Show t INFANT HORSE STEALER II EightYearOId Boy in Bad Business Jess i HOW HE BEAT THE POLICE I I I If f Won His Freedom With SoulS I Soul-S Stirring Story I I l i Arrested on the Serious Charge of I I J Stealing a Horse Ho Is Liberated I Because of His Eloquence l 1 r I Morris Morrison eight years of age t who lives with his parents on Fourth South between Went Temple and First West streets Is regarded by the police r as one of the cleverest youngsters that r ij has ever fallen into their t fnlen clutches He I was not adroit enough however to i avoid arrest yesterday on the charge f oC horsestealing but his winning 9 con talk so completely deceived the Ii officers that he gained his freedom and Ii Ii will notbe prosecuted for the crime The lad IB small for his years but I I looks as If he had had more experience J I than the ago he claimed to the police 1 3 would Indicate He lives with his lves wih parents par-ents at times when ho can find n morE interesting occupations At other times he lives In spots HOW THE TRICK WAS DONE Several weeks ago 0 horse belonging to John Bailey 34 Rosella street suddenly i sud-denly disappeared and all efforts of Its owner to locate the animal wero futile Poliqe officers were Informed of the supposed t r sup-posed theft but they also failed to find I 0 clue that would lead to tho recovery ot tho horse A few days s ago the horse was mysteriously returned to Its owner r The animal was found one morning last t I l I week picketed near Baileys residence quietly browsing The police were In I I I lormcd of the return of the animal and the search was declared off ot But a close watch wan kept upon the t animal by its owner I was locked up I i nights and during the day when It pastured in the vacant lots near the house some one was always watching I Yesterday morning young Morrison was II 11 caught In the act of stealing the horse t according to Bailey and he w held I until the arrival of the police He was taken to headquarters where ho admitted J I I ad-mitted having taken the horse previously 1 previous-ly but stated that he did not Intend to t steal wanting merely a ride for himself him-self and friends The youngsters had I 1r1 ridden the hors for days until they t were weary of tho sport when they had t returned It SOME FINE ACTING On beihg told by the officers that he was under arrest for horsestealing the I lad began a course ot weeping that would have done credit to a master In the art of deception Between sobs ho I told of 0 widowed mother who supported I support-ed herself and her wayward son by takIng tak-ing in washing He also piteously told of a father who was killed In the Philippines Phil-ippines and of two younger brothers and an infant sister who depended on tho labors of his mother and himself for support J He g Impressed the officers with his I sincerity and truth and convinced them of the pitiable condition ot his mother I that an officer was detailed to take the 1 lad homo and learn If his people were In destitute circumstances He readily accompanied the officer from the sta tion but began offering excuses before he reached the homo He had lost tho 1 way he said and would come back tomorrow I to-morrow and take the officer to see his mother His escort was insistent however how-ever and remained with him until ho j had at last found the home t THE OTHER SIDE His tale of the death of his father wan I strangely Incongruous when the officer was presented to his mother who In I turn told of her husband the lads father who had Just left the house Many other discrepancies were discovered I discov-ered In the youngsters story His mother was Informed of his actions and of 0 few of the tales ho had told with tan o t-an admonition to keep him at home in I the future The lad smiled pleasantly Ii at the officer as he listened ji I Yes I lied to you ho said but II what can a fellow do You didnt expect ex-pect me to stay in that place did you To the timbers with this lad when it comes to that Jail l |