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Show THE BOY AND THE JUDGE. Typical Instance of a Denver Judicial Ju-dicial Celebrity's Treatment of Youth. Seven years ago, before there was such a thing as a Juvonllo court, n boy of nlno was arrested In Denvor for burglary. Ho was brought Into tho criminal court, tried as a burglar, and Bont to Jail. Ho served a torm of yoars, during which ho learned thoroughly tho trade which ho had been accused of plying. ply-ing. When ho was released, writes Krance3 Maulo UJorkm .n, In tho American Amer-ican Monthly itevlcw of Hovlows, ho began to practice In earnest. Ho was rearrested, recommitted, and, after n second torm, turned looso again, n moro accomplished burglar than beforo. A few months ago ho was shot at by tho Denver police In an attempt to cscapo n third arrest. Ho was captured and brought Into tho Juvenile court, still n moro child thnt ought to havo been going go-ing to school. Juilgo "Hen" 11. Llndsey, who presides over tho tribunal, was confionted by a bold, hnrdoncd nnd unnaturally sharp young expert In crlmo who had mystified mysti-fied tho pollco by telling half n dozon different Btorles. Judge Llndsey began by telling tho boy that ho didn't bellovo him to bo half as "tough a kid" ns tho pollco hnd mado him out, and that In) would not bo "sent up" If ho wns"Biuitro with tho court" nnd mndo a clean breast of his troublo with tho "cops." This now treatment got from the boy his real story. Ho had been led Into his first offenso by a deslro for a knlfo with which to mako n kite. His father ro fused to get him ono, and ho broko Into a barber shop nnd took a razor. According Ac-cording to tho letter of tho criminal law, tho boy had committed n burglary. A:l thero was no "Juvonllo" law at tho time, ho was dealt with ns a professional housebrenkor. Asked about his first trial, ho said to Judge Llndsey: "Aw, do guy wld do whiskers, wot sat up on do high bench looked over at do 'cop,' nnd do 'cop,' ho says: 'DIs Is a very bad kid; ho broko Into SmltlTV harbor shop nnd took a razor, nnd ho nd-mlts nd-mlts it, yor honor. Den do guy on do high bonch sends mo up wldout glvln' mo a chanct to say n wold." Thus, tho boy was well started on a criminal career beforo ho wns ten years old. Fortunately, he fell Into tho hands of tho Denvor Juvenile court, which hail beon established In tho Intorvnl between his second and third arrest, while ho was still able to "pull up." Instead of telling him thnt ho was n bad boy nnd sending him to Jail again, Judgo Llnd-soy Llnd-soy told him thnt ho wns a "bully fellow" fel-low" and set him frco no prdbntlon. To-day that boy Is still going uphill as fast ns ho wns going downhill before. |
