Omaha daily bee., 1909-01-23
YOUNG BURGLAR CONFESSES
Admits Being PerpetratOr Of Series of
House Robberies.
STOLEN PLUMBER RECOVERED
Clothing and other Articles sold to
Greek Laborerp who Are Living
in Cars in Rock Island
Yards.

Walter Goodwin. the youthful burglar ar
rested Wednesday night at the residence
Of Mrs. Nellie Nelthorpe, 64 Fourth street,
where he was found hiding under the bed
in the room occupied by c. II. Pill and his
brother. made a complete confession to the
police yesterday, admitting that he had
committed the series of burglaries In the
residence sections of the city since the
first Of the year. lie told where he had
disposed Of the proceeds OF the several bur
glaries and yesterday afternoon the police
recovered a large quantity Of the plumber.
When arraigned In police court yesterday
morning Goodwin waived a preliminary
hearing and was bound over by Judge
Snyder to await the action or the district
grand jury. His bond was fixed at 500.
when It came time for Goodwin to be
transferred from the city to the county
Jail Deputy Marshal Crum recognized in the
youthful burglar a young man whom he
had taken to the Edmundson Memorial hos
pital on July IL OF last year. Goodwin had
been employed last summer and up till
about Christmas by Harvey Lewis, a well
known farmer of Lewis township, residing
near the Iowa School for the Deaf, who is
a brother-in-law Of Major George II. Rich
mond, chief Of police. on July IL young
Goodwln was injured internally as the re-
suit OF an accident caused by a team of
mules he was driving running away.
Stolen Goods
When Officer Crum recognized the young
man. Goodwin broke down and told Crum
he would make a clean breast OF every
thing. He then told the officer of all the
different places he had entered, and robbed
as well as he could remember and what he
had secured at each place. The numerous
overcoats, wearing apparel and other arti-
cles ne had secured in the several robber-
les he said he had sold to the Greek rail-
road section hands who are living In the
boarding cars in the Rock Island yards
near the company's ice house. He said that
he had been paid about SIS in all for the
articles that he had stolen.
A visit by Detectives Weir and Callaghan
and other officers t. the cars during the
afternoon brought to light the greater part
OF the goods stolen by Goodwin. Among
the articles recovered by the police were
an ivory handled revolver Stolen from the
residence of w. A. Mauccr, a cravenette
coat and other articles Of clothing stolen
from the residence If Attorney A. T. Flick
niger, a revolver n a leather holster, nue
merous toilet table articles, including an
ebony handglass and brush mounted in
silver. The patrol room at police head
quarers, after all the goods recovered from
the boarding cars were spread out, re-
sembled a secondhand shop.
w. Hanna, whose home at PIG Tenth ave-
nue. had been broken into and ransacked
during the absence Of the family some time
between January 2 and the fall of snow
about a week ago. called ut the police sta
ton yesterday and identified the coat and
pair of trousers worn by young Goodwin
as having been stolen from his residence.
Goodwin, who was closely cross-ques-
toned by Chief Richmond, denied having
out all OF the buglaries single handed. Up
to last evening Goodwin declined to give
any formation as to where he had been
living in the city since leaving the employ
Of Harvey Lewis.
The police expect to recover practically
all OF the plumber secured by the youth
full burglar in his several raids.
Jane" Quinice. cook in the railroad
boarding cars, was arrested by the police
property. He is said TO have acted as a
fence" for young Goodwin. When
searched at police headquarters a pocket
knife with W. A. Maurer's name engraved
on the handle was found on him. This
knife was stolen from the Maurer resi-
denc9 by Goodwin. Quinice was wearing
an overcoat which the police believe was
stolen by Goodwin in one OF his numer-
Gus raids. Further arrests by the police
ara likely