Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-12
10 YEARS OLD,
ACCUSED OF REING
B0LO H|GHWAYMA
East Newark Lad Stole, He
a Says, to Attend Moving
Picture Show.

Highway robbery. breaking and en-
terfng, selling stolen goods and OBJ
tanning money. under false pretenses,
are crimes that ordinarily are com
mitted by hardened criminals, but in
East Newark there is a ~1O-year-old
lad, whosfrom his own admissions, has
committG each of the above-men-
toned offenses. While engaged in the,
different lfles of thievery his goal Of
ambition WAS to procure money with.
which to attend moving picture shows.
Robert Qpinlan is the ~self-eonfessed.
criminal. yHH lives. with his father at
1856 Grant avenue. His --latest, and
possibly the most Embarrassing of all
his adventures, occurred Tuesday, and
as a result OF it he landed in the
clutches of the East Newark police.
On the second floor of the house where
he lives, there resides Mrs. Mary Doty.
On Tuesday QuinIRn was figuring out
where he could raise some money with
which to attend a moving picture show
that night. ~
Knowing hat Mrs. Doty was not at
home, he procured an axe and went
to hsr apartment and successfully
pried open a. door. He ransacked every
closet in the house in search of spoils.
A bank containing as cents was broken
open and the contents taken by him.
He extracted 10 cents from a pocket
book, and even tool four pennies that
were on a plate.
When Mrs. Doty arrived home she
was frightened when she discovered
that her homo had been entered. The
East Newark police were notified and
investigation was begun. 1t resulted
in the arrest of young Quinlan. Mrs.
Doty made a careful search of her
rooms and discovered that a ring
which she valued as a keepsake had
been taken. About this she felt more
concern han anything else in the
house.
When Qulnlan vas picked up by the
police last night he was questioned
regarding the whereabouts of the ring.
He admitted having handled it; but in
sisted that he left it on a chair in
the p~arlory' A thorough search of the
house was conducted. but the ring was
nowhere to be found. 1t was priced so
highly by Mrs. Doty because of the
fact hat q brother, who is in the
Philippine Islands, sent it to her.
After failing to get him to tell any
thing about the ring the recorder de-
cided to take steps to have him placed
In the hands of Probation Officer John
Butler. of Hudson, but on account OF
his age he will hardly be taken. He
has "a brother, at present in the State
Home fer Incorrigibles, and he doesn't
sNrm TO care how soon he goes there.
few days ago. 1t Is said, the lad
held upt little girl who was on the,
way TO q store. He compelled he to
hand overfto him the money that had
lbeen given her to make a purchase. 1t
fis not long since he stole a set of tools,
I~belonging to his father and sold them
flor almost nothing. He has often gone
Ito neighbors and said that his father
had come home from work not feeling
we'll and that he wanted some money
Ifor medicine. He was never refused
by any from whom he sought money.
and any that he ever received he used
to pay his way at the moving picture
lshows.
@SSThe lads mother is dead and his sis
4ASr acts as mis- caretaker. One of his
died O little over. a year ago
fand another brother was injured by
being struck by a train. He lost his
arm as a result.