Show u BOYS OF 16 SENT TO PENITENTIARY Two boys beys were sentenced by Judge J William S Marks to serve terms In th the state prison They are Dan Leary 16 lId d Maurice Carpenter 16 alleged members members of a gang sang of or automobile thieves thieves- accused accused The boys bol were accused of steal steal- stealing steal leg Ing and stripping 57 cars and Car Car- Carpenter Carpenter penter admitted taking part In the of or 39 of or the cars I IThe The surprising feature of or the sentEnce Is that the bOYs boys are or- or ordered or ordered dered held beld in la the state prison in- in instead Instead In Instead stead of or being committed committed to to the Industrial school It If the Industrial stool school is to tot function In the savIng lor of boys who have become way way- way wards I I wards what bat greeter greater service could lt it be called on to give than to toI I take youngsters oun stera 15 6 years ears of age and make an effort rt R at changing tb their ir outlook on life I Without knowing any of or the his his- his I tery ot or the boys hoys we venture to tosi sl y they bar hav have not had the tho proper homp bomp environment or they have havo br led into their present predicament i I ment meat through the gang s1 spirit or of d 2 which gradually de- de de developed desire into a desire to destroy and wreck valuable property Boys nOS of or that kind may be he saved They at t least least should be he kept from hardened criminals and be made to reel feel there Is hope for them in their teens as as s convicts I and stigmatized with a term in the penitentiary they will emerge In Inthe Inthe Inthe the thre three years placed as the minimum ot of Incarceration with a 1 adark adark dark rod road just ahead The They will willbe be thrown back on od on their own re- re re resources sources se handicapped by their past and nd naturally they will be Im Impelled along pathway leading In- In Into In Into to the company of or the criminal element clement Once they have hope hope and faith In themselves destroyed they will go the way way ot or so many of ot the con con- conI convicts convicts I They will become a perma permanent nt neat nent nt menace to society It is better to labor to save sa-re bo boys a than to try to destroy them |