Skip to main content

Assault in the Evening Journal, 1900 & 1920

Boy Bandit Confesses.

Item

Title
Boy Bandit Confesses.
Source
Perth Amboy Evening News (NJ)
Date
1903-12-16
page
3
Identifier
https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn85035720/1903-12-16/ed-2/?sp=3&q=%22Assault%22+%22Assaulted%22+%22Assaults%22&r=0.548,0.98,0.252,0.117,0
Crime
Assault
Subject
child , robbery
Gender of alleged offender
Male alleged offender
Gender of alleged victim
Male alleged victim
Law enforcement involved
Police
Stage of the Legal System
Arraigned
Location
Out of state
MA
Length of story
82
Description
Boy Bandit Confesses. Chicopee Mass., Dec. 16. – Claiming to be only fifteen years old, John T. Malone, who was arrested in Springfield and later confessed to having assaulted, bound and gagged Israel DIck. A Main street merchant, attempting to rifle the safe, was arraigned in police court on a charge of assault and attempted robbery. He was held under $500 bonds until Thursday morning when his case will be considered by the court and an agent of the state board of charities.