The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1908-02-03
Y0UT TIL HAS GOOD
TIME ON MONEY
He STOLE
ARNOLD, WHO LIT
OUT WITH $500, Is NAesEp AND
LuecEp TO JAIL AFTER souAN-
DERINe CASH.

IL Valentine Arnold. 12 years old.
hadn't stubbed his toe on a sidewalk
he would not now be held in police
headquarters on charge OF larceny.
Young Arnold is the lad who ran
away with over $500 In cash belonging
TO Louis A. Rabaut & Co., wholesale
toy merchants at No. 20S Jefferson
ave-, on Jan. 81 He was arrested at
the home OF relatives in Ann Arbor
Sunday afternoon, with only $2.75
left out OF the $500, and was brought
back to Detroit by Truant Officer Max
Grossman.,
According to Valentines story he
was sent by Louis Rabaut to the lat
ter's home ON Congress-st, east to get
a package. On his way back to the
store he fell on the sidewalk, and the
package broke open and several gold
coins rolled out. Until then he had
no idea that the package contained
money. The sight of so much coin
evidently turned the lads head and
he boarded car for Mt. Clemens. He
spent day with acquaintances near
Corners Greek and then lit out for
Chicago. He next migrated TO Ann
Arbor, and after a days stay here
went to Buffalo, where he remained
three weeks. After visiting Albany
and New York he found his money
was running low and returned to Ann
Arbor, where he was arrested. For
several days past he has been living
on the farm of Anton Schaub, about 10
miles from Ann Arbor, and went TO
town Sunday TO spend the day with
his relatives. He will probably be
tried in the juvenile court.
In his wanderings. the boy purchas-
ed new suit of clothes, new shoes, a
dollar watch and two rings.
Guilty Conscience Leads to Arrest.
Valentine. who is good-looking boy
with blue eyes and a chubby round
face, says il was his guilty conscience
that led to his arrest.
Il wanted to get caught" he said
to The Times. Il knew they wanted
me in Detroit and was being chased
around from one place to another, so
decided | wouldn't try to keep out
of the way any longer. When | went
to Ann Arbor, Sunday, / knew /
would get caught, and didn't care,
for / knew | would be found sooner
or later.
How did | happen to leave? Well,
there was a store-keeper over on Graf
iot-ave that / had stolen from when
l worked for him. and he was al
ways coming over to the place where
stayed and bothering me about 1t.
So, when / stubbed my toe, and the
money rolled out OF the package,
thought that was a good chance to get
ouav from town and I iumUpd right
on q car"
boy, apparently, for he has little to tell
of his experiences on the road. He
lived high while his money lasted,
dining on Pullmans and tipping the
walters.
How much did you give them?"
was asked.
"Oh. 10 or Is cents"
"And they took tips from a small
boy like your
sure, they asked me to TIP EN-.
Valentine spent one day in New
York, looking for his grandfather, he
says, but his search was fruitless.
Valentine says it never occurred to
him to count his money until he was
on the trai nreturning from Buffalo
recently, and he then had only 80 left.
He was "stung" to the extent or IS
at the outset OF his journey by giving
a storekeeper a $40 gold piece in mis-
take for SIS coin. He didn't discover
the mistake until he had boarded
car, he says. and then 1t was too late.
The boy will be IA years old Tues
day. His mother is dead and his
father boards on Monroeave.