The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-04-04
Veteran Crook Believed to Have
Bee nCalled in on the
Robbery.
MINNEAPOLIS MAN
AND WOMAN IN CASE
Detectives Are Bringing Prisoner
Back from New York to
Solve Mystery.

Is Thomas J. Wainwright A. W. Bart
lett. or is Bartlett distinct person
atty.
:. This question is puzzling the detec-
tlyes OF New York and the Pinkertons,
who are clearing up the robbery of DIR.
Joshua N. Pinault s Minneapolis resi-
dence. on Mount Curve avenue. The
case is becoming more mysterious all
the time, in spite of the fact that Vain
wright talks freely and pretends to tell
all he knows.
A. ". Bartlett, say some Of the Min
neapolls detectives, is a crook of inter
national reputation and has been in
Minneapolis on many occasions. He
mas served many years for various
crimes. and is said to be the best edu-
Gated thief in America.
Too Young for the Record.
Wainwright is described as a man
not more, than 30 years old. If this
is true, he could hardly have spent
nineteen years in prison for larceny
and highway robbery, as has been
stated in dispatches from New York.
The man now held in New York was
the assistant, said an officer today.
He is declared clever crook, but,
it is thought, lacked the cool head
| necessary to carry big deal thru.
He was evidently out on scouting
|
neapolis to wait for something to turn
up. He then fell in with a Minneap-
oils crook who had long kept his eyes
on the Pinau1t mansion, and the two
planned to sack the place. Wainwright
obtained the job as caretaker, and then
sent for help. He probably called for
Bartlett, the police say, who came and
engineered the whole deal. They had
all winter in which the remove the
1 civ Mo OF fho 81.
dence.
| When the last piece was removed 1t
was taken to New York, probably by
Bartlett. Wainwright stayed a few
days longer to ward off suspicion and
then followed his associate.
Woman in the Case.
The woman in the case was the friend
4 OF the local man who assisted in the
work. She is well known to the police
4 here, and it is said she can be brought
4 to police Headquarters on short notice.
! The woman and the Minneapolis
thief, it is believed, received a portion
Of the stolen plate as their share of the
i loot, and this was the silverware re-
covered i'll the pawn shops. The sill
verware could be sold without causing
much suspicion, say the detectives, and
the more expensive articles such as the
brooches, rings and necklaces would be
taken to some more secure "fence' in
New York. Bartlett would see to it
that any outsider who helped him would
take his own responsibility and not be
in a position to give away any clues.
Waiting for Pictures.
A picture of Bartlett is on file in the
Bertillon room at headquarters, and
a picture Of the man arrested as Vain
wright was taken in New York yester-
:, day. That picture is now on the way
, to Minneapolis, and it is only ques
ton Of few hours until Police Super.
intendent Doyle will know who Vain
, wright is.
, Howard Goes East
3 Detective James Howard is on his
} way to New York with requisition pa
{ pers for Thomas j. Wainwright, ar
g rested there for robbing the residence
Of DR.. Joshua N. Pinault, 1906 Mount
t Curve avenue.
$ The papers were made out yesterday
: afternoon and there is no doubt that
8 they be honored. Howard left last
T night and will arrive in New York to
q morrow morning.