Chapter 2

JUVENILE DELINQUENCY.

_Teachers of theft--Children the dupes of the profligate--An effort at detection--Afflicting cases of early depravity--Progress of a young delinquent--Children employed in theft by their parents--Ingenuity of juvenile thieves--Results of an early tuition in crime--The juvenile thief incorrigible--Facility of disposing of stolen property--A hardened child--Parents robbed by their children--A youthful suicide--A youthful murderer_