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Show SEVEN OFiBiD Hli A Cargo of BeardleM Criminality Makes Its Appearance and Pleads to Indictments 4 THE CAELE CAR E0LD-UP3 a, Young Madden Pleads Guilty and Goes n Crestfallen to Jail-Thief Mur- ray Teases Up .Kf Beardless boyhood appeared in Job . lots before Judge Anderson when the 5 arraignments were called this morning O and pleaded to tho indictments with all rH tho swaggering sang froid of a. frontier h repparce who was skilled in coast do- I I fenses. A. C. Madden was at the head Q of the clasi In crime and listened, crest- f falien, to the reading of the indictment W charging him with having forged a t'heck in the sum of $18 upon oue John H F. Thompson. (f "What do you plead, Mr. MaddonT" asked tho clerk, "guilty or not guilty.1 "Guilty," lisped tho boy, whose lips Mi quivered and a cataract of tears burst from his eyes. The court was surveying him critio-ally critio-ally when Mr. Critchlow rose and said a word iu the wayward juvenile's behalf. be-half. "This case," said tho attorney, "Is ono that should probably go to the reform re-form school and 1 ask that it go over for further consideration until Saturday." Satur-day." The words seemed to fan young Madden Mad-den into new lifo. The How of tears were quickly stanched and he subsided sub-sided in his scat among the motley array whilo John L. Thompson, a tall, gaunt and raw-boned disciple of sin and impiety stepped forward with his left wrist encased in a red flannel rag and pleaded gnilty to housebreaking. He retired to receive sentence on Saturday Sat-urday morning at 10 o'clock. When the names of George Stafford and Franklin Archer were called the necks of lawyer and spectator were craned for a look at their personality. They are the beardless highwaymen who were recently captured by Marshall Mar-shall Young and a picked posse from the force, for making a street car conductor con-ductor stand and deliver. They cama forward with the debonair of the toughest tough-est tough, and each entered a plea of not guilty, i "Have you an attorney?" asked Mr. Critchlow, "1 kind of engaged one who came up to tho jail and gut my address for a message to my folks for money," replied re-plied Archer. "Have you any money!" asked the court, addressing Stafford, who was posing with rakish nonchalance "Naw," replied the prisoner, who was mutely discussing the contents of -the indictment. . . The court Any watoh? - - ' f . Tho prisoner jVaw; not even that. The court Any gun? Tho prisoner, adroitly Naw; that's something I never had 'n me life. The cases were passed, and Franklin Murry, aged 17, with a face as smooth as a coquette's, camo forward to plead to housebreaking and burglary. "Guilty," ho said in foggy tones. "Do you understand what it is to plead guilty and the penalty it implies?" im-plies?" asked tho court. "Yes, sir; a lawyer told me." The court read tho penalty provided by tho statute and asked; "Do you still plead guilty?" "Yes, sir," piped the prisoner, "but wanter git wboro I can have fresh air; me lungs is bad off." Tho officer whose mind recurred at that moment to the running race that had taken place between the fugitive and his captor on the day of the offense smiled an incredulous smile as tho lung trouble was cited, and the publio spirited spir-ited young crook settled in his seat. G. XV. Haight indicted forforgery and held on two charges was tha next to toe the scratch and with a tincture of defiance in his voice answered not gnilty, lie is tho elusive genius who was telescoped ono night in December for impersonat- . ing the "Happy Hottentot" to the delight of the inhabitants of the Dark continent whose jungles margin Commercial Com-mercial avenue, but who pleaded that ' he had simply blacked up for a little lark when he ran into the embrace of the peripatetic elueth. His forgeries ' wero passed on Charlie Fink and William Chade, each of whom were victimized in the sum of $25. It was then announced that the case of tho People vs. Flyun was next on tho call and tho prisoners again filed out in the direction of Sheritr Burt's steel-ribbed caravansary. ' |