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Show BOY WITH WHISKERS CREATES ALARM . IN COURT A messenger boy from BramweH'sj stationery store appeared in the jue- nile court rooms this morning with a new day book and a roll of crepe bunting, bunt-ing, which be stated had been ordered or-dered by another boy, "a big boy with whiskers." Tho messenger produced an order written on a receipt stamped with the juvenile court stamp. The writing, however, was illegible, appearing ap-pearing at first glance to be shorthand and which later proved to be mere marks drawn from the fancy of a feeble-minded young man who is well known about town. The juvenile authorities immediately immediate-ly began to dream of erring juveniles' who might have ransacked the office, during their temporasy absence. While they were questioning the messenger! as to the identity of the purchaser, the girl who operates the elevator in the First National bank building rush - ! ed in and informed the officials that there was a big boy on the third floor who had frightened her. Probation Officer T. A Shreeves went down and brought the young man to the court rooms on the f-cUi , floor, where he was searched and the receipt book tound in his possession. When the book was taken from him the youth, who has an impediment in his speech, made It known by signs and gutteral sounds that he was a soldier sol-dier boy and would get his gxin and shoot Mr Shreeves. if he did not return re-turn his property. How he came into possession of the receipt book could not bo learned definitely, but a boy who operates the elevator on one of the shifts stated that he had seen the youth enter the juvenile court oft ices one day about two weeks ago when no one was present. The youth is 20 years of age and has been known in Ogden for many years, though he has never been considered dangerous. Believing that the boy had once been committed to the state mental hospital and had probabh es caped, Judge Sullivan notified the sheriffs office. A deputy came and took the boy, who is slight of stature for an adult, dresses like a boy and seems to possess a mere child s mind. He was at once released and then went to the intersection of Washington Washing-ton avenue and Twenty-fourth street J 1 where he succeeded in convincing the traffic policeman that he had been j robbed bv the juvenile court officers, j IB Accompanied by the traffic officer the boy appeared the second time in i the juvenile court rooms, this being 1 only a few minutes after he had be n taken into custody by the deputy sheriff, and had demanded his prop- erty. He ordered the traffic officer to arrest Mr. Shreeves, Those present - seemed to sen&e humor in the situ.-tiun, situ.-tiun, even though feeling pity for the 'TJ unfortunate boy, and the policeman .1 1 hurried back to protect the traffic on ,U the corner. on llfl |