Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-24
DOWNFALL LAID TO CREEKS DOOR
Young Goodwin says ouinice
Him TO steal.

Young Goodwin Says Quinice Induced
Him TO steal.
II the story Of Walter Goodwin, the boy
burglar. told yesterday morning 10 Major
G. II. Richmond, chief of police, is true,
James Quinice, the cook of the Greek
railroad section Eang in the Rock Island
yards, who is charged with receiving stolen
property, Is responsible for the young mars
downfall.
Quinice was arraigned before Judge Sny-
der in police court yesterday morning, but
his preliminary hearing was continued until
this morning. His bond was fixed at 1880,
in default of which he was again locked
up in the city Jail.
In telling Chief Richmond the story CT
how he came to start on a career Of crime
young Goodwin said that when he left the
Harvey Lewis farm shortly before Christ
mas he had but IS. After being a week in
Council Bluffs without being able to secure
employment this money was exhausted. One
day Goodwin met the Greek, Quinlce, in a
Broadway pool room and asked him IL he
knew a place where he could get work.
The Greek said he did not, but offered to
buy Goodwln's overcoat. which was the
young mans own property. Goodwin, being
penniless, sold the coat for $3.50 and with
this money secured a room and continued
his search for work. When the money re-
ceived for the overcoat was gone Goodwin
happened to again meet the Greek cook.
Goodwin told the Greek that he was abso-
lutely penniless and must get work some
where.
You go and get clothes and I will buy
them from you" is what the Greek said to
him, so Goodwin told Chief Richmond.
This, so young Goodwin, declared started
him out robbing houses.
Goodwin, after several dealings with the
Greek cook, thought he was not receiving
enough for the articles he stole, so he sold
some of the plumber to other members of
the Greek gang of railroad laborers. When
Quinice discovered this, Goodwin said, the
Greek cook became angry and threatened
him that II he did not sell him everything
he secured in his house raids, he would
have him arrested for stealing. Fearing
that the man would carry out his threat
and expose him to the police, Goodwin
handed over everything he stole to the
Greek cook, receiving only what Quinice
saw fit to give him.
Goodwin was remarkably successful in
his short career as a sneak thief and
0uinice found himself overburdened with
plumber of every description. To relieve
himself of the surplus. Quinice took a guam
tity of the stolen clothing and other ar
ticles and left them at a pool room and
barber shop conducted by some fellow
countrymen of his at the corner of Six
teenth and Howard streets. Omaha, where
they were recovered by the police yesterday.
1t was from the Greek that the police
learned where he placed much OF the stuff
bought from young Goodwin. In the guam
tity of plumber recovered by the police yes
terday we're two more overcoats and numer-
Gus other articles of clothing, a woman's
gold watch and a gold bracelet stolen from
the residence of w. Hanna, PIG Tenth ave-
nue., a pair OF gold trimmed opera glasses
with the owners name engraved on them,
taken from the home of E.. II. Lougee.
A silver match safe and a silver handled
pocketknife, which were among the goods
recovered yesterday, were admitted by
Goodwin TO be part of his plumber from the
w. A. Maurer house. Quinice, when taken
into custody Thursday evening, had in his
possession a gold handled pocketknife with
Mr.. Maurer's name engraved on it.