The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-04-10
G0ULDING OWNS UP.
HE ROBBED A HEIGHBOR's HOUSE
THREE YEARS AGO.
Perhaps He Is Inssne, but the Police
are Inclined to Discredit That
Theory.

WORCESTER, Mass, April I0.-Louis Il.
Goulding, the young man who confessed
TO robbing the house of his father, w. III.
Goulding. week ago last night, was ar
rested on warrant charging him with
breaking and entering the house of Mrs.
Hartley Williams, widow Of Judge Will
Jams, at 30 Harvard street. Oct. 8, 1890.
The young man has been i'll since his
confession Tuesday, and has been confined
20 the house.
The arrest was made by Detective Stone,
who kept the prisoner in bis personal Gus
tody at the house until the arrival of Mr..
Goulding, Sr., from Florida Saturday
evening. A bail commissioner was sent
for and bond was furnished by the father
to insure the sons appearance for exami-
nation in the central district court, where
he will be bound over to the grand jury.
The case is a very peculiar one. Young
Goulding is either thoroughgoing rascal
or else he Is afflicted with insanity whish
takes the form Of kleptomania.
His Father Is wealthy
and he has never lacked for money, yet he
has confessed TO two burglaries, al.i Is
inspected of stealing articles Of value from
houses he has visited.
He has told many conflicting stories
since Tuesday. He told his fathers hostler
that in a box secreted i'm the garret Of the
house were a number of jewels and other
valuable articles. The hostler went to the
spot designated, and there found good
sized box, which he handed over to the
brother, Harry Goulding.
In the box were quantities of gold and
silver jewelry set with valuable stones.
They included collection of jewels which
the boy claims were purchased by him I'm
his travels abroad, which the police much
doubt.
Louis was shown the jewels. and finally
extracted ring and scarf pin, both Of
gold and each set with diamond, which
he told the officers were a part of the plum
der which he secured from Mrs. Williams
residence three years ago.
This Is but "a Portion
OF the $1,000 worth Of valuables secured by
him at the time. Undoubtedly among the
contents of the box are other pieces of
property belonging TO Mrs. Williams and
her daughter, Mrs Bartlett, wife of Lieu
tenant @. w. Bartlett of the United States
navy.
Louis confessed that he took the key TO
the Williams house, which was confided To
Mr.. Goulding's hostler as caretaker during
the absence of the family, and ransacked
the premises in the daytime.
The police inspectors searched the
Goulding house, and under the carpet in
the boys room found two packages of
money, each containing about s45, making
up the 500 which he claimed was stolen
from his clothing on Sunday night. The
packages were placed under the carpet,
which he had taken up at the sides of the
room for the purpose, and then neatly
tackled down again.
Most of the property which Louis
claimed was stolen from his fathers house
last Sunday night has now been recovered
excepting some silverware, quite large
amount of which
Has Not Been Accounted For.
The police believe that Louis sent It to
New York TO wholesale jeweler, and
have communicated with the police Of that
city. II is believed, too, that some of Mrs.
Williams property disappeared through
the same channel that the boy sold il to
get more funds.
The family and Intimate friends of the
boy believe him TO be insane. They claim
he has no method in his madness beyond
feeling that to secure and secrete valuables
Is cunning. They say he had no object In
securing money; that rather than being
prodigal in its use he is inclined to be par
simonious.
In fact, friends feel nothing but pity for
the misfortune which has impaired an in
tellect, never over strong, united with
body OF almost feminine frailness.
The police are not SO charitable. They
doubt the theory of insanity, and intend to
let a court decide the question. They see
in the two known crimes, separated by
period Of three years, a long gap which
may be filed with misdeeds.