Charles Manson and Blackie Nelson

In 1948 13 year old Charles Manson runs away again from the boys school. This time instead of looking for a family he finds shelter under bridges and in the woods living alone. By 1949 he actually attempts to get a job working like a real job but quickly realizes that petty theft was easier than any job would pay him. That same year he was caught by authorities for his petty crimes and sent to Boys Town, which was a juvenile facility in Omaha, Nebraska. But just four days later 14 year old Manson and another boy from juvie named Blackie Nelson obtained a gun stole a car and used it to commit two armed robberies on their way to Illinois. It was during this time of working