Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-02 | Page 6 | Boys Start out on a Robbing Expedition

BOYS START OUT ON A ROBBING EXPEDITION After stealing $10 from the money drawer In Cardon's grocery store at Five Points. George Jenkins, aged 20. on parole from the state reformatory, and Oljon Chrlstensen, aged 16 years, started out from Ogden Tuesday afternoon after-noon to see the world. Shortly after arriving In Salt Lake they engaged a room at the Lincoln house on First South street and that was the end of f tor had persuaded him to go out atv! 6o the world. Lacking funds, a Hchemo was hit upon, and tbe t wont Into Cardon's store, Tho youth sat on the counter, near the mono) drawer, anri when the clerk was engaged en-gaged elsewhere the drawer was opened open-ed and $10 stulen. When searched j the station t'J.d) was found on tod boys. thelr Journey, aside from a side trip to the city jail under th guidance of Police Sergeant Bpckptad. When Sergeant lV?cksteal was informed in-formed that the two boys were housed at the Lincoln his Kijspfel.-.ns led t nn Investigation. The older boy, with the gift acquired earlier, perhaps, put tip a believable story, but the younger young-er companion broke down and confessed confess-ed that a robbery had been commit-ted. commit-ted. that the two hal fled from Og-dn, Og-dn, and that Jenkins was from the reform school. Chrlstoneeu told of how, meeting with Jenkius, tho lat-