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Show BOY EIGHTEEN IS II CONFESSED THIEF Elwin Barns, alia9 E. W. Keller, an 18-year-old youth, was arrested yes-terday yes-terday on Grant avenue by Detec-I Detec-I tlves Pobert Burk and Robert Cham-! Cham-! bora, on the charge of petit larceny Ills arrest took place immediately after he had sold two stolen laprobes at tho Alvord second-hand store. He confessed the theft of the lap-robes, lap-robes, the robbery of the home of Harrv Sharp, at 852 Twenty-first street and the theft of a third lap-robe, lap-robe, which, he said, was in turn stolen lrom him. The robber 0f the Sharp home took place Thursday night. December 3, where Barns secured a suit of clothes, a black overcoat, a pair of suspenders, a pair of gloves, three handkerchiefs and a gold watch chain, with a K of C. charm. He stole one of the laprobes, he said. Thursday night from an automobile that was standing In front of the Elks club, another from an automobile that was Standing near tho curb on Twenty-third Twenty-third street hill, between Washington and Adams avenues The third laprobe, which was stolen ip turn from him, was made of bearskin bear-skin and belonged to Arthur G. Tribe In speaking of thlB. Barns stated that he had been using It as a bed cover while Bleeping in an old house In |