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Show TOO LITTL-. TO PUNISH. Long; Branch Hm-glur Set t ree Hi -fause He Ia Only Seven Years James Travers Is the boy ! : r t Long Branch, X. J., and alt !-.:v,!i b;:' 7 years old is slicker than many a hi ; i tdzed thir-f. Since : - April he has gvrij-:- ; robbtnl the same $ :i store three times. r His method was ii ,; to enter at about 1 ll the hour for clos- 'vj' ' . ing and conceal 'j -Pv his diminutive ' ' "-, person under a lfr-.';'f'' ' counter. When I'll 7 k' ' : everybody had left : be would ransack travels. tbe place nnd escape es-cape by means of the front door, which fastened with a spring lock easily manipo lated from the inside. The scheme worked well twice. The third time it failed,!'-: when Jimmy tried to get away after liliii:-: his pockets with small change juv.l .:.;.:. v ettes he found that the door was held oi. the outfiide by means of a big padhiek. While trying to overcome the difficulty 1 h. youngster knocked down a lot of tinware and made such a noise that a police:.'. an appeared and took him to the lockup, li protested against imprisonment, saying he 'was only 7 years ql4 ,lQd too little." The judge, when the case came to cmu'i. took the same view, aud let him gj ou hi--mother's promise to swud him out of town. |