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[ count, waiting for his deal with the Cafe’s owners to purchase the resl taurant to close and the liquor] li, cense to be transferred to Godwin’s j name.
As late as Labor Day weekend, Mr. Wickens said, Godwin called him several times and assured him that his money would be repaid. Godwin even went so far as to suggest a meeting on Sept. 4, Mr. Wickens said, when he would get his money, but the cafe’s manager never showed.
The Cafe’s owner, Ann Rothstein (formerly Kolack), said that Godwin’s disappearance has left the corporation “many thousands” of dollars in debt and without any way. to repay its creditors. “He basically multiplied the corportion’s liabilities six times" during his tenure as mani ager, she said Tuesday.
Godwin came to Washington last November in answer to a classified advertisement in the Washington Post for a short-order cook, according to individuals familiar with the Cafe’s operation during that period. He was hired to manage the cafe by Ms. Rothstein’s ex-husband, Marque Kolack.
As with many of the more than one dozen people interviewed during research for this story, those individuals were willing to speak only on condition that they not be identified by name. Most of those interviewed reported that Godwin had left town owing them money, or leaving them with worthless checks, or both.
Godwin’s friendly demeanor and experience in the restaurant business made him nearly instant inroads in the Washington community, where the Cafe serves as a gathering place for the residents and business owners in the town.
Ms. Rothstein said that a con- i tract was negotiated for Godwin to take over management of the Cafe, while the corporation would con- i tinue its ownership of the business. ■
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