3. WILLIE HILDRUM.
This youthful convict is but sixteen years of age. He is the youngest
prisoner in the penitentiary. He was formely{sic} a boot-black on the
streets of St. Louis. Getting into a fight one day with one of his
boot-black companions over a nickel that they had jointly earned
"shining up" a patron's boots, young Hildrum drew an old knife from his
pocket, which he had found a few days before, and sent the rusty blade
into the heart of the street Arab. The youthful murderer was tried and
convicted of manslaughter, and on account of his youth was given but two
years in the penitentiary.
