The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-21
not GUILTY, ! IS
W WAINWRIGHT PLEA
MAN ACCUSED OF LooTING Pr
! NAULT HOUSE rs ARRAIGNED. Is
Prisoners Plea Is a Surprise to OFF,
cials, Who Expected an Opposite
Move meanwhile Customs Officers
Want Know if DR.. Pinault Paid
Duty on Treasure. (,

Thomas j. Wainwright the earetaker
who is supposed to have stolen thous7
ands of dollars worth of loot from the
residence off+Dr. N. j. Pinault, llOb
Mount Curve avenue, was arraigned be-.
fore Judge F. g. Brooks this morning!
upon an Indictment charging him with
stealing 1926 worth of wearing ap7
guilty and his trial. was: set for May J..
Bail was fixed at Sc, 900, but will not
be furnished. :; yE&G-.<i, J l...e., y
The defendant IS plea was surprise
to some Of the officials, who believed
Wainwright was ready to plead guilty
and trust to the leniency Of the court.
1t is now believed among the officials
that he will soon change his plea to-
guilty and that he is simply waiting to;
get certain. matters attended to in Min
neapolis before taking the ride to the
prison city. a.
Prisoner in Doubt. : ),
IT do not know whether or not I
shall stand trial. said Wainwright
when visited in his. cell in the county
Jail after the arraignment. elf GER
tam things happen l may decide to
plead guilty and then again l may
stand trial. If do the latter I shall
retin an attorney within a few days
and get ready to make fght.'
A messenger boy interrupted the con-
oner handed him a note addressed to
the head waiter of fashionable res
taurant. 1--WE, might as we'll live as
we'll as we can, because we'll he a
long time dead, 1.-the prisoner remarked
sententious1y as the boy started away
for a meal. 81 believe in getting thu
best I can, whatever happens. If 20,
do, you I'll be a good: deal happier ant
will live just as long, :. .s.'.>
| Perfectly at Ease. !
When the noted prisoner faced Judg,
Brooks this morning he appeared per
fectly at ease. His self possession wa,
remarked by all present. Asked if ht
had an attorney he replied, :'No.
don't care for any :.
HYou have the privilege Of deferrins
| pleading to this Indictment for twenty
four hours. suggested the court be
| fore the truebill was read. Z, r.
IT waive that right,' replied tn
defendant and Clerk Harry Luxton the
read the bill, which is mostly taken u
with a detailed description and til
value of the articles alleged to hav
been stolen from DR.. Pinault s residenc
on the night of March 3, 1906. TIL
reading over, Wainwright said emo
guilty" in, very positive tones and iva
led back to his jail apartments. "
| Did Pinau1t Pay?
/ Officials of the customs service i
Minneapolis have started an investiga
tion to assure themselves that duty wa
l paid on all Of DR.. N. J. Pinault s pos
sessions which he brought from France
The inquiry was started by the locs
special agent of the department, on hi
own initiative, it is understood,. fb
cause Of the publication Of the fax
that DR.. Pinault had not been payin
personal taxes on all his rich belon,
I ings.
The agent found DR.. Pinault s hou
. locked up and was told by the waite
f man that his employer had gone
t New York to identify some of-his pro
2 erty in the hands of the police author
r ties of that city and the probabili
i was that he would not return for son
!, time.
, No instructions have been issued f
r further investigation but it is. possib
/ ! the case may. be. taken up in New Yor
custom house records. W.