| Show DIP 74 FACING LIFE TERM FOR FORA A CENT 7 THEFT Convicted 22 Time Times and Ins Has Served Fot Four Fotr r Prison Sen Sentences Sentence WM New Tort A York A slight figure turp a II little b by age uge came lame out of the subway sub way wal at city hall hull one afternoon recently recent recently ly Ir lie was Willi dressed In a 8 neal nelll brown n suit and wore a I blue bow tie the and a new nw fedora hat haL ills II Iron gray mustache was smartly clipped his complexion ruddy his hili hands blinds long ant and narrow ami nun an vet verv white He lie was always very IY careful care art artful ful of ot his hands by h them he be had made madea a precarious living for many many len years rs He lie strolled trolled through the group gathered gathered gath gath- ered In la front of the th hall apparently Intent only on 00 looking around Se Several Sev Sy eral times limes he stopped for n a moment then went wOnt on agals aimlessly Once Ome he put his hand band Into IntI the Inside pocket of his coot coat and smiled a II little tittle lad sadly 11 a as asit It ft came out empty fie ne resumed his hIs hIs' walk finally pausing Just behind several sev eral oral men mn standing In 10 a II circle talking Se See Sect Familiar Fac Face A moment later he felt himself tapped on the shoulder and from the corner of his eye pye saw a familiar face faro lie Ile said nothing tout hilt slowly opened his right hand displaying three coins Ills copter captor looked down and picked I I II I II b TT I I i He Ha Said Nothing but Sl Slowly Opened Opens d Hi Ills His Right Hand them up one by one one one-a one one-a a nickel and tw two a pennies Then De Deafy at Dowd who wit n had bad just lust been blen arrested for the seventh ty-seventh time permitted himself the th s luxury of a smile lie made daly one remark t belt being searched and and questioned In th the s pickpocket squads squad's room at police polio headquarters When detective detectives suggested suggested sug sug- that he must be losing his bli ability Deuty Deafy Just smiled when a they told him that If he were convicted con con- he would spend the rest of h Mi hb t life lit In prison he smiled But Dut whet when It was us said I that flint hit t he be was the last othe of ot the old di bunch be he shook bl his head bead d forlornly No Relatives Relative No Friends Friend Y Yes res s. s I guess I am The other others s have ha all HII gone lIne s real name Is John hi Lila bl age Is seventy four lie ile has hns no particular par home but for the l last st few tew months month has lias been een living as 08 John Mur tur- Murphy phy ply at al ICU lie Ile has bas no relatives relative's relatives rela tives tive's no friends On his 27 arrest arrests bo lie tins Ims been convicted 22 times Ie err erring tag ing four terms In Sing Slug Sing for attempted attempted at at- tempted grand larceny iris Ills police pollee record began In December 1887 1857 when he was sentenced to a year rear In the reformatory reformatory re re- re- re for fr petit larceny The police lice say ray that when he be took 7 cents from the pocket of ot Kelly John John Kelly nf or West One Hundredth street be laid himself open to a life Ilfe term |
