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Show iSTOR-J MAKES THIEF i Pathor says Injuries Iu Tornado Made Son a Kleptomaniac. XOPvTH YAKIMA, Oct. 1. Pleadine for leniency for his wavward eon. I'retl S, Hawkins, S. Hawkins, the Mayor of New Richmond, Wis., has writleu Sheriff Grant a letter showing the keenest anguish for the acts of thcj young man, whom he asserts Ht times as menially irresponsible. Hawkins is in the county .inil- for stealing $20 fr.om an acquaintance. The two were dining in a local restaurant, and Hawkins left the building to get a $20 bill, belonging to a friend, changed. He failed to return and was cammed several days later at Kllcns-burp. Kllcns-burp. Ho has served one term in the Walla Walla penitentiary for robbery, having been sentenced from Ellens-burg. Ellens-burg. Ho was released last winter. His father writes that his eon's mind Was permanently atfected by injuries In a tornado in Xow Richmond ou June 12, 1S09, which destroyed their homo and wiped out the rest of tho family. Several time?, Mr. Hawkins writes, he sent him to retreats to be cured, but in vnin. Mr. Hawkins asks that physicians CAumino him and learn if he has again bocomo insane. |