“I cried, I begged and pleaded for mercy, pity, and sympathy, but nothing I could say or do could sway them from their purpose. I left that box a sadder, sicker, but wiser boy.”— Carl Panzram, www-rohan.sdsu.edu
“I stayed with him for about a month, hoboing our way east, stealing and burning everything we could. I taught him how to set fire to a church after we robbed it. We got very busy on that, robbing and burning a church regular every chance we got.”— Carl Panzram, amazon.com
“I'm homeless! I'm gonna be out on a street corner, dancing for nickels. I'll be with the hobos in the train yard, eating out of a bucket.”— Spike Feresten, Newman, Wayne Knight, imdb.com