Hold Boys for Rifling Mail
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Hold Boys for Rifling Mail
Arrested as they were leaving school, William Shafer, aged 12, of 533 South Fifth street, and George Hickman, aged 12, of 462 Royden street, admitted to Detective Brothers, the latter says, that it was they who had rifled the mail box at Broadway and Pine street, Camden, Monday night, when two packages containing jewelry amounting to $102 were stolen. The boys were committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse pending a hearing before U. S. Commissioner Joline. The packages were mailed by Lewis Nelson, a jeweler.
Arrested as they were leaving school, William Shafer, aged 12, of 533 South Fifth street, and George Hickman, aged 12, of 462 Royden street, admitted to Detective Brothers, the latter says, that it was they who had rifled the mail box at Broadway and Pine street, Camden, Monday night, when two packages containing jewelry amounting to $102 were stolen. The boys were committed to jail by Recorder Stackhouse pending a hearing before U. S. Commissioner Joline. The packages were mailed by Lewis Nelson, a jeweler.
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