4. fered with the two brothers' quarrels, and did not seem to believe in inflicting severe punishment for the mistakes of his children. In his writing, James relates an incident during his convalescence from scarlet fever, when he was allowed to play with his father's check book, and the process of writing out a draft was shown to him, with an accompanying, explanation of the simple operation necessary to cash one. When he was well, James was allowed to cash one of these checks. Years later Janes stated that he could on occasions, when he was in an intoxicated condition, remember the ease of obtaining money from writing a check. Mr. Martin, who was a fairly well-to-do man, was a partner in an Ogden printing shop, and gave his children plenty of spending money. But James wanted an even better time, than his father could afford to give him. He was continually trying to think of means to get more money. Among these ways was the forging of checks. One of the things that Mr. Martin refused to buy for his family was an automobile, which in 19l4 were owned by only a few elite families in Ogden. Since his father did not own a car, Jim grasped the fundamentals needed to operate a vehicle by watching the owners of cars start theirs. One day he noticed that the ignition of one of these cars was left on. He stole the car, and treated two companions to a joy ride. James was apprehended for his deed, and when questioned by the juvenile authorities and parents for explanations of his crime, he could neither give a reason, nor did "he seem to have a guilty feeling. The name of JAKES N. MARTIN was then entered on the records of the juvenile court, and he had started on his career of crime at the age of eleven. He was punished for this crime by a term in the Lund School for Boys, south of Salt Lake City. After his return home, Jim was still a car thief and also used up much of his excess energy, when he became addicted to 5. staying out late at night Which increased chances to steal a car, which he did, plus several other petty acts before he was arrested for the second time. The same punishment was inflicted for the second apprehension as was for the first, and once again "James found himself in the Lund School for Boys. James was paroled after a short time, and started, to work for his father after school. During his free tine he would seek the companionship of boys hiw own age. He discovered that much of this companionship was denied, when the other boys' parents ordered their sons to stay away from him. This created an inferiority complex in him, and he got the idea that the whole world was against him. In a few months he quit working for his father, and shifted around in several other jobs for a few years. One of these jobs consisted of the environment of a beer hall where he poured beer into bottles, so that the proprietor could sell his liquor in that form before Utah turned a dry state. When James was occasionally overcome by the fumes from the liquor, he was given a swallow of beer to revive him. During a state of this intoxication he rallied to the desire to feel speed under the power of a car, and was trapped in Echo Canyon while driving the stolen vehicle, and was committed to the Utah State Industrial School. Entrance to the reform school, was what Jim believed to be the real beginning of his professional education as a criminal. He was also of the opinion that had he not entered this institution that he might never have become the law violator that he was. He states, "I really believe even during this day of review, that I was not vicious or malicious, but wayward and very mischievous. I had no regard for the property of others and no sense of responsibility toward the balance of humanity." In his account, he related many mistreatments that he received in the industrial school from misunderstanding superintendents. While he was interned-there, he developed a hatred for the severe discipline he re-