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Show SENTENCED M TO BE HANGED 1 1 Three boys Confess M.M To Murder gfl And will meet Death J ' I on the Gallows. ' HI i m The Chicago bos were sentenced ' the other da) to be hung. They were i iM convicted of numctous muideis and fl tobberlcs lu and aioutid Chicago. '11 The confession or one named Van ,j Dine should sciveas a warning to all Tfl othei boj sand .voung men. lu speak- 'itl ing ot how he became such a ci iinlual he said: i "I haidly uudeistaiid it tiijself. I fH was a pietty good kid, and aluajs ,,ll studied at school and knew my lessons, i II although I tan away a lot or times. ' lH I had a lot or five and ten-cent novels, iH and I liked to lead them. Hut I al- ,H wa)s wanted to be the lieio, and not 'H the v lllhin. although some or them iVH had the lobber ror the hcio. My folks J H kept me pietty sttalght for a time, and U made me go to school-I'm not blam- iiH Ing them for what has happened. It's IH all my own fault. .11 "After 1 got to work and got to , making money I wanted to have JH enough coin to keep up with the other ,jf fellows. When a kid Is about sixteen jjlfl or seventeen )earsold he'll do most "rjgfl an thing for money. iflH I learned to shoot, and 1 used lo fCfl piactlcc a lot. I liked to have guns ffH and dogs, and I liked lo hunt. r iffH "I alwa)s liked to read about tob- ?H belles. 1 lemeiuber Pat Clowe's job . jH made a gie.it hit with me; the time he , lfl captuicd that Cud.ihy kid. ' H "Well, 1 never drank much. Wc got lflH to i tinning utouiid nights atter 1 knew ' iH Pete and Maix, and we loafed a lot In iifSfl saloons. ' tH "Pete told us a lot about what he H?H had done out West, and about tho big f jH Jobs he had pulled otl. 41H "The llrst Job we ever did wascrawl- Mil lug Into a window and touching a liiflfl schoolhouse ror some things that we JIM wanted. We all got pinched ror that. IlllM "I ucvci did like a copper aii)ho, 'fttl and I liked them less than ever artcr ImI tli.it. Us kids used lo throw at the fll coppeisand run, and devilthcinall we 7'ftH "I pl.i)cd caids some not a great inirl deal, ror my money didn't last any Pll time. I went to a lot or dances, too, !H and I liked to spend money on the 9fl girls and be a good fellow. I was work- H lug tlicn, butaftet a fellow pa)s ror 3(1 his living he hasn't got much money rtl left to sport on. 191 "Finally wc talked It ovct and 'FH planned a holdup. Pete had some guns 'jifl and wc stuck up a place and got a lot fll of uiotic) a lot ror us then. 'ual "1 was seated then that I would be iwH caught, but after that first Job It sort I HlfiH o' came natural. 'jafl "We were In so deep we didn't dare flH get caught, and cveiy job made it jlH worse. W'rlfl "Two ot tluee times I made up my 'llH mind to quit the whole game but 1 ISvH kept at it. fill "If ) on want a warning, I'll give it: l i'iJH Cut out bad companions. A feller tu'MH won't be veil tough when he's alone." c&Kfl |