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Show STEALS TO GET INTO JAIL Twice Refused Lodging, Man Takes Pencils and Asks Arrest In Goshen, N. Y. Goshen, N. Y. J. H. Guy, a prisoner tn the Orange county jail, stole two pencils, according to the authorities, to get into custody after he had been refused lodging at two jails. Guy was out of work and needed food and rest. Guy asked Policeman David Clark for a night's lodging in the Goshen Jail. Refused, he went to the Orange county jail, only to be turned down again. The authorities allege he left, saying he would force them to care for him, went to Conklin's coal office, forced an entrance, and violated the law technically by taking only two pencils. Then, seeking a policeman, Guy said he had broken the law, and demanded he he arrested. He was held for the grand jury. Guy Is the most contented prisoner Sheriff W. M. Leonard has In his eala boose. |