| Show find modern 0 ern fagin has crime crim e school baltimore police say thief coaches boys to rob baltimore ald aid A school of crime in which a band of boys were taught burglary and shoplifting described by tile the police following a series of arrests and alleged confessions the teacher of tile the school whom whoa police termed a modern fagan held classes nightly and taught secrets of the underworld they say that lie he had learned during a n life of petty thievery between periodic years of imprisonment tile the teacher taught his pupils well william forrest declared after lie he bit had struggled with each of the young prisoners in verbal duels ducts for hours to force them to yield the se crets of the school many thefts solved moro afore arrests arc expected to clear up a series of mysterious burkla burglaries rles in tile the wholesale district whose cleverness for months lias has baffled aftem attempts apts to eollo them police believed tile the loot police said would exceed the known organization of tile the school they said bald was something like this john besise thirty alleged teacher who was confined ot nt st marys indus trial school from vic tho time lie wits thirteen until lie he was twenty one iio since has been arrested several times records show rosario seventeen nt at tile head of the class with a record of arraignments ments in juvenile court for throwing stones at trains and for petty larceny joseph fifteen also having a record chiefly for truancy frank franic fifteen still in short trousers who police said was the most hard hardened pried of tho the gang long battle of wits sergt james cain and policeman anthony Al ellale uncovered what they des describe as ti modern fagan gang with the arrest of A long battle of wits resulted in the ahe arrest of and the other boys when faced with part of the alleged loot sald said by police to have been found in their homes they confessed bur warehouses of tho the baltimore candy and tobacco company and tile the leo lee morgan coffee company the school of crime was organized so carefully police said that chances of the students being caught in the net act were few tho the boys boya would enter a building near the one to be robbed make their way to the roof find and climb in the skylight of the place where the real haul was to be made from a place of concealment nearby according to the police the teacher would signal danger or safety with a flashlight even after their arrest loyalty to desist was unbroken until they described how bow the oie teacher divided the spoils sergeant cain said he added then they squawked 1 they accused him of taking clocks pistols jewelry and other loot and selling it they would get a few trinkets and a dollar or two to keep quiet if they protested he would threaten to have them turned over to the police they told us they never dared refuse to do his bidding the romance of having a room in Desis desista desists ts flat as a rendezvous also had bad its lure they used to meet there regularly they said and laari how bow to steal without getting caught |
