantly nonchalant-ly replied Down to the lake for ft swim To all questions about tho missing sum of money tho boy made evaslvo answers Not until ho was confronted with the boy and girl to whom ha had given the 30 each did ho confess and Implicate his two youthful com pnnlons Then with the air of a millionaire tho ringleader with no nioro concern I Coming Home < vlth the Spoils I than If he were reciting a lesson replied re-plied Kdpnr didnt I glvo you J50 and Krlc I didnt I also give you 50 Both boys confessed tho truth of the query All three then related how they had enriched acquaintances with live dollar dol-lar and ten dollar bills how they had purchased now outfits leaving their old clothes In a convenient ash barrel how they had bought roller skates visited every confession at a nearby amusement paik tipping tho attendants attend-ants largo sums and how thoy had ridden In automobiles until midnight Then proud of his achievements Hot linger told of tossing five dollar bills to the amount of 95 to tho wind In an alley These bills tho police learned had been picked up the following fol-lowing morning by a rag picker rIll boys will bo prosecuted |