The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1913-06-26
YOUTHFUL BURGLAR
WAS CAUGHT TODAY
William Doefer, Aged Seven
teen, Makes a Raid on
Quigley Drug Store.

Nine hours after William Doefer, II,
of Chicago, robbed James Quigley's S
drug store on North E street, he was
taken in custody by Chief of Police l.
A. Gormon to whom he made full con-
fession of his crime. Doefer broke in
to the drug store this morning shortly
after one o'clock and robbed the cash
register Of less than 81 and then rifled
the stamp drawer taking $13.67 in
stamps. He then took candy, sweet wa
fers, cigarets, tobacco and cigaret pa
pers amounting in value to less than
$40.
Made Very Good Haul.
Doefer came to Richmond from In
dianapolis, leaving Chicago June II,
in company with a boy named Angus
Ross whom he left at Liberty Center.
Ind Doefer arrived in Richmond Sat
urday and was standing in front of the
Quigley store when he was first no.
ticed by. Quigley. The boy appeared to
be hungry and said he wanted work.
Quigley bought him his dinner and
told the boy he knew where he could
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Dilks, of Spring Grove, who said he
would employ the boy as house man.
He took Doefer in his machine to his
home. Patrolman Lawler also aided in
securing the position for the boy.
The robbery was reported to the po-
lice as soon as Mr.. Quigley opened his
store this morning. Chief Gormon i'm
mediately notified all patrolmen to be
ON the lookout for suspicious charac-
ters and three were rounded up in
Glen Miller Park as suspects. They
proved alibis and were released.
Made No Effort to Escape.
Dilks telephoned to police headquar-
ters this morning that he was suspi-
cious of his employe because of the to-
bacco and other articles which he had
seen in his possession. Chief Gormon
Immediately investigated the case
and arrested Doefer at Dilks' resi-
dence The boy did not try to get away
and made full confession to the police
chief He realized that the incriminat-
ing evidence was too strong against
him to warrant denial.
Doefer has one of the worst crimi-
nal records of any boy of his age ever
arrested here. He has been committed
to three criminal institutions in Chi
cago, according to his own confes
sion. He was placed in the ST. Morris
Training school, the Parental school
and the John Worthy school, being dis
charged from the latter institution on
his sixteenth birthday, which was in
October of 1911.
The boys story for the most part
showed no fallacies, though the man
ner he described his entrance to the
store is not believed by the police. He
said he went to the store last night
and drank soda, getting the lay" OF
the store at that time. After attending
the Murray theatre he loafed around
until about time for the store to close
and sneaked in the back door. He said
he hid in one of the rooms on the sec
ond floor, until the store was locked
up, between twelve and one O'Clock. He
then came down and proceeded to eat
some ice cream and candy, scattering
merchandise about the store. He took
what appealed to him most. The boy
is cigaret fiend. He has been smok
ing cigarets for several years and has
contracted a wheeling cough or sniffle
from their effects. No charge has beer
filed against the boy yet.