The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-03

Special TO The Journal.
New York, April 3.-Thomas ].
Wainwright, man Of many names, resi-.
dences and accomplishments, charged
footing the home Of DR.. Joshua Pinault
Of Minneapolis Of property worth $780,
900 or more, was arraigned this morns
ing in the .Tombs police court. Magiss
for forty-eight hours, pending the ar
nesota.
About $50, 900 worth Of the securities
alleged to have been stolen by Thomas
j. Wainwright from the residence Of DR..
Nicholas j. Pinault in Minneapolis were
found today in safe deposit vault in
a bank in New York, according to one
Of the detectives who helped in arrest
ing Wainwright last night. Vain
wright had small account in this bank
under the name Of Louis 2. Chute, the
detectives say.
He Is accused Of having stolen $780,
.Q0D,.Worths of .silyerWaEe, securities and
ieWelrya from DIR. Pinault, and told the
New York police today that two trunk
ssfuls Of this plumber are IN Providence,
r. 4, where he said he had a brother.
. Police Inspector Mclaughlin asserts
that Wainwright has described the
method by which he robbed the Pinault
residence. of which he was caretaker.
What Wainwright Says.
He told the inspector that after he
had been left in charge Of the house he
discovered the combination of the safe,
opened it and distracted the keys to DIR.
Pinault 8 safe. deposit vault.
wanted from the house, Wainwright
moved to the West hotel, Minneapolis
and registered under an assumed name.
He then engaged deposit box, he
says, where DR.. Pinault q valuablea
were stored After tipping the attend.
ants and getting into their good graces,
Wainwright said, he produced the key
to Dr.. Pinault g box and said he wanted
to open it. He did 80, took the securi.
ties and came to New York. where he
pawned some Of the proceeds Of the
police trap.
Wainwright's story does not tally
with Dr.. Pinault g, nor with the asser-
ton Of Minneapolis safety deposit peo-
pie, who declare there was no safety
deposit box involved, except that in the
Pinault residence.
Fights Extraditton.
Police Superintendent Doyle received
| word from New York today that Vain.
wrigth will fight extradition.
This arrest ends q chase across the
continent lasting more than three weeks
and will result In the recovery Of jew
/ els, antique plate and securities valued
at thousands Of dollars.
The arrest was announced in q tele.
gram to Police Superintendent Doyle
from Detective Joseph Lawrence, who
has had charge of the case from the first
and who has been in New York and
other eastern cities for nearly two
weeks.
, Just In Time.
/ Wainwright was arrested as he
stepped out Of a fashionable boarding
house where he had taken up his resi-
dence to avoid suspicion. His trunks
had been traced from Minneapolis to
Boston and from there to the boarding
house in New York. Detectives from
the New York Central police station, ac-
companied by two Pinkertons and De-
tective Lawrence of Minneapolis, lay in
wait for him. Taking no chances they
grappled with him and went thru his
clothes to look for weapons.
The search proved that their sus-
PIGEONS were well founded. He wore q
well-stocked cartridge belt and carried
I modern 3S-caHbre revolver. Beside
the small arsenal, diamond pins, three
gold watches and several antique cam
eos were found on his person.
You are just In ime,o he SAIL
4 for in another moment / would have
been gone. He did not talk of the
matter at the time, but the detectives
think that he knows he is in the net
and will tell what he knows.
Once Boston Lawyer.
! Wainwright. it is said. has dozen
aliases and was cncc practicing at
4 torney in Boston. He turned his at
tention to criminal matters and used
his good education to get wealth lille
gally He is said to be an accom-.
q plished criminal and he may vet make
trouble for the Minneapolis police.
4 The robbery for which Wainwright
is to be tried was probably committed
late in February, but was not discov-
cred until nearly month later. Last
3 fall he disguised himself as a common
laborer and worked several months fol
j. D. Blake. neighbor to DR.. Pinault
4 He was faithful worker and when. On
1 Pinault went south on his usual win.
u ter trip Wainwright was hired as. care
4 takef. His duties were simply to guard
the mansion on Mount Curve avenue
j and the valuables it contained.
Il Wainwright. therefore, had plenty