The San Francisco call., 1908-05-01
BRIDE GIVES UP
TO PRISON HER
SOCIETY THIEF
Four Months Wife Finds Her
Husband Practices Both
Medicine and Burglary
Conscience Stricken, She Leads
the Gay Robber Into Hands
OF Waiting Police

BERKELEY. April 30.-Decoyed into
the hands of the police by his pretty
bride of four months. W. w Goelet.
physician, traveller, student, nurse, sol-
der and man of the world, graduate of
Columbia college, young and debon-
air. was arrested as a desperate burg
lar tonight, with half dozen bold
crimes booked against him. Most dra-
matte was the uncov ering of this col
legian Raff1es. whose work had been so
clever that the detectives were COM
pletely baff1ed for a elew. Only the
conscience of the stricken girl who
discovered her husbands double life
solved the problem.
Nearly three weeks ago Goelet. who
had been dividing his time between the
practice OF his profession as physician
and nurse and that of gentleman bur-
slar, barely escaped a posse ef college
men and Goods who pursued him
through the University of California
campus after he had been surprised
rifling>the rooms of Miss Fannie Brew
ster at the North Gate apartments, Eu-
elid avenue and Ridge road.
Goelet who had been guest at the
fashionable apartments for two days.
had made cleanup and he was all but
caught in the chase which followed.
l.
Wythe. man of style and fine presence,
entirely beyond suspicion as a maraud-
ing housebreaker After his flight
there was found in '.Wythe's" room
plunder that had been stolen from DR..
j. A. d. Hutton's offices, Shattuck ave-
nue. and Allston way. and from DR.. AL
len T. Gillihan's apartments at the
same address.
Traced to Goelet were burglaries of
the residences of w e. Yocum. 2311
Bancroft way; p. c. Beesom. at the
Alta Vista, Telegraph avenue and Ban
croft way. where entrance was gained
by fire escape, and the rooms of
Philip de Nema at the Hotel Holland, in
Jewels and clothing We're stolen.
Goelets part in the crimes first came
to the police q week ago when Mrs
Goelet who was Miss A. Corinne Me-
Gowan of Oakland until she welded
the man four months. ago ct Santa
Rosa went to Chief of Police yollmer
and, In great distress. declared she had
discovered that her husband was> q
criminal The young wife was so dis
tracted over the revelations of her hus-
bands guilt that she was well nigh in
sane. She took counsel of relatives and
then went to the police. A trap was
set for the gentleman crook. This
evening, by prearangement. Goelet and
his wife took automobile ride. leav-
ing San Francisco for Oakland In an
other auto were Berkeley officers. On
the ferry boat Goelet was taken into
custody He denied his guilt, but the
police said they had the evidence
against him. Mrs. Goelet returned to
her relatives in San Francisco.
Goelet lived recently at the Hotel
Niles, 1114 Eddy street. San Francisco.
He had also occupied apartments at the
Hotel st, Francis in San Francisco the
Key Route inn and the Hotel Metropolis
in Oakland, besides numerous apart
meDt houses in Berkeley. SGoelet's
methods, according to the police. were
to engage rooms in high class hotels
and apartment houses. then plumber
right and left. Some time ago he trav-
eled with BENJAMIN Fay Mills, the pull
pit lecturer, as Mills private secretary
Goelet was compelled to leave Los An
geles under a cloud of charges of theft.
He had also been secretary for Dr.
Biddewolfe. noted evangelist Goelet
is SO years old, native of Virginia His
parents live in Washington, ID. c. He
was in the Spanish war, serving in the
hospital corps in Cuba.