UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA 
 AT LOS ANGELES

 
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 OP 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT WILLIAM MURRAY. 
 
 INSPECTOR THOMAS BYRNES. 
 INSPECTOR ALEXANDER WILLIAMS. 
 
 INSPECTOR PETER CONLIN. 
 
 INSPECTOK HENRY V. STEERS. 
 
 SUPERINTENDENT PATRICK CAMPBELL. 
 
 INSPECTOR MACKELLAR. 
 
 INSPECTOR PATRICK H. McLAUGHLIN. 
 
 INSPECTOR EDWARD REILLY. 
 
 BENJAMIN MURPHY. 
 
 Adams, George 
 Agnew, William 
 
 Emerson, Peter 
 Elliot, Doc 
 
 Love, John 
 Leavitt, Andy Jr. 
 
 Brooks, H. Maxwell 
 
 Estars, Maggie 
 
 Lyons, Ned 
 
 Bruns, Owen 
 
 Engel, George 
 
 Lucas, Israel 
 
 Brill, Gus 
 
 Foster, Nathan B. 
 
 Lingg, Louis 
 
 Brockway, Charles O. 
 
 Flynn, James H. 
 
 Lyons, Daniel 
 
 Burke, John 
 
 Frothingham, D. 
 
 Martin, Lewis R. 
 
 Bennett, Frank 
 
 Fitzgerald, James 
 
 McGillicuddy, J. 
 
 Bullanl, Charles 
 
 Farrell. Ned 
 
 Monahan, John 
 
 Brooks, Thomas 
 
 Fischer, S. 
 
 McCabe, James 
 
 Ben, Ah 
 
 Fielding, Sam 
 
 Murphy, Dennis 
 
 Benson. George 
 
 Garrett, Mrs. A. 
 
 Maitland, W. L. 
 
 Baker, Van B. 
 
 Galvin, Tom 
 
 Mugridge. Clem 
 
 Bedell, James E. 
 
 Guering, Eddie 
 
 Merwin, Jesse 
 
 Baun De, Charles I. 
 Barber, Richard 
 
 Griffin, Ellen 
 Gerhart, Francis 
 
 Morgan, Blinkey 
 Miner, Rufus 
 
 Heal, Johnny 
 
 Gregory, August 
 
 Miles, J.K. 
 
 Burrows, Jim 
 
 Greenwell, John 
 
 Mundfrom, Wm. 
 
 Bettini, Callandro 
 
 Guestoni. Fillipe 
 
 Meyers, Harry 
 
 Bernal, Emelia 
 
 Hausen. Mary A. 
 
 Mason, George 
 
 Braynard, John 
 
 Huntermark, Mrs. Wm. 
 
 McDonald, Mrs. B. 
 
 Baker, Theodore 
 
 Harrison* George 
 
 Moore, Harry 
 
 Cignarale, Mrs. 
 
 Hamilton, Oregon 
 
 Morrill, E. D. 
 
 Conners, Billy 
 
 Havermyer, Charles 
 
 Norton, Piggy 
 
 Chase, I. M. 
 
 Hawkins. Albert 
 
 Nugent, John 
 
 Collins, Daniel 
 
 Haigbt, W. H. 
 
 Newman, C. H. 
 
 Carl ton, Henry 
 
 Huffman, David 
 
 O'Connor, Charles 
 
 Connelly. Mrs, H. 
 
 Hill. Sadie 
 
 O'Neil, J. 
 
 Cortez, Antonio 
 
 Hovey, Edward 
 
 Osborne, W. J. 
 
 Clegg, Alfred 
 
 Hennessey, Pat H. 
 
 O'Brien, John 
 
 Cooke, Oscar 
 
 Hays, Billy 
 
 Paterson, Edna 
 
 Courtney,- Lord 
 
 Howe, John H. 
 
 Parish, Joe 
 
 Crawford. James ' 
 
 Hetzke, August 
 
 Porter, Billy 
 
 Carson, George 
 
 Holong, N. O. 
 
 Perry, Anderson 
 
 Dallas, George 
 
 Hope. John 
 
 Parker, Charles 
 
 Donovan. Peter 
 
 Heyman. Bertha 
 
 Patterson. William 
 
 Delaney, John I. 
 
 Howard. A. J. 
 
 Peakes, Barclay 
 
 Day, Clement A. 
 
 Hong, Di 
 
 Pickett. J. M. 
 
 Douglas, William I. 
 
 Irving, John 
 
 Peterson, Gus A. 
 
 Doyle, James R. 
 
 Johnson, Augustus 
 
 Price, Tom 
 
 Doran, Joe 
 
 Judd, Katie 
 
 Poupart, F. B. 
 
 Dutch Miller, 
 
 Jacobs. James H. 
 
 Phillips, James 
 
 Davis, Emma 
 
 King, Clara 
 
 Parsons, A . R. 
 
 Danford. J. 8. 
 
 Krone, Count 
 
 Rowe. A. E. 
 
 Dale, Clifford 
 
 Kurtz, Michael 
 
 Reese, Thomas A. 
 
 Devine, William 
 
 Kelly, Tom 
 
 Robinson, John 
 
 Detlaf, August 
 
 Kelly, John 
 
 Randall, L. J. 
 
 Driscoll, Dan 
 
 Kinney, Edward 
 
 Ross, J. T. 
 
 Druse, Mrs. 
 
 Koehler, Frank 
 
 Raymond, Gus 
 
 Duval, George W. 
 
 Lowsteller, Mary 
 
 Riley, Thomas 
 
 Raymond, Stephen 
 Rhodes, Mrs. S. 
 Rohrmason, Henry 
 Robinson, Sarah Mrs. 
 Reily, Thomas 
 Scott, Cherry 
 Sully, Ed. 
 Simmons, Edward 
 Sweeney, May 
 Sheridan, Walter 
 Smith, Charles H. 
 Smith, Thomas 
 Sautoras, Phil 
 Strahler, Sam 
 Steiiihauser, Mrs. M. 
 Stanyard, Ebenezer 
 Sherer, James 
 Stow, E. D. 
 Sindram, Wm. D. 
 Smith, Mabel 
 Schwab, G. 
 Stewart, Charles 
 Spiess, August 
 Showers, William 
 Touche La. Mrs. 
 Taylor, Alfred 
 Tressler, George 
 Tate. James W 
 Titterington. James 
 Taggert, James N. 
 Tartar, George 
 Unger, Capt. 
 Unrub, Mrs. 
 Vasto Del, Mme. 
 Vanzant, Vic E. 
 Vice, William 
 Woodward, George 
 Wilson, Joe 
 Wall, John 
 Wheeler, Edward 
 Worth, Adam 
 Whyte, M. J. 
 Walsh, John 
 Watson, James 
 Weaver, Tom 
 Woolfolk, Thomas G. 
 Williams, S. M. 
 Woolsteen, Hattie 
 Werner, Antone 
 Witrock, F. 
 
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 IfflLIiIAM 
 
 Superintendent William Murray is a native of New York City, and 
 was born in the year 1844. Rejoined the police force in 1866 and 
 went to the Third Precinct, then under command of Captain James 
 Greer. In a few weeks after becoming a policeman, he distinguished 
 himself by making several important arrests, among which was the 
 arrest of Worth, one of the most notorious safe burglars in the world. 
 Within two years he was raised to the rank of sergeant, and served in 
 the Eighth, Sixteenth and Fifteenth Precincts. He was promoted to 
 a captaincy on October 2d, 1876, and was assigned to duty in the 
 Fourth Precinct. Among the large number of important arrests made 
 during his captaincy may be mentioned the following: Thomas Belton, 
 a trusted employee of H. B. Claflin & Co., who had for years been a 
 systematic thief and who was convicted and sent to State Prison for 
 stealing about $50,000 worth of needles and thread. He arrested 
 Thomas Cusick, who murdered his wife in March, 1877. He also 
 arrested the thieves who robbed Mattie Danzier's house of $200,000 
 in money and bonds, and recovered most of the plunder. Eight 
 months after his promotion to captain he was made inspector, and 
 greatly distinguished himself in this latter position. Every fourth 
 night, at six o'clock, he would go on inspection duty, and had been, in 
 fact, during that time, superintendent of the entire force for fourteen 
 hours, and controlling the action, as circumstances might dictate, of 
 the whole force. On June gth, r885, he was made Superintendent, 
 and under his able management the police force of the City of New 
 York has developed into one of the finest in the world. He is a rigid 
 disciplinarian, although kind and courteous to all; and the members 
 of the force know that from him merit will receive its reward.
 
 WILLIAM MURRAY 
 
 Superintendent of Police, New York
 
 ROMAS BYRNES. 
 
 Inspector Byrnes, like every other smart man, has worked himself 
 from the ranks, a circumstance which also adds to his merit. He began 
 his career on the police force on December loth, 1863, as patrolman, 
 and after five years of hard service in the Fifteenth Precinct, then 
 haunted by a most dangerous class of law breakers, he was promoted 
 to the position of roundsman and sent to the City Hall Precinct. A 
 year later he was made sergeant and assigned to duty in the Sixth 
 Precinct. In 1870 he was appointed Captain, and successively com- 
 manded the Twenty-third, Twenty-first and Fifteenth Precincts, the 
 Broadway Squad and again the Fifteenth Precinct. It was while here 
 that his great ability as a policeman attracted attention, and he rapidly 
 gained laurels. When R. L. Crawford, son-in-law of Commodore 
 Vanderbilt, shot officer Henderson in the rear of the Commodore's 
 residence, it was Captain Byrnes who arrested him. Then came the 
 famous Manhattan Bank robbery, when the thieves carried away 
 $80,000 in money and two million dollars in securities. Byrnes struck the 
 trail of the robbers and finally landed them in Sing Sing. On March 
 12, 1880, Byrnes was made Inspector and placed in charge of the 
 Detective Bureau. He immediately set about making changes and 
 remodeling this department, and to-day it is one of the finest in the 
 world. He established a branch office in Wall Street, with a detail 
 of efficient detectives, and soon rid that financial centre of rogues. 
 Byrnes is a clever detective, and the numerous cases of mysterious 
 crimes he has unearthed are innumerable.
 
 THOMAS BYRNES 
 
 Inspector of Police New York
 
 G5lLLcIAMS, 
 
 There is no man connected with the police force of New York, 
 better or more widely known than Inspector Alexander Williams. In 
 the police history of every nation, certain men assume an individual 
 and striking importance by reason of their skill, talents and executive 
 ability. It is to this class of men that Alexander Williams belongs. 
 He is a Nova Scotian by birth, and a short time after his advent in 
 New York was appointed on the police force as patrolman, and by 
 rapid strides became the famous commander of the Twenty-ninth Pre- 
 cinct of the City of New York. This precinct was probably one of 
 the worst in the city, on account of the numerous dives and disreputa- 
 ble places in it, thereby also drawing to it crooks and thieves from 
 other localities. On this account he probably made more enemies 
 than friends in this precinct, and many efforts were made to oust him. 
 but he held on firmly, did his duty, and became a terror to all evil 
 doers. He is a man of magnificent phisique, knowing no fear; and he 
 alone, of all captains, has been able to control the vicious and danger- 
 ous elements which centered in this precinct. His enemies for a time 
 succeeded in having him removed, when he was placed in charge of 
 the Street Cleaning Department of the city, which he managed with 
 great executive ability ; but the Police Commissioners were compelled 
 to transfer him back to his old precinct. In 1885, he was appointed 
 inspector, which position he now holds, and in this, as in all others, he 
 is the man in the right place. Socially he is a genial, quiet, pleasant 
 gentleman.
 
 ALEXANDER S.WILLIAMS 
 
 Inspectorof Police NewYork '
 
 (ONLIN. 
 
 Inspector Peter Conlin is about 44 years of age and of Irish birth. 
 He was a boy at school, at the outbreak of the rebellion, in Philadel- 
 phia. He ran away and enlisted in the Twelfth New York Regiment. 
 After three months service in West Virginia, he re-enlisted in the 
 Sixty-ninth Volunteers, and for his bravery on the field of battle was 
 promoted to the rank of first-lieutenant. He served with distinction 
 throughout the war, and at its close was, for two years, Deputy Collec- 
 tor in Louisiana. " He afterwards came to New York and was ap- 
 pointed a patrolman on the police force on July 29th, 1869. He dis- 
 played on several occasions great bravery, and made many important 
 arrests, for which he was promoted to roundsman on December 6th, 
 1872, and on July loth, 1876, he was made sergeant and assigned to 
 the command of the Second Precinct. On February 8th, 1884, he 
 was appointed police captain. The Police Commissioners on that day 
 appointed two police captains, one to fill the vacancy caused by the 
 death of Captain Kealey, and the other to draw the salary provided for 
 by the appropriation for a division of Captain Williams' precinct. 
 Sergeants Moses W. Cartright, of the Forty-seventh Street Squad, and 
 Peter Conlin were the two promoted, they both also having been made 
 sergeants on the same day. Mr. Conlin, after being captain for about 
 a year, was made Inspector in 1885. He is a man of good executive 
 ability, understanding thoroughly the duties of his department, and 
 can always be found attending to same.
 
 PETER CONLIN 
 
 Inspector of Pol ice, New York 
 
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 F?ENI^Y U. 
 
 Inspector Henry V. Steers was born in Wcstchester County, 
 N. Y., on January 6th, 1832, and is the son -of Thomas Steers, who was 
 a captain in the old Metropolitan Police Force. His early life was 
 uneventful. On November 17, 1857, he was appointed on the police 
 force as patrolman, and was detailed for three years at the Grand 
 Street ferry, and distinguished himself by rescuing about a dozen 
 persons from drowning. On account of his bravery, he was made a 
 roundsman, and was transferred to the Fourteenth Precinct, where he 
 made several noteworthy arrests. During the riots of 1863 he proved 
 a plucky fighter, and was repeatedly complimented for his gallant con- 
 duct. The Commissioners promoted him to the rank of sergeant 
 in 1865, and in the beginning of the following year placed him in com- 
 mand of the Sub-Precinct at West Farms. While there he arrested a 
 man, Walker and his family, who were engaged in counterfeiting frac- 
 tional currency, capturing, at the same time, all the plates and many 
 counterfeits. Mr. Steers was made captain on April i8th, 1874, and 
 in the following November he was placed in charge of the Twenty- 
 ninth Precinct. His rule in that precinct was not disturbed by a 
 whisper of criticism affecting his personal or official integrity, and he 
 was transferred in 1876 to the Thirty-second Precinct, at his own 
 request. In May, 1883, he was assigned to the command of the City 
 Hall Squad, and in 1885 he was made Inspector. He has many friends 
 and few enemies in the department. He is a fine looking man, in the 
 prime of life, with a disposition to please everybody, full of cheerful- 
 ness of a contagious sort, and displays considerable tact in his dealings 
 with other men.
 
 HENRY V. STEERS 
 
 Inspector of Police, New York
 
 SUPERINTENDENT ]<?ATRIG^ (SAMPBELL. 
 
 Patrick Campbell, the Superintendent of Police of Brooklyn, 
 was born on January I2th, 1827, in the City of Charleston, S. C. At 
 an early age his parents removed to Brooklyn, which has ever since 
 been his home. After receiving a common school education, he 
 entered the printing office of the Brooklyn Eagle. It was at the foot 
 of the ladder, but he climbed step by step for nearly twenty years, 
 until he became superintendent of the office. He early entered politi- 
 cal life, and his progress in the party with which he was affiliated was 
 marked. During President Pierce's administration, he was rewarded 
 by an appointment as Inspector of Customs ; and he continued to hold 
 office under Buchanan and during a part of President Lincoln's term. 
 In 1866 he was elected Sheriff of Kings County. On June 1st, 1870, 
 he was appointed Chief of Police of Brooklyn, and was relieved from 
 duty August 2d, 1873, the office of Chief of Police being abolished. 
 On August 1 2th, 1875, he was appointed to the position he now holds, 
 that of superintendent, and under his efficient control the police force 
 of Brooklyn is second to none, and the name of Patrick Campbell has 
 gained a world wide reputation. He is a model official and is master 
 of the numberless details of his office. He is firm and determined, 
 just and equitable, and has a kindly word for every one.
 
 PATRICK CAMPBELL 
 
 Superintendent, of Police. Brooklyn
 
 Inspector Mackeller was born in New York City on March 4th, 
 1842. He moved in 1845 to Brooklyn, which has ever since been his 
 home. In the old days of the Volunteer Fire Department he was one 
 of its plucky members. He entered police life in July 1863, at the 
 age of 21, when he joined the special force called to suppress the Draft 
 Riots in New York. After the riots he was transferred to the Atlan- 
 tic Dock Squad a body of men organized to protect the valuable 
 store houses in that neighborhood from Southern incendiaries, thieves 
 and mobs. In June, 1864, he was appointed patrolman. He began 
 duty in the Forty-eighth Precinct and after six months was promoted 
 to acting sergeant. In 1878 he was assigned to the Tenth Precinct, 
 where he remained five years. He was then advanced to his present 
 position of Inspector. He is a first-class detective, knows a great deal 
 about crooked people and is always around and on the alert looking for 
 them, and has been greatly instrumental in driving this class out of 
 Brooklyn. He is business to the core. He is always on time and 
 leaves nothing unattended to. He is thoroughly conversant with the 
 numberless subjects on which information is requisite to make a 
 thorough officer.
 
 JOHN MACKELLAR 
 
 Inspector of Police, Brooklyn
 
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 Patrick H. McLaughlin was born in the City of Brooklyn on August 
 8th, 1842. While attending school he showed brightness and ability, 
 and always retained the knowledge which he had gained. After leaving 
 school he learned the trade of iron moulder, at which he became pro- 
 ficient. In 1861, when the war broke out, he enlisted in the i/3d Regi- 
 ment, New York State, and went to the front. He served his country 
 for three years. He was with Sheridan in the Shenandoah Valley, with 
 Banks in the Gulf, and saw many bloody battles. He was promoted 
 to first-lieutenant for bravery in the Shenandoah Valley with Sheridan. 
 After the war was over he returned to Brooklyn, and on January I ith, 
 1866, he was appointed on the police force and assigned as patrolman 
 in the Fifth Precinct, and while here distinguished himself by many im- 
 portant arrests. He was made roundsman in 1869 and assigned to the 
 Third Sub-Precinct, and a few weeks later was made sergeant, and in 
 July of same year was appointed captain of the Eighth Precinct. He 
 afterwards took command of the Ninth Precinct, where he remained 
 until 1886, when he was appointed inspector. He devotes much of 
 his time to drilling and instructing new comers on the force, the object 
 of which is to prepare the officers for prompt and intelligent action 
 under any circumstances which may arise.
 
 PATRICK H. MCLAUGHLIN 
 
 Inspector of Police.Brooklyn
 
 Inspector Edward Reilly was born in New York City on Junegth, 
 1842. He removed with his parents to Brooklyn when^a child. He is 
 a man of fine appearance and Herculanean figure. On May 4th, 1861, 
 he enlisted in Company G, Ninth New York Volunteers, for two years. 
 He took part in the battle at Big Bethel, and afterwards accompanied 
 Butler's expedition to Cape Hatteras. He also accompanied Burn- 
 side's expedition to Roanoke Island and took part in the final engage- 
 ment there. He also participated in the 'battles of South Mountain 
 and Antietam ; at the latter place he was wounded in the thigh and 
 knee. After his recovery he went to Fredericksburgh, when his regi- 
 ment was mustered out of service. He re-enlisted and was com- 
 missioned second-lieutenant. He took part in the suppression of the 
 New York riots and distinguished himself for coolness and courage. 
 On June gth, 1867, he was appointed patrolman on the Brooklyn police 
 force. He was promoted to sergeant on June nth, 1870, and during 
 1871-2-3 was acting captain of the Third Sub-Precinct. This was 
 afterwards made the Eleventh Precinct, and he was appointed captain 
 on September 4th, 1875. As captain he made a splendid record, and 
 was always feared by the turbulent element in his precinct. He 
 became inspector on July 7th, 1886. His promotion was deserved, 
 and it has given universal satisfaction.
 
 EDWARD REILLY 
 
 Inspector of Police Brooklyn
 
 BENJAMIN 
 
 Benjamin Murphy, the present Chief of the Jersey City police 
 force, commenced service on same May 3d, 1873, and served in various 
 positions until August, 1879, when he was promoted to his present 
 position. Chief Murphy is an enthusiastic police officer, devoting his 
 entire time striving for the advancement and efficiency of the force' 
 under his command. He is on hand early and stays late, from 8 
 o'clock in the morning until 1 1 o'clock at night, and it is said he has 
 never been absent from duty during his entire service of fifteen years. 
 He is a veteran of the late war, he having served in the Eighth 
 Regiment, New Jersey Volunteers, from September, 1861, until August, 
 1865. The records of his regiment show him to have occupied all the 
 positions of rank, from private to captain, and that he was present at 
 all of the thirty-six battles that regiment took part in.
 
 BENJAMIN MURPHY 
 
 Chief of Pol ice, Jersey City
 
 ELMER D. MORRILL. 
 
 In the early part of 1887, the good 
 city of Lewiston, Maine, was thrown 
 into considerable excitement by the dis- 
 covery of a young woman dead on the 
 street, with her newly born babe beside 
 her. Upon investigation by the police, 
 Elmer D. Morrill was arrested for the 
 crime of murdering her, and the grand 
 jury found an indictment against him 
 for murder. The cause of the murder 
 was at first considerably shrouded 
 in mystery; but subsequent events 
 pointed to the above individual. 
 
 AUGUST SPIESS. 
 
 On May 4th, 1886, the memorable 
 Haymarket massacre in Chicago oc- 
 curred. The Socialists of that city 
 held a large out-of-door meeting on 
 the evening of that date, at which a 
 large and turbulent crowd attended. 
 Amongst the leaders present was 
 August Spiess, who made violent and 
 incendiary speeches, urging the mob 
 on to violence. Suddenly a number 
 of bombs were thrown among the 
 police, killing and wounding dozens 
 of them, and a fearful scene of blood- 
 shed followed Spiess, in connection 
 with others, was arrested, tried for 
 murder and hung on Nov. nth, 1887, 
 together with Fischer, Engel and Par- 
 sons, his co-conspirators. 
 
 BERTHA HEYMAN. 
 
 Mrs. DRUSE. 
 
 Mrs. Druse was the first woman 
 hanged in the State of New York. 
 She was convicted of murdering her 
 husband. The crime was committed 
 in the latter part of the year 1876, in 
 Warren, Herkimer Co., New York, 
 and she was assisted by her eldest 
 daughter, May, who received a life 
 sentence, and is now in the Canan- 
 daigua Penitentiary. The crime was 
 a diabolical one, and there appeared 
 no cause, excepting a desire to rid 
 herself of her husband. 
 
 Bertha Heyman is. without doubt, 
 one of the most notorious and success- 
 ful confidence women in this country, 
 and is called by the police the Confi- 
 dence Queen. She was born in Ger- 
 many and came to this country several 
 years ago, and shortly afterwards 
 started on a career of swindling by 
 the confidence game, and during her 
 career has cheated hundreds of people 
 out of thousands of dollars. She has 
 been arrested several times in New 
 York, and lately was atrested in San 
 Fransisco, Cal., for swindling several 
 highly respectable families there. She 
 posed as a rich widow, and with a 
 young man, whom she introduced as 
 her son, got thousands of dollars from 
 them, on the pretence that she was 
 awaiting remittances from her estates 
 in Germany.
 
 ELMER D. MORRILL. 
 
 AUGUST SPIESS. 
 
 Mrs. DRUSE. 
 
 BERTHA HEYMAN.
 
 JOHN HOPE. 
 
 JIM BURROWS. 
 
 This is a portrait of a noted outlaw 
 and train robber, whose exploits in 
 holding up trains in the South-western 
 country have been numerous. He is 
 daring and often works alone, and has 
 no fear of holding up a whole train all 
 by himself. He sometimes though 
 works with other robbers. He was 
 arrested in January, 1888, near Texar- 
 kana, Ark., by Police Captain John 
 Martin, of Montgomery, Ala. 
 
 John Hope, al'as Watson, is one of 
 the most celebrated bank burglars in 
 the United States, and was engaged 
 in the Manhattan Bank robbery in 
 New York, in connection with John 
 Shelvin, the watchman, old James 
 Hope, his father, Pete Emerson. John 
 Nugent and Eddie Gearing. By this 
 celebrated robbery over two and a half 
 millions of dollars in securities were 
 carried away. This was probably one 
 of the best executed and the largest 
 robbery on record, and the thieves 
 were months planning same. Hope 
 started out on his career as a pick- 
 pocket, and gradually worked himself 
 up to a more exalted criminal position 
 of bank burglar. He is about 31 years 
 of age, 5 feet 9 inches high, and 
 weighs about 160 Ibs. 
 
 ERACTJO BERNAL. 
 
 Eraclio Bernal was a Mexican ban- 
 dit, who was lately killed by Mexican 
 troops. He was thirty-eight years of 
 age, and during his early manhood 
 bore the reputation of being a law 
 abiding citizen. Twelve years ago he 
 was arrested and convicted of a crime, 
 of which he was afterwards proven 
 innocent. He broke from prison and 
 vowed that his future career would 
 amply revenge the wrong he had 
 suffered. He took to the mountains 
 and gathered about him a gang of 
 cut-throats, of whom he became leader. 
 He set out on a systematic career of 
 pillage and violence, and killing all 
 those who offered resistance ; growing 
 bolder, he even put whole villages 
 under contribution. 
 
 CALANDRO BETTINI. 
 
 Calandro Bettini was at the head of 
 a band of Italian counterfeiters in 
 New York City. This gang was com- 
 posed of all Italians, numbering six 
 men and two women. They made a 
 fair counterfeit of one and five dollar 
 silver counterfeits, and succeeded in 
 scattering a large number through and 
 around New York and Washington, 
 D. C. This whole gang was simul- 
 taneously arrested in New York City 
 on the same day, at their different 
 places of abode, together with all the 
 implements of their trade and several 
 thousands of dollars of the silver cer- 
 tificates. This arrest was made in 
 the summer of 1888, and was one of 
 the most important in years.
 
 JIM BURROWS. 
 
 JOHN HOPE. 
 
 ERACLIO BERNAL. 
 
 CALANDRO BETTINI.
 
 DUTCH MILLER. 
 
 Yic E. YANZANT. 
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 This party's slight failing was the 
 passing of forged checks, principally 
 on storekeepers. He would call upon 
 a storekeeper, make a purchase and 
 give in payment a forged check for a 
 large amount. He was at last captured 
 whilst engaged in this business, and 
 when searched, a number of forged 
 checks for different amounts and on 
 different banks were found on his 
 person. 
 
 On the night of the I3th of March, 
 1887, the residence of Lyman S. 
 Weeks, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was 
 entered by burglars. The noise of 
 their operations was heard by Weeks, 
 who descended to the dining room. 
 As he entered it, he was immediately 
 shot at, and almost instantly killed. 
 After a few days, the police succeeded 
 in fixing the crime upon John Green- 
 well and Dutch Miller, two notorious 
 burglars and thieves, and known as 
 the Bowery lodging house gang. 
 
 JAMES TITTERINGTON. 
 
 On December 3ist, 1884, in broad 
 daylight in New York City, Luther 
 Church, a soda water manufacturer, 
 was attacked on the stairs of the mth 
 Street Elevated Station, and relieved 
 of a satchel containing $2,300. The 
 thieves were dressed in check jumpers 
 and drove a butcher cart to which 
 was attached a fast horse. One thief 
 sat in the wagon while the other fol- 
 lowed Mr. Church, and as he was 
 mounting the stairs, struck him on the 
 head with a piece of lead pipe, stun- 
 ning him. He then grabbed the 
 satchel, jumped in the cart, and was 
 driven off. James Titterington was 
 the one who used the lead pipe. 
 
 JOHN WALSH. 
 
 Few men have gained a more notori- 
 ous reputation as bank robber and 
 crook, than the above named individ- 
 ual, and he stood at the head of the 
 criminal profession, with such asso- 
 ciates as John Irving, Billy Porter, 
 John Hope, Wm. Vosburg, and others. 
 While in a saloon in New York with 
 Vosburg. Michael Fay, Patrick Leary, 
 and others, Johnny Irving entered 
 and fired at Walsh. Walsh returned 
 the fire and a general fiisilade com- 
 menced, the result being the principals 
 were killed.
 
 Yic E. YANZANT. 
 
 DUTCH MILLER. 
 
 JAMES TITTERINGTON. 
 
 JOHN WALSH.
 
 CLEM MUGRIDGE. 
 
 The subject of this sketch hails from 
 Barry County. Mich., and is supposed 
 to follow the occupation of farmer, 
 butcher and drover. He was inclined 
 to lead a gay life, frequenting saloons, 
 indulging in intoxicating liquors, and 
 as a result, forgery is the crime laid 
 at his door. He is about 27 years of 
 age, but looks older, and has a pecul- 
 iar way of talking out of the corner of 
 his mouth. 
 
 C. H. NEWMAN. 
 
 The alias of this notorious western 
 confidence man is Parker, and he has 
 made quite a fame for himself in the 
 West, by swindling merchants in the 
 gnise of a wealthy ranch owner, who 
 desired credit for a few days until 
 several train loads of live stock belong- 
 ing to him could arrive. He is known 
 throughout the West from Milwaukee 
 to Matamoras, and his victims are 
 numbered by hundreds. He made an 
 attempt in New York to swindle 
 a large dry goods house, and was 
 captured there. 
 
 WILLIAM PATTERSON. 
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 William Patterson, colored, was 
 hung in Louisville, Ky., for the mur- 
 der of Jennie Bowman, a servant girl, 
 while heroically defending her master's 
 house. Patterson was a notorious 
 thief and burglar, and in connection 
 with an accomplice, Albert Turner, 
 attempted to rob the house occupied 
 by the employer of Jennie Bowman. 
 The attempt at robbing was made in 
 broad daylight, and ihe poor girl was 
 beaten to death. The accomplice, 
 Turner, was also hung. 
 
 JAMES WATSON. 
 
 This individual, also known as 
 pretty Jimmy, has for the past twenty 
 years been known to the police as an 
 expert pickpocket, and has plied 
 his vocation in New York and in the 
 Eastern Cities. He has served a 
 number of terms of imprisonment, 
 but on his release he immediately 
 returns to his nefarious trade. He 
 generally travels with a pal, and as 
 soon as he has relieved a victim, he 
 passes the spoils to him. They gen- 
 erally make it a point to attend large 
 assemblages.
 
 CLEM MUGRIDGE. 
 
 C. H. NEWMAN. 
 
 WILLIAM PATTERSON. 
 
 JAMES WATSON.
 
 THOMAS SMITH. 
 
 WILLIAM SHOWERS. 
 
 No more desperate crook and burglar 
 exists than the above named individual. 
 The scenes of his crimes have been 
 principally in the West, and he served 
 ten years in the Joliet Penitentiary. 
 Before going there he escaped from 
 the County Jail. He swore, after his 
 release, that he would kill any police- 
 man who attempted to arrest him 
 again. Shortly afterwards, two knights 
 of the locust did attempt it, but they 
 were fired upon by him and he escaped 
 before they could recover themselves. 
 
 This fiend murdered his two grand- 
 sons at his farm, at a place called 
 Annville, in Pennsylvania. The old 
 man fell in love with a Mrs. Sergeant, 
 of some 45 summers, but she refused 
 to become mistress of his farm until 
 the two lads were put away in some 
 orphan asylum. Instead of doing this, 
 he strangled the two lads, with devilish 
 deliberation, burned their clothes and 
 buried their bodies in a ditch near his 
 home ; but fortunately the crime was 
 discovered a few days afterwards, and 
 his arrest followed. 
 
 JOHN GcREENWELL. 
 
 Crook, burglar, and finally murderer, 
 is the man who was ultimately convicted 
 of the murder of Lyman S. Weeks of 
 Brooklyn, N. Y., into whose house he 
 had broken with the intention of 
 robbery, on the evening of March 13, 
 1887. Weeks hearing noises below, 
 descended to the dining room and 
 was immediately shot and killed by 
 Greenwell, who had as accomplice his 
 pal named Dutch Miller, who was 
 also arrested. 
 
 EMMA DAVIS. 
 
 This remarkable woman has a 
 mania for administering poison to 
 those whom she thinks have been 
 long enough in this world, and 
 whose departure might benefit herself. 
 Some time ago she was employed in 
 the family, in Malone, N. H., which 
 consisted of a gentleman and his niece. 
 She attempted to poison the niece. 
 Afterwards she was employed as nurse 
 in a family in Hartford, to care for 
 the husband, and attempted to poison 
 the wife, so she might make a more 
 prominent place for herself.
 
 THOMAS SMITH. 
 
 WILLIAM SHOWERS. 
 
 JOHN GREENWELL. 
 
 EMMA DAVIS.
 
 ALFRED CLEGG. 
 
 J. S. DANFORD. 
 
 Amongst the noted and clever old 
 crooks and pickpockets, this man 
 stands with the foremost. He has 
 operated all over the United States, 
 and his cleverness has often secured 
 his discharge after arrest. He has 
 often pleaded his own case, and is 
 quick to take advantage of any legal 
 point. He is also known to the 
 police as James Bailey. He was 
 lately arrested at Saratoga Springs, 
 but through his skill and wit escaped 
 punishment. 
 
 Of all the individuals who made it a 
 business to impose upon the credulity 
 of his fellow beings, this fellow takes 
 the prize. He is known as the notori- 
 ous bank starter, and his field of 
 operations were in Kansas, Washington 
 Territory, and Guthrie County, Iowa. 
 He would start a snide bank, and by 
 offering extra inducements to depos- 
 itors, would secure quite a large line 
 of deposits. After he had thoroughly 
 gained their confidence, he would skip 
 with all the money. 
 
 JESSE MERWIN. 
 
 Merwin was the agent of the Nat- 
 ional Express Co. at Glens Falls, N.Y. 
 but abused his trust and absconded 
 with about $6,000 belonging to the 
 Company. He had been leading a 
 rather fast life, and in order to find 
 the means, he became an embezzler. 
 He became infatuated with a grass 
 widow of festive nature, hailing from 
 Albany, and in his flight she accom- 
 panied him, 
 
 BLINKEY MORGAN. 
 
 Blinkey Morgan has a record through 
 out the country as a burglar, and has 
 at last been brought up for the murder 
 of Detective Hulligan at Ravenna, O., 
 having shot the detective while he 
 was endeavoring to arrest him. He 
 is a clever man and can read human 
 nature at a glance. While on trial he 
 was constantly guarded by six Deputy 
 Sheriffs, as it was known he would 
 make a desperate attempt to escape.
 
 I i'V'Vl 
 
 ALFRED CLEGG. 
 
 J. S. DANFORD. 
 
 JESSE MERWIN. 
 
 BLINKEY MORGAN.
 
 ANDREW J. HOWARD 
 
 Who held the important position of 
 Warden in Indiana Southern Prison, 
 was found to be a defaulter to the 
 State of between fifty to sixty thousand 
 dollars. He not only endeavored to 
 cover up his discrepancies by over- 
 charges on the books for food and 
 supplies, but actually robbed the 
 prisoners who had any. For instance ; 
 one prisoner who had received a 
 pension as federal soldier, had on 
 deposit in bank, $2,600, which he 
 induced him to turn over on a promise 
 of release from prison. 
 
 JOHN BRAYNARD. 
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 This man is known as a river pirate, 
 and was detected after breaking open 
 and robbing a fish and boat-house at 
 Coddington Point. R. I. . He was 
 arrested by a man named Gladding. 
 The thief showed fight and levelled a 
 shot gun at him. Gladding courage- 
 ously attacked htm, and before he 
 subdued him, the thief drew a knife 
 and slung-shot, and when searched a! 
 the Police Station, two razors, skeleton 
 keys and other implements of his 
 trade was found on him. 
 
 HONG Di. 
 
 This Chinese murderer deliberately 
 attempted to murder a whole family, 
 and succeeded in killing one person. 
 He was employed as cook by a 
 wealthy ranchman of St. Johns, Cal. 
 While the wife, two daughters and a 
 friend were seated at the supper table, 
 the chinaman entered from behind 
 with a Winchester rifle in hand, and 
 without a word, commenced firing 
 upon the party, killing the wife in- 
 stantly and wounding the friend. 
 The daughters escaped injury. The 
 motive for the crime is unknown. 
 
 THEODORE BAKER. 
 
 Theodore Baker was hanged at 
 Los Vegas, N. M., for the killing of 
 Frank Unruh, a wealthy ranchman, 
 in December, 1885. Baker worked on 
 the ranch for Unruh and became 
 infatuated with the latters wife, and 
 it is supposed his love was returned. 
 Mrs. Unruh engaged the highest legal 
 talent to defend Baker. At one time 
 he was taken from jail by a mob and 
 hanged to a tree, but was rescued in 
 the nick of time by the jailor and his 
 deputies, and reserved later for the 
 legal hangman. 
 
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 ANDREW J. HOWARD. 
 
 JOHN BRAYNARD. 
 
 HONG Di. 
 
 THEODORE BAKER.
 
 MRS. UNRUH. 
 
 ANDERSON PERRY. 
 
 This woman was supposed to be the 
 accomplice of Theodore Baker, who 
 murdered her husband, Frank Unruh, 
 on his ranch at Los Vegas, N. M. 
 Baker worked for Unruh, and an 
 intimacy sprung up between him and 
 Mrs. Unruh. The murder was com- 
 mitted by shooting the victim in the 
 head, killing him instantly. Baker 
 was hung, although Mrs. Unruh em- 
 ployed eminent counsel to defend him, 
 but before the end she deserted him, 
 and he died claiming that she was the 
 one who fired the fatal shot. 
 
 This man was janitor at the 
 Maryland Medical University, and in 
 addition to his duties as janitor, 
 induced others and assisted in pro- 
 curing bodies for dissection. He 
 pursuaded two colored men, Ross & 
 Hawkins to kill an aged white woman, 
 who had taken lodging with a colored 
 woman the inducement being $15. 
 They killed her and brought the body 
 to Perry, who shaved off her hair and 
 otherwise so disfigured her that she 
 was not recognizable. 
 
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 ALBERT HAWKINS. 
 
 As cold blooded and diabolical 
 crime as ever committed, was done by 
 the above named fiend. A sick white 
 woman who lived with a colored friend 
 of his, was the victim. Whilst she 
 was alone, he in company with John 
 T. Ross, entered her room, and while 
 one hit her on the head the other 
 clubbed her into insensibility. They 
 then pounded her chest with their 
 heels until life was extinct. This 
 crime was committed for $15, which 
 was offered by the colored janitor of 
 the Baltimore University. 
 
 JOHN T. Ross. 
 
 This rascal, in company with Albert 
 Hawkins, brutally murdered an old 
 woman. Emily Brown, aged 55 years, 
 whose dire necessity compelled her to 
 live with a colored woman in Pig 
 Alley, Baltimore. Whilst the colored 
 woman was away, they entered the 
 white woman's room, struck her on the 
 head with a brick and then clubbed 
 her to death. They then packed her 
 body in a sack and took it to the 
 janitor of the Baltimore University, 
 receiving $15 for same.
 
 MRS. UNRUH. 
 
 ANDERSON PERRY. 
 
 ALBERT HAWKINS. JOHN T. Ross. 
 
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 WILLIAM AGNEW 
 
 BlLLY HAYS, alias GORMAN. 
 
 Of all the cold blooded villians, 
 this is one of the worst. Wm. Agnew 
 lived in Palyra, N. Y. He went home 
 with his wife one night from a ball, and 
 after some angi-y words, picked up a 
 rocking chair and dealt her several 
 blows on the head, crushing in her 
 skull. He then carried her up-stairs 
 to bed and she died that night. He 
 slept in the same room with the 
 murdered woman and remained about 
 the house for several days until the 
 body was discovered. 
 
 Billy Hays is charged with the 
 murder of John Watts, in Chicago, in 
 1887. His age is 23 years, stands 
 5 ft. 4! in. high, rather stout built, 
 black hair and fair complexion. He 
 is an old criminal, and was sentenced 
 in 1883 from Cleveland, Ohio, for 
 assault with intent to kill, and served 
 3$ years in the Columbus Penitentiary 
 for that crime. Was sent to Joliet 
 Penitentiary in 1881 for burglary, and 
 served one year. He is a general 
 thief and burglar. 
 
 FlLLIPE GcUESTONI. 
 
 On the morning of June n, 1888, 
 several pistol shots were heard in the 
 apartments of Mr. & Mrs. Mari in 
 New York. It appeared that Fillipe 
 Guestoni, who had formerly been a 
 partner of Mari, had become infatuated 
 with Mrs. Mari and was violently 
 jealous of her husband, whom he 
 wished her to abandon. He had had 
 many violent scenes with her and had 
 been warned by the husband to cease 
 his visits. On the above morning, he 
 broke into her apartments while she 
 lay in bed, shot her three times and 
 then sent a bullet crashing into his 
 own brain. 
 
 GEORGE W. DUYAL 
 
 This colored man is a noted gambler 
 and card sharp, and is well known in 
 most of the towns South and West. 
 He was recently charged with murder 
 committed in Philadelphia, caused by 
 a quarrel over a game of cards. He 
 is about 40 years of age, 5 ft. 8 in. 
 high, and weighs about 135 to 140 Ibs. 
 Dresses well, and has a peculiar habit 
 of walking with his toes slightly 
 turned in.
 
 WILLIAM AGNEW. 
 
 BILLY HAYS, alias GORMAN. 
 
 FlLLIPE GUESTONI. 
 
 GEORGE W. DUYAL.
 
 KATIE JUDD. 
 
 QEORGE ADAMS. 
 
 This female is known as a cronic 
 thief and fire-bug. Her mode of 
 operation is to engage herself as a 
 domestic, watch her opportunity to 
 rob her employer, and to conceal her 
 crime set fire to the house. She was 
 confined in the Newport, R. I. Jail for 
 one of these offences, and escaped by 
 digging a hole in her cell with the 
 leg of her iron bedstead, which she 
 wrenched off, and crawled through the 
 hole, and in order to do so, must have 
 stripped herself naked. She escaped 
 and assisted a burglar named Rounds 
 to also escape, she having secured the 
 key of his cell from the jailor's room. 
 
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 George Adams is a notorious swin- 
 dler and confidence man, and has 
 served several terms in prison in differ- 
 ent parts of the country. He is about 
 43 years of age, and generally resides 
 when at large in New York City. He 
 usually operates on the river boats 
 and on railroad trains, and singles 
 out some unsophisticated countryman. 
 His latest operation for which he was 
 arrested, consisted in stealing about 
 $7,000 from an Orange County farmer, 
 in the Broad Street Depot of the 
 Philadelphia Railroad. 
 
 JOE DORAN. 
 
 AUGUST GREGORY. 
 
 Joe Doran was sentenced to a term 
 of sixty years in the Penitentiary, for 
 murdering his father-in-law, at a place 
 called Lamar. Owing to the man's 
 laziness and refusal to support his 
 wife and two children, she left him 
 and went to live with her father. 
 The husband being denied the privi- 
 lege of even seeing the children, 
 became angry, purchased a revolver, 
 and deliberately shot down the father 
 of his wife. He was tried and sub- 
 sequently received the above sentence. 
 
 A clever sneak thief is this one. 
 His plan was to rob rooms in hotels 
 and apartment houses, and his thefts 
 were accomplished by crawling through 
 the transoms of the doors of the 
 hotels and apartments, secure what 
 plunder he could and make way with 
 it. His thefts run up into the 
 thousands, and his work was done so 
 cleverly that it was a long time before 
 he was captured. His field of opera- 
 tions were confined principally to 
 New York and Brooklyn.
 
 KATIE JUDD. 
 
 GEORGE ADAMS. 
 
 JOE DOR AN. 
 
 AUGUST GREGORY.
 
 Doc ELLIOT. 
 
 CAPT. UNGER 
 
 The man with the dinner pail, as 
 he was sometimes called. His modus 
 operand! was to dress as a mechanic 
 and carry a dinner pail, call at different 
 grocers and merchants and generally 
 make small purchases, and give in 
 payment a check, supposed to be 
 drawn by some manufacturing house. 
 He would explain that the check, 
 always small, was for his weeks' wages. 
 He then would make a small purchase 
 and receive balance in cash. In this 
 way, he swindled scores of small 
 trades people. 
 
 This individual was sentenced to 
 Sing Sing Prison for life, for the 
 murder of his partner and room mate, 
 August Bohde. He killed him, cut 
 him up and sent him away in a trunk. 
 This was done in order to obtain 
 possession of money his partner had. 
 This miserable wretch became insane 
 after going to prison. He imagined 
 his dismembered victim visited him 
 and prepared to put himself together 
 in his presence, and he had to be 
 finally removed to the State Asylum 
 for lunatic criminals. 
 
 BARCLAY PEAKES. 
 
 A young and beautiful girl was shot 
 in the head by an assassin, within a 
 short distance of Mount Holly, N. J., 
 in the spring of 1887. The girl's 
 name was Mary C. Anderson, who 
 was living with a relative on a farm 
 at Newbold's Corner. She and Barclay 
 Peakes were very much together, and 
 on the evening of the crime she left 
 her house to meet Peakes. She was 
 afterwards found by the roadside and 
 Peakes 1 revolver by her side. Cause, 
 jealousy. 
 
 JAMES M. PICKETT. 
 
 Jim Pickett was the most notorious 
 and dangerous gambler and robber in 
 Maryland and Southern Pennsylvania, 
 and he gained considerable notoriety 
 by his supposed connection with the 
 Charley Ross mystery. He had served 
 terms in prison and law abiding citizens 
 were in constant fear of him. He at 
 last met his just deserts at the hands 
 of Thomas Brown, whom he had 
 drugged and robbed on his ranch at 
 Hagerstown, Md., sometime before. 
 Brown sent a bullet crashing through 
 his brain in a saloon in Hagerstown, 
 where he met him.
 
 Doc ELLIOT. 
 
 CAPT. UNGER. 
 
 BARCLAY PEAKES. 
 
 JAMES M. PICKETT.
 
 THOMAS RILEY. 
 
 Gus RAYMOND. 
 
 At an early hour on Sunday, Dec. 12, 
 1886, Robert Coleman was murdered 
 by Thomas Riley, at Greensburg, Pa. 
 Riley worked in the Crab Tree Mines, 
 where Coleman had been previously 
 employed as a Deputy Sheriff, and 
 against whom Riley had taken a great 
 dislike. On their exit from a restau- 
 rant, where they had been together, 
 apparently as friends, Riley struck 
 Coleman on the head with some blunt 
 instrument, killing him instantly. 
 He was immediately arrested. 
 
 This is one of the flyest professional 
 crooks in the country and probably in 
 the world. He is known all over 
 this country and is wanted in many 
 States for many crimes. He is now 
 sojourning in the State Prison at 
 Trenton, N. J., having been captured 
 while committing a burglary on the 
 German Steamship "Aller." His 
 engagement at Trenton is for three 
 years. 
 
 WILLIAM VICE. 
 
 DAVID HUFFMAN. 
 
 David Huffman was known in the 
 far West as a desperate robber and 
 train wrecker, and was hanged for 
 wrecking a train at Dunbar, Nebraska. 
 He had for his pal and accomplice a 
 man named James Bell, who turned 
 states evidence and escaped with ten 
 years imprisonment. The engineer of 
 the train was killed, several individuals 
 injured, and the train itself a terrible 
 wreck 
 
 No more proper name could have 
 been given to this wicked young fiend, 
 who was convicted and sentenced to 
 five years to the Penitentiary, Michigan 
 City, Ind. This young man belonged 
 to a desperate gang of robbers and 
 train wreckers, and their depredations 
 in the West and North-west were 
 numerous. They were in the habit 
 of placing obstacles on the track in a 
 lonely spot, thereby throwing the 
 train from the track, and in the 
 confusion and excitement consequent 
 to the wreckage, would rob the 
 passengers and mail. The crime for 
 which he was convicted with several 
 pals, was for wrecking a train at 
 Windfall, Ind. 
 
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 THOMAS RILEY. 
 
 Gus RAYMOND. 
 
 
 DAVID HUFFMAN. 
 
 WILLIAM VICE.
 
 JOHN IRVING. 
 
 STEPHEN RAYMOND. 
 
 One of the most notorious crooks 
 and criminals known to the police of 
 New York City and elsewhere, was 
 John Irving. Most of the large bank 
 robberies perpetrated within the past 
 fifteen years, he had a hand in. His 
 associates were such men as John 
 Walsh, Harry and John Hope, Wm. 
 Vosburgh, and others. He and John 
 Walsh were killed while engaged in a 
 general fighi with pistols, in a notori- 
 ous saloon on 6th Avenue, New York, 
 and some of the above mentioned, 
 men, together with Billy Porter, was 
 engaged in the melee. 
 
 Stephen Raymond is what may be 
 called a versatile thief and has been 
 several times arrested. He is an 
 expert and his gentlemanly appearance 
 helps him considerably, and he does 
 not look at all like the rogue his 
 record proves him to be. He is a 
 native of the United States, is aged 
 about 50 years, and weighs about Tjo 
 Ibs. He is also known by the name 
 of Marshall, and it is a great relief to 
 the police whenever they know this 
 cunning rogue is in limbo. 
 
 NED FARRELL. 
 
 SDWARD HOYEY. 
 
 Edward Hovey was hanged in New 
 York City on October igth, 1883, for 
 the murder of his sister-in-law. The 
 murder was unprovoked and he de- 
 served his doom. He called at his 
 sister-in-law's house and after quarrel- 
 ing with her, shot her down in cold 
 blood. He was so completely broken 
 down before his execution, that he 
 had to be dosed with whiskey, while 
 a morphine injection was also given 
 him. 
 
 On July 28th, 1883, one of the most 
 daring high way robberies was attempt- 
 ed on Cashier Smith of the Orange Nat- 
 ional Bank, Orange, N. J. Smith had 
 been in the habit of bringing from 
 New Ycrk in a satchel large amounts 
 of money. On that day he had in his 
 satchel $10,000 ; he had been followed 
 by three men in a wagon, who drove 
 the wagon aside of the train, into 
 which the Cashier had entered. 
 Suddenly Mr. Smith was struck on the 
 head with a piece of lead, which did 
 not stun him. Reali/.ing his position, 
 he yelled murder, and for a few min- 
 utes 25 people in the car were held at 
 bay by Ned Farrell and John Nugent, 
 two desperate thieves.
 
 JOHN IRVING. 
 
 STEPHEN RAYMOND. 
 
 EDWARD HOVEY. 
 
 NED FARRSKL.
 
 CHARLES PARKER. 
 
 JOHN L.OVE. 
 
 Parker is the most notorious high- 
 wayman and desperate robber, infest- 
 ing the district between Cheyenne and 
 Deadwood in Colorado. He is wiry 
 and compactly built, and is about 25 
 years of age. He has spent a large 
 portion of his life in the saddle. He 
 owns a ranch in Nebraska, and from 
 there would start out on his expedi- 
 tions. One of his principal exploits 
 was robbing a government paymaster 
 of $7,400. He is a man of iron nerve, 
 and before his advent in Colorado, 
 made Texas and Idaho his grounds of 
 operations. 
 
 Another one of the most prominent 
 and daring cracksmen, is the above 
 named individual. His latest, was 
 the robbing of the Italian Bank, at 
 No. 4 Centre Street, N. Y. It was 
 considered a most mysterious affair, 
 and one likely to baffle the authorities 
 altogether. The best detectives were 
 put on the case and they succeeded in 
 locating the perpetrators. John Love 
 was the ringleader, assisted by Sheeny 
 Mike and John Logan, and he was 
 captured only after a desperate fight. 
 His associates were also captured. 
 
 * 
 
 JOHN NUGENT. 
 
 PETER EMERSON. 
 
 The most daring and celebrated 
 bank robbery, was that of the Man- 
 hattan Savings Bank in New York, 
 when millions of securities were stolen. 
 Associated with the thieves, who were 
 John Hope, Billy Porter and John 
 Irving, was John Nugent, who was 
 then the policeman on the beat, and 
 who joined the gang and became their 
 accomplice in this daring robbery. 
 He received a sentence for this crime 
 and after his' release, was apprehended 
 in a most daring highway robbery in 
 Hoboken, on Cashier Smith of the 
 Orange National Bank. 
 
 Peter Emerson, also called Banjo 
 Pete, is a most daring burglar and 
 highway robber, and consorted with 
 the most desperate of his class, who 
 always sought his aid. His last ex- 
 ploit was his attempt in connection 
 ' with John Nugent and Ned Farrell, 
 of the robbery of Cashier Smith of 
 Orange, on board of a train in 
 Hoboken, N. J. While Farrell and 
 Nugent attacked Smith in the car, 
 Emerson set in a wagon along side of 
 the train, and when they had to fly, 
 Emerson with revolver in one hand 
 and reins in the other, attempted to 
 drive his way through the crowd that 
 had collected.
 
 CHARLES PARKER. 
 
 JOHN LOVE. 
 
 JOHN NUGENT. 
 
 PETER EMERSON.
 
 GEORGE BENSON. 
 
 This prince of swindlers and con- 
 fidence man was born in Alsace, 
 although he claimed to be English. 
 He was 43 years of age when his 
 career was brought to an end by his 
 committing suicide in the Tombs, 
 New York City. Benson conversed 
 fluently in a half dozen languages, and 
 started out early in life as an adventurer 
 and swindler. He visited most of the 
 principal cities in Europe, and per- 
 petrated his swindling operations in 
 all. His last crime consisted in 
 swindling 'the people of the City of 
 Mexico, by pretending to be the agent 
 for the Patti Opera Co., for which 
 crime he was arrested. 
 
 MRS. SARAH RHODES. 
 
 This remarkable woman, who sports 
 a moustache, is accused of murdering 
 Farmer Blizzard, a married man, and 
 who seemed to be infatuated with this 
 woman. He called upon her at 
 Greenville, Va., where she resided, on 
 the evening of January 28th, and took 
 her a riding in his buggy. At a lonely 
 spot and while crossing a bridge, the 
 woman first shot the farmer and then 
 hacked his body with an axe. She 
 then dragged him from the wagon and 
 threw his body over the bridge to the 
 river below. 
 
 TOM WEAVER, 
 
 ANDY LEAVITT, JR. 
 
 On the night of October 25th, 1886, 
 the safe of the Adams Express Co., 
 on the San Francisco and St. Louis 
 Road, was robbed of about $60,000, 
 in a most mysterious manner, and for 
 a time no clue could be found to the 
 perpetrators of the robbery. Through 
 a mysterious letter signed by Jim 
 Cummings, intending to throw the 
 detectives off the track, the thieves 
 were finally found and arrested. 
 The gang consisted of Tom Weaver, 
 assisted by Frederick Witrock, W. W. 
 Haight and Edward Kinney. Weaver 
 kept a laundry in Chicago, and when 
 arrested a large amount of money was 
 found in a stone jar concealed in his 
 cellar. 
 
 This man, leader of a gang of 
 confidence men, had been operating 
 successfully for years, is now serving 
 a term in the Penitentiary on Black- 
 wells Island. He had as confederates 
 a man and woman, and his dupes or 
 victims were principally young men 
 from the country, who were drawn by 
 his advertisements, offering good posi- 
 tions in bogus theatrical companies, 
 on a small investment. The dupe paid 
 his money which he never saw again. 
 Neither did he see the theatrical 
 position. 
 
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 GEORGE BENSON. 
 
 MRS. SARAH RHODES. 
 
 TOM WEAVER. 
 
 ANDY L.EAYITT, JR.
 
 THOMAS G. WOOLFOLK. 
 
 JAMES H. JACOBS. 
 
 On the night of nth of December, 
 1886, Jacobs stabbed Elmer E. Quigley 
 in the stomach with a butcher knife. 
 The affair occurred near Jacobs house, 
 at Lancaster, Pa. Jacobs was abusing 
 his children, who were outside the 
 house. Quigley came along and re- 
 monstrated with Jacobs for abusing 
 his children, who were crying. After 
 some words, Jacobs went into the 
 house, got a knife, came out and 
 plunged it into Quigley, killing him. 
 
 A butchery, the details of which 
 could not be more revolting, than the 
 one committed by this man. Between 
 midnight and daybreak of a certain 
 night, he murdered nine persons in 
 one household, that of his father, on 
 the Culloden Road, near Macon, Ga. 
 Thos. G. Woolfolk was aged about 
 27 years, and was the oldest son by a 
 former wife, and his victims were his 
 father, stepmother, four sisters, two 
 brothers and a lady visitor. The 
 cause of the crime is supposed to be 
 jealousy. 
 
 LORD COURTNEY. 
 
 The correct name of this individual 
 is John Reginald Talbot, and he is 
 known as a confidence man and 
 imposter. He was born in England, 
 and is supposed to be the son of a 
 lodge-keeper for some titled person 
 there. Through this connection, he 
 become acquainted with a good deal 
 of the history of titled people. Coming 
 to this country, he introduced himself 
 as a Lord Courtney, and ingratiated 
 himself into society and borrowed all 
 the money he could, awaiting supposed 
 remittances which never came. When 
 he had squeezed his dupes dry, he 
 would leave for other fields. 
 
 W. J. OSBORNE. 
 
 W. J. Osborne was a forger, and 
 his mode of operations was to pass 
 checks on unsuspectingparties, making 
 slight purchases from them and always 
 giving checks for large amounts. He 
 hails from Boston, where he had 
 committed several forgeries, and was 
 ultimately arrested in Chicago, for 
 forging a check for $1,000. On his 
 person was found several other forged 
 checks and pawn tickets for a large 
 amount, the same being for goods 
 which he had purchased with his 
 bogus checks.
 
 JAMES H. JACOBS. 
 
 THOMAS G. WOOLFOLK. 
 
 LORD COURTNEY. 
 
 W. J. OSBORNE.
 
 JAMES FITZGERALD. 
 
 This person is known as a bunco 
 man, and is known by the fraternity 
 as Fitz the Kid. He is about 25 years 
 of age and dresses in genteel fashion. 
 He is a good conversationalist and one 
 of the most successful me'n in the 
 business. He was born near Chicago, 
 but matters becoming too warm for 
 him there, he came to New York 
 where he plied his trade and took 
 Jay Gould in for $4,000. He then 
 went to Boston and succeeded in 
 beating Charles Francis Adams, in 
 connection with J. S. Morrison, John 
 F. Norton and Harry Stevens, all 
 bunco men. 
 
 ANTONIO CORTEZ. 
 
 Twenty first-class New York City 
 dry goods firms had been taken in for 
 large amounts, during a period of 
 three months in 1882, by selling goods 
 to a man who went under various 
 names, and whose operations were 
 to pay in worthless checks, for large 
 sums, receiving change in cash. When 
 captured, he was recognized as having 
 answered to several high sounding 
 names, and who had previously been 
 in prison for robbery and forgery. 
 
 AH BEN. 
 
 SADIE HILL. 
 
 Ah Ben, a Chinese thief and desper- 
 ado, was hung in Marysville, Cal., 
 on March I4th, 1879. A man by the 
 name of John McDaniels, kept a race 
 track arid resort about a mile from 
 Marysville, where he had arranged to 
 have a series of races &c. on the day 
 preceding the murder. Ah Ben know- 
 ing his till would be full of coin, 
 entered the bar room about three 
 o'clock in the morning, and his noise 
 aroused McDaniels, who grappled with 
 the intruder, and in the struggle he 
 received a fatal wound from a chisel 
 in the hands of the chinaman. 
 
 P. W. Jenks, a police sergeant of 
 St. Louis, was killed by this colored 
 woman, under peculiar circumstances. 
 While standing on the street, he was 
 approached by a negress, who pointing 
 to Sadie Hill, said, that woman has a 
 pistol and she is going to a certain 
 place to kill some one. Jenks followed 
 the woman quietly, but without attract- 
 ing her attention, and was about to 
 grasp the woman and disarm her, 
 when she drew a pistol, wheeled about 
 and shot him fatally, and he died in a 
 few minutes.
 
 JAMES FITZGERALD. 
 
 ANTONIO CORTEZ. 
 
 AH BEN. 
 
 SADIE HILL.
 
 YAN B. BAKER. 
 
 JAMES H. TAGGERT. 
 
 James N. Taggert embezzled the 
 neat little sum of $30,000 from a 
 Philadelphia concern, dealing in stocks 
 &c. Taggert was connected with the 
 concern, and through the confidence 
 placed in him, was enabled to get 
 away with the above sum. He is 
 about 5 ft. ioin., and weighs about 
 175 lbs< He is well educated, and 
 was a pleasant and pleasing social 
 fellow. 
 
 Mrs. McWha. and her daughter, 
 Mrs. Eliza Baker, lived at Holliday 
 Cove, W. Va. At about half-past 
 three on a Monday afternoon, two 
 female friends called upon them. 
 They rang the door-bell ; it not being 
 answered, one of the women went 
 around to the back door and pushed 
 it in, but it was immediately slammed 
 in her face and bolted. The blinds 
 were all down. The next day, not 
 receiving any replies to repeated calls 
 at the house, it was broken into and 
 the two women vere found murdered. 
 They had been stabbed, then washed 
 and put to bed in their night clothes. 
 Trunks were broken open and rifled. 
 Baker was arrested for the crime. 
 
 RUFUS MINER. 
 
 This man, sometimes called Little 
 Rufe, is one of the most notorious bank 
 robbers in this or any other country, 
 and has participated in most all the 
 prominent ones in this country, and 
 most all the notable ones perpetrated 
 in New York about 1875 to 1878. 
 He always worked in connection with 
 others as proficient as himself. One 
 of his principle pals being John Reily, 
 alias George Carson. About Jan. I, 
 1879, they abstracted from a brokers 
 office the neat sum of $470.000 in 
 Railroad, City, and Government bonds. 
 
 CLIFFORD DALE. 
 
 The alias of this man is W. K. 
 Clifford. He was arrested in Chicago, 
 Ills., for disposing of four stolen 
 horses and a buggy. When his room 
 was searched it was discovered he was 
 also a forger. A curious haul was 
 made. Blank checks, bonds and cer- 
 tificates without number in all parts 
 of the country, erasing acids, drawing 
 pencils, false whiskers and moustaches, 
 in fact all the paraphernalia for a 
 first-class forger.
 
 JAMES N. TAQGERT. 
 
 VAN B. BAKER. 
 
 
 RUFUS MINER. 
 
 CLIFFORD DALE.
 
 FREDERICK WITROCK. 
 
 Frederick Witrork is one of the 
 notorious train robbers who robbed the 
 safe of the Adams Express Co., on the 
 St. Louis & San Francisco road, on 
 the night of Oct. 2oth, 1887. The 
 gang with which he was connected in 
 the robbing consisted of Tom Weaver, 
 W. W. Haight, formerly an employee 
 of the Express Co., Edward Kinney, 
 a brotlier-in-law of Wit rock and Os- 
 car Cook. Each man was assigned to 
 do a certain part of the work. Wit- 
 rock did the actual robbery of the safe, 
 whereby a haul of $60,000 was made. 
 Witrock was supposed before the 
 robbery to be running a coal yard in 
 Chicago. 
 
 W. W. HAIGHT. 
 oe 
 
 W. W. Haight was associated with 
 Frederick Witrock and Oscar Cook in 
 one of the largest robberies on the St. 
 Louis & San Francisco road, whereby 
 $60,000 in cash was stolen. II. -tight 
 was formerly an employee of the rail- 
 road, and was discharged about nine 
 months before the robbery on account 
 of being suspected of the theft of pack- 
 ages from the road. He had been a 
 messenger on the road from St. Louis 
 to Virita, and on account of his inti- 
 mate knowledge of the running of the 
 road, etc., was taken into the enter- 
 prise. He had been very poor, but 
 immediately after the robbery showed 
 large sums of money. His detection 
 soon after followed. 
 
 CHARLES HAYERMYER. 
 
 Charles Havermyer, one of the most 
 dating and accomplished forgers in the 
 country, is also known as Charles 
 Landers, and has in addition as many 
 names as there are letters in the 
 alphabet. His particular lay was in 
 victimizing jewelry firms, and he has 
 succeeded in securing many thousands 
 of dollars. He is well known in the 
 Southern country, and at one time 
 escaped from the Stillwater, Minn, 
 prison, where he was serving a twenty- 
 four years sentence. 
 
 AUGUSTUS JOHNSON. 
 
 Augustus Johnson, who was convic- 
 ted of arson and sentenced to fourteen 
 years imprisonment. The crime was 
 committed in Williamsburg, L. I. 
 He, in connection with his brother, 
 Townsend Johnson, sel fire to the 
 large cooperage establishment of 
 Lowell M. Palmer, causing a loss of 
 over $400,000. The charred remains 
 of the watchman was found in the 
 ruins, but it appeared that he was not 
 in the building when it was set on fire. 
 If so. they would have been convicted 
 of murder. 
 
 .
 
 FREDERICK WITROCK. 
 
 W. W. HAIQHT. 
 
 CHARLES HAYERMYER. 
 
 AUGUSTUS JOHNSON.
 
 Mrs. MARIA LA TOUCHE. 
 
 WALTER L. MAITLAND. 
 
 Mrs. La Touche is an old offender. 
 She is a swindler of the most refined 
 type, confining her operations to her 
 own sex. Her mode of operations 
 was to fit up a handsome office and 
 claim to be a female stock broker. 
 She would advertise for a female clerk 
 with some means. She would then 
 induce the applicant to deposit 
 whatever money she had as security, 
 and agree to pay a certain sum per 
 week as salary. As a rule, the deluded 
 clerk would never see salary or deposit 
 money again. She has been often 
 arrested in New York and Boston. 
 
 Walter L. Maitland, alias Williams, 
 is a safe burglar, aged 29 years. He 
 stands 5 ft. 11 J in. high, weighs 140 
 Ibs. Has lady and flag- in india ink 
 on right arm, and ballet girl in india 
 ink on left arm. He is a machinist 
 by trade. He was sentenced to the 
 jail at Greenfield, Mass., fora term of 
 3 years, but he escaped in a daring 
 manner by digging through the roof 
 of his ceil, lowering himself by a rope 
 sixty feet to the ground and went to 
 Boston, where lie had left a portion of 
 his burglar tools in a saloon. He was 
 rearrested there. 
 
 EDWARD WHEELER. 
 
 WILLIAM J. DOUGLAS. 
 
 William J. Douglas, alias Douglas 
 Caines, is a sneak thief. His age is 
 28 years, born in Boston, slim build, 
 height 5 ft. 7^ in., and weighs 150 Ibs. 
 His last arrest was in Lowell, Mass., 
 in August, 1888. His pockets were 
 loaded with pawn tickets, calling for 
 scarf pins, silk umbrellas, opera 
 glasses, and numerous other articles, 
 all of which had been stolen in Lowell. 
 
 Edward Wheeler is a horse thief. 
 He makes it a point to watch for 
 horses or teams which are left standing 
 in the streets, and when the oppor- 
 tunity presents itself, jump into the 
 wagon or carriage and drive off, and 
 sell same for any price he can get. 
 He is an old hand at the business. 
 He is 31 years old, 6 ft. I in. high, and 
 is a painter by trade. He is now 
 wanted for stealing a team and wagon 
 belonging to a Doctor in Lawrence, 
 Mass.
 
 Mrs. MARIA LATOUCHE. 
 
 WALTER L. MAITLAND. 
 
 WILLIAM J. DOUGLAS. 
 
 EDWARD WHEELER.
 
 THOMAS BROOKS. 
 
 Thomas A. Brooks is an expert 
 English cracksman. His age is 55 
 years, 5 ft. 9 in. high, weighs 145 Ibs. 
 He has been many times arrested. 
 His last took place in Boston, in 
 August, 1888. On his person was 
 found a watch, stolen from a contractor 
 of Quincy, M'ass., at the Old Colony 
 Depot, a short time before. Brooks 
 had been working Boston in connection 
 with a woman, calling herself his 
 sister. Immediately after his arrest 
 this woman moved from his room a 
 store of swag, which the police cannot 
 find. 
 
 THOMAS A. REESE. 
 
 In May, 1888, Thomas A. Reese 
 shot and nearly killed his wife in 
 Kokoma, Ind. He also shot and 
 killed a man by the name of Charles 
 Marx. He had only been married 
 three weeks when the tragedy occurred. 
 One afternoon he saw Marx meet his 
 wife on the street, and accompany her 
 to a spot just West of the City, where 
 he had followed them, and unseen, 
 watched, and at length fired upon 
 them. Two shots struck the woman, 
 wounding her, while Marx was killed. 
 
 CLEMENT ARTHUR DAY. 
 
 JOHN J. DELANEY. 
 
 Clement Arthur Day, who murdered 
 Josie Rosa on the morning of June 
 gth, 1887, was hanged at Utica, reb'y 
 gth, 1888. Day killed the woman, 
 who was living with him, by stabbing 
 her twelve or fifteen times, because 
 she was going to leave him and go 
 home to her sick mother. He felt no 
 concern on account of his crime on the 
 morning of his execution, ate a hearty 
 meal, then sang several songs, danced 
 a jig, &c. He twanged a guitar, 
 laughed and joked, and altogether 
 entertained his keepers, and at the 
 gallows even assisted in putting the 
 noose around his neck. 
 
 John J. Delaney is only 17 years of 
 age and is a self-confessed murderer. 
 On June 3d, 1887, Mary Jane Cox was 
 found dead in the kitchen of the house 
 where she worked in Brooklyn, and in 
 the pocket of her dress was found a 
 bottle one-third filled with a prepara- 
 tion of arsenic. Delaney afterwards 
 confessed that he had purchased the 
 poison and given it to Mary, with the 
 intention of getting rid of her, and 
 telling her it was a harmless prepara- 
 tion which would do her good.
 
 
 THOMAS BROOKS. 
 
 THOMAS A. REESE. 
 
 CLEMENT ARTHUR DAY. 
 
 JOHN J. DELANEY.
 
 EDWARD SIMMONS. 
 
 CLARA KING. 
 
 Edward Simmons, alias Adams, is a 
 burglar. Hft is a butcher by trade. 
 His height is 5 ft- ') ' n -. weighs 145 
 Ibs., and of slim build. His age is 
 35 years. He is a desperate man and 
 has committed many depredations. 
 His latest arrest was in August, 1888, 
 in New Loin km. Conn., for burglary, 
 in connection with Edward Simmons. 
 who was also arrested. They had 
 made quite a raid on this small town, 
 and broken into several residences, 
 but were finally jugged. 
 
 A series of burglaries were commit- 
 ted at a place called Fort Branch, Ind. 
 The Sheriff and his assistants after a 
 long search captured the guilty parties, 
 consisting of five men. When cap- 
 tured they all pleaded guilty. Their 
 names were given as 'follows: John 
 Kelly, Chas. Kelly, John Murphy, 
 Thomas O'Neil, and James Gallager. 
 Chas. Kelly seemed to be a very 
 young boy. They all mingled to- 
 gether in jail, when an accident re- 
 vealed the fact that Chas. Kelly was 
 a woman and that her name was 
 Clara King. She had donned male 
 attire and had become a burglar, and 
 was as desperate as any of the other 
 gang. 
 
 CHERRY SCOTT. 
 
 DENNIS MURPHY. 
 
 Cherry Scott is a mulatto woman, 
 who killed her mother, and was 
 brought to Dallas, Texas, from the 
 Indian Territory where the crime was 
 committed. Her mother, herself, a 
 married brotner, his wife and two 
 other children all lived together in 
 Fannin County, and were employed 
 in raising a crop. The sister-in-law 
 would not work and this made Cherry 
 Scott angry, and therefore when she 
 was told to do some work she refused, 
 ordering the sister-in law to do it. A 
 quarrel ensued and the mother sided 
 with the daughter-in-law. This so 
 angered Cherry, that the next morn- 
 ing, while the mother lay in bed, 
 Cherry approached her bed with a 
 rifle and shot her dead. 
 
 Dennis Murphy, alias Spike, alias 
 Murray, is an old house thief and 
 highwayman. He is 20 years of age, 
 6ft. I in. in height, and weighs 205 
 Ibs. He is a perfect hercules, and on 
 account of his great strength he gen- 
 erally held the victim to be robbed, 
 while his pal went through him. He 
 is also a horse thief, and in fact will 
 commit any offence whereby he can 
 derive some gain. He is supposed to 
 have killed an old man in his store 
 while attempting to rob him. t This 
 took place in Providence, R. I., in 
 August, 1888, and he is now on trial 
 for same.
 
 EDWARD SIMMONS. 
 
 CLARA KING. 
 
 CHERRY SCOTT. 
 
 DENNIS MURPHY.
 
 EDWARD SULLY. 
 
 EDWARD KINNEY. 
 
 In Nov., 1887, Edward Sully was 
 sentenced for life in prison at Jeffer- 
 sonville, Ind. The crime was most 
 fiendish and occurred a few months 
 earlier. He was a dissolute character, 
 living by petty thefts and living with 
 a woman named Lowsteller as his mis- 
 tress. This woman had a child three 
 years of age. He and this woman, 
 with the child, went out in a boat on 
 the river. The child displeasing him, 
 he beat it with an oar and rowed it 
 ashore, leaving it on the banks. He 
 afterwards went back, beat the child 
 again and crammed its mouth full of 
 mud to stifle its cries. After beating 
 the child to death, he tied a stone 
 around its neck and flung it into the 
 river. 
 
 On the night of Oct. 25th, 1887, the 
 safe of the Adams Express Co., on the 
 St. Louis & San Francisco road, was 
 robbed of $60,000 in cash. At first 
 the detectives were baffled in discover- 
 ing the robbers, but they ultimately, 
 through a mysterious letter, arrested 
 five men, the above named, Tom Wea- 
 ver; W. W. Haight, Fred Witrock and 
 Oscar Cook. This gang had planned 
 the robbing some time ahead, and 
 upon Kinney when arrested was found 
 a considerable part of the stolen money 
 over $4,000 being in a belt around 
 his waist. This gang was known as 
 the Jim Cummings gang. 
 
 MARY LOWSTELLER. 
 
 Mary Lowsteller, in Nov., 1887, was 
 sentenced to the penitentary in Jeff- 
 erson ville, Ind., for four years, for as- 
 sisting in the murder of her three year 
 old child. She lived with a man by the 
 name of Sully, who, becoming en- 
 raged at the child, beat it violently 
 with an oar, while all three were in a 
 boat on the river. They then rowed 
 ashore, again beat the child, breaking 
 almost every bone in its body, and 
 from the effects of which the child died 
 in a few minutes. They then tied a 
 stone around the child's neck and 
 flung it into the river. Sully received 
 a life sentence, and for aiding and 
 abetting him in the fiendish crime, the 
 woman received the above sentence. 
 
 ALFRED TAYLOR. 
 
 In July, 1888, Alfred Taylor of 
 Lapeer, N. Y., killed Melville Frieze 
 of Richford, in same State. Taylor 
 had a wife, while Frieze was a single 
 man. They lived fox a while near 
 each other and Taylor became jealous 
 of Frieze's attentions to his wife. 
 Taylor and a companion who had been 
 out hunting, and who had a loaded 
 rifle in his hands, were sitting in a 
 grocery store at Hartford Mills, when 
 Frieze entered the store. He jumped 
 up and snatching the rifle out of his 
 companion's hand, fired at Frieze. 
 The bullet struck his victim in the 
 breast, just above the heart, and passed 
 through his body. The wound was 
 mortal, and death followed a few 
 hours later.
 
 EDWARD SULLY. 
 
 EDWARD KINNEY. 
 
 MARY LOWSTELLER. 
 
 ALFRED TAYLOR.
 
 MRS. ClGNARALE. 
 
 This Italian woman shot and killed 
 her husband on inth St. near 2d Av. , 
 N. Y., on Oct. 20, 1886. Some time 
 before that she had left him and her 
 little child and gone off with Antonio 
 D'Andrea, who claimed to be her 
 cousin and who taught her to use the 
 revolver. She pleaded to murder in 
 the 2d degree, but afterwards withdrew 
 the plea and stood trial, when she was 
 convicted of murder in the 1st degree 
 and sentenced to be hung. Her case 
 was appealed to the highest courts, 
 but judgment was confirmed. The 
 Governor later commuted her sentence 
 to imprisonment for life. 
 
 JOHN O'NEIL. 
 
 John O'Neil, alias Cummings, is a 
 thief. His age is 30 years, height 5 ft. 
 4^ in., weighs 136 Ibs. Has dots on 
 the right and left arms. Was born in 
 Boston and is a house painter by trade. 
 He was last arrested in Boston, Aug. 
 2Oth, 1888, by Inspector Gerraughty, 
 for the robbery of $700 in gold from 
 his landlady in New York. He had 
 fled to Boston after this haul, but was 
 traced there bv New York detectives. 
 
 HUGH MAXWELL BROOKS. 
 
 HENRY CARLTON. 
 
 Hugh Maxwell Brooks killed Arthur 
 Preller in the Southern Hotel, at 
 St. Louis, in April, 1885. Maxwell, 
 who was an Englishman, met Preller 
 on the steamer coming to this country, 
 and they formed a friendship and pro- 
 ceeded West together. Preller had 
 plenty of money, while Brooks was 
 short of funds. After stopping at the 
 hotel in St. Louis several days, Brooks 
 and Preller disappeared, leaving a 
 trunk behind. This trunk emitting a 
 bad odor, it was opened arid the dead 
 body of Preller was found within. 
 Brooks fled to Honolulu but was 
 brought back, and at the trial, claimed 
 that he chloroformed Preller, in order 
 to perform an operation on him, and 
 his death was accidental. Brooks 
 was hung. 
 
 On the morning of Oct. 29, 1888, 
 Policeman James Brennan was shot 
 dead in New York City by the above 
 named individual, who also went by 
 the nick-name of Handsome Harry. 
 He and a companion met a waiter in a 
 saloon on Third Ave. The waiter 
 was under the influence of liquor. 
 When leaving the saloon. Handsome 
 Harry followed him and when in a 
 secluded spot in a side. street, attempted 
 to rob him. His call brought the 
 Policeman to his assistance, and in his 
 attempt to arrest the rascal, he was 
 shot dead. Carlton enjoyed a bad 
 reputation as a crook and desperate 
 character.
 
 MRS. ClGNARALE. 
 
 HUGH MAXWELL BROOKS. 
 
 HENRY CARLTON.
 
 JOHN BURKE. 
 
 TOM KELLY. 
 
 Fat Man Burke, this party is some- 
 times called. He is a bank burglar, 
 and has served several years in prisons 
 at various times. He is originally from 
 Cincinnati, O., and is believed to have 
 been born there. He is also a pick- 
 pocket, and in fact will indulge in any 
 crime. He is 29 years of age, about 
 5 ft. 10 in. high, and weighs about 
 170 Ibs. His last arrest was in 
 Columbus, in the spring of 1888. 
 
 Tom Kelly, alias T. J. Nue, is a 
 pickpocket, aged about 25 years. He 
 can read and write, is of slim build, 
 height about 5 ft. 9 in., and weighs 
 about 140 Ibs. He has been numerous 
 times in prison, but this does not have 
 any beneficial effect on him, for as 
 soon as he is released, he immediately 
 plies his vocation again. He associates 
 with the principal pickpockets of the 
 West, where he belongs. 
 
 JAMES H. FLY:IN. 
 
 James H. Flynn, alias the Bold 
 Faced Kid, is a pickpocket and sneak 
 thief. He belongs to Boston, and 
 his age is 25 years. Was born in 
 Ireland, can read and write, is 5 ft. 
 7 in. in height, and weighs 145 Ibs. 
 His last arrest was in New York, in 
 August, 1888, after he had made a 
 professional tour in Europe, but upon 
 his return to New York was quickly 
 detected by the police of that City. 
 
 JEREMIAH McGlLLICUDDY. 
 
 Jeremiah McGillicuddy, in connec- 
 tion with his son Michael, killed on 
 August 4th, 1888, John Lahey, in 
 Auburn, Maine. The crime was the 
 outcome of a fight. Besides stabbing 
 Lahey through the heart, he also 
 stabbed another man named Connors 
 in the breast, narrowly escaping his 
 heart. When arrested he appeared to 
 be dead drunk. He was so overcome 
 at his son's arrest, that he pleaded 
 guilty and exonerated the son.
 
 JOHN BURKE. 
 
 TOM KELLY. 
 
 JAMES H. FLYNN. 
 
 JEREMIAH McaiLLICUDDY.
 
 EBENEZER STANYARD. 
 
 Ebenczer Stanyard was hung at 
 Youngstown, Ohio, for the murder of 
 a woman by the name of Alice Hancox. 
 The cause of the murder was very 
 much shrouded in mystery, but the 
 proof of his guilt was overwhelming. 
 The affair created quite a sensation in 
 Youngstown, and on the day of his 
 execution the excitement was still 
 greater. 
 
 FRANCIS GERHART, 
 
 The long criminal career of Francis 
 Gerhart or Gerart of Croton, N. Y., 
 was brought to a termination by being 
 sent to the Connecticut prison to serve 
 eight yeais, in the early part of 1888. 
 For the past twenty five years, he has 
 been a horse thief, burglar, and a 
 daring roKber. He began his career 
 at the close of the war in 1865, and 
 for fifteen years carried on his work 
 in New York State, serving ten years 
 in Sing Sing and Auburn, and before 
 his arrest and conviction in Connecticut, 
 he was a terror .to the people living in 
 Croton, Stonington and Mystic. 
 
 Gus BRILL. 
 
 Gus Brill, sometimes called Nosey, 
 is a thief. He stands 5 ft. 10 in. high, 
 slim build, has large nose, from which 
 he gets his nickname. His last offense 
 was committed in September, 1888, in 
 Chicago, for the robbery of a $350 
 gold watch. He escaped and is now 
 wanted fjy the police of that city, 
 He has means at times of hiding him- 
 self effectually, until his crime has 
 blown over and somewhat forgotten. 
 
 Mrs. HATTIE CONNELLY. 
 
 Mrs. Hattie Connelly is an adven- 
 turess and swindler, and also known 
 by the names of Carroll, Styles, Bruce, 
 and canal boat Hattie. Her latest 
 adventure was in June, 1888, when 
 she swindled an old man of 68 years 
 of age, in Jersey City, out of over 
 $2,000. Mrs. Connelly is fair, fat, 
 and 40, and the way the old man was 
 taken in by this clever confidence 
 woman is something remarkable.
 
 EBENEZER STANYARD. 
 
 FRANCIS GCERHART 
 
 Mrs. HATTIE CONNELLY.
 
 A. E. ROWE. 
 
 A. E. Rowe is a forger. He is 21 
 years old, height 5 ft. 7 in., slim build, 
 and weighs 125 Ibs. He committed 
 forgeries and embezzlement in Lee. 
 Mass., in September, 1888, and rled 
 from there. He is rather duclish, 
 dresses well, and has a fondness for 
 billiard rooms and such resorts, and 
 to satisfy his tastes for these pleasures, 
 he became a criminal. 
 
 WILLIAM DEYINE. 
 
 William Devine is what is called an 
 Eastern Dip, or pickpocket. He 
 hails from Massachusets, but has 
 spent most of his time outside of 
 prison in Pittsburg and Cincinnati. 
 He is 1 8 years of age, of slim build, 
 and 5 feet 4 inches high, weighs 
 no Ibs. Despite his youth he has 
 made a reputation in his craft, and is 
 known to the police throughout the 
 country. 
 
 ** 
 
 MRS. MARTIN STEINHAUSER. 
 
 In the early part of 1888, Mrs. Martin 
 Steinhauser was convicted of murder 
 at Palmyra, VVis., the victim being 
 her husband. The shooting was done 
 at night, after the couple had retired. 
 It appeared she had a lover by the 
 name of Henry Rohrmason, who lived 
 in the house wiih them. They con- 
 spired to rid themselves of the husband, 
 and he also was convicted as an 
 accomplice. She maintained that her 
 husband continually abused her, and 
 on the night in question he attempted 
 to shoot her. In endeavoring to take 
 the pistol away, it exploded, killing 
 him. The evidence proved the con- 
 trary, and she received a life sentence. 
 
 HENRY ROHRMASON. 
 
 Henry Rohrmason, in connection 
 with Mrs. Steinhauser, received a life 
 sentence for the murder of her husband 
 at Palmyra, Wis., in the early part of 
 1888. He was the lover of Mrs. 
 Steinhauser, and they planned to rid 
 themselves of the husband. Although 
 he maintained that he was not in the 
 room when the murder took place, the 
 husband, in his ante-mortum state- 
 ment, swore that the man stood by 
 while the wife shot him, and all the 
 evidence pointed to his guilt. The 
 woman attempted to prove that the 
 shooting was accidental, but with no 
 satisfactory result. 
 
 **
 
 A. E. ROWE. 
 
 WILLIAM DEVINE. 
 
 MRS. MARTIN STEINHAUSER. 
 
 HENRY ROHRMASON.
 
 OREGON HAMILTON. 
 
 Col. PAT H. HENNESSEY, 
 
 Col. Pat H. Hennessey, a man who 
 had lived for thirty-five years in Texas, 
 was in 1888 convicted of forgery in 
 that Stat. He was widely known in 
 that portion of the country, and at 
 one time held the position of Sergeant 
 at Arms in the Senate at Austin. His 
 case created quite a sensation in and 
 about the Capital of Texas. 
 
 In the month of May, 1888, Oregon 
 Hamilton of Newaygo, Mich., was 
 convicted of murder in the second 
 degree. He is a widower and the 
 crime for which he was convicted was 
 in whipping his nineteen months old 
 daughter to death. The case excited 
 the inhabitants of this small town, and 
 the verdict met with general approval, 
 as the case was one of horrible cruelty, 
 and if the inhabitants could have taken 
 summary punishment in their own 
 hands, the wretch would have saved 
 the county the cost of a trial. 
 
 DAVID FROTHINGHAM, 
 
 On the night of Oct. 25th, 1886, 
 there was stolen from the safe of 
 Adams Express Co. , in St. Louis, 
 $30,000 David Frothingham in 
 connection with Fred Wittrock and 
 W. W. Haight, Frothingham was 
 also accused of receiving stolen goods. 
 Frothingham was distinctively the 
 most favorable looking prisoner who 
 ever occupied the chair of the accused 
 on a criminal charge in St. Louis, and 
 his appearance tended to create a 
 favorable opinion. 
 
 MAY SWEENEY. 
 
 May Sweeney, alias Mary Murphy, 
 is an old time pickpocket and thief. 
 She is the associate and pal of Ellen 
 Griffin, also a known pickpocket, and 
 both of them belong to the fourth 
 ward pickpockets of New York. She 
 is 5 ft. 5 in. in height, and advanced in 
 years. She was driven out of New 
 York by the police, and has been 
 many times arrested in Eastern Cities.
 
 Col. PAT H. HENNESSEY. 
 
 OREGON HAMILTON. 
 
 DAYID FROTHINGHAM. 
 
 MAY SWEENEY.
 
 JOHN K. MILES. 
 
 John K. Miles was a Philadelphia!), 
 residing there and doing business in 
 that city. He was a forger to the 
 extent of $4,000. After committing 
 this crime, he eloped with a young 
 lady also of that city, and fled to 
 England. The police had some diffi- 
 culty in getting on his tracks, but they 
 ultimately tracked him and the young 
 lady to England, to which place they 
 were followed and brought back. 
 
 FRANK KOEHLER. 
 
 Frank Koehler is a noted convict, 
 having escaped from Sing Sing. On 
 the night of May 1st, 1888, he loaded 
 two dynamite bombs, and planted 
 them against the walls of the residence 
 of Attorney F. H. McClintock, of 
 Union City, Pa. He then deliberately 
 lighted the fuses of both, but fortun- 
 ately only one exploded, otherwise the 
 damage, which was considerable, might 
 have been more extensive and serious. 
 As it was. the whole front of the 
 house in which McClintock, his wife 
 and two children were sleeping was 
 wrecked. His object was revenge 
 against the Attorney. 
 
 JOHN KELLY. 
 
 The subject of this sketch is a 
 desperate thief and burglar, and has 
 served several terms in prison. His 
 last crime was a bold and murderous 
 one. He called the proprietor of the 
 American House, in Lowell. Mass., 
 from his supper, and handed him an 
 envelope, telling him to turn to the 
 light so that he might read the con- 
 tents, as they stood outside the rear 
 entrance of the hotel. Ab he did so, 
 the villain felled him with a coupling 
 pin. His object was robbery. 
 
 JAMES E. BEDELL. 
 
 One of the most stupendous swin- 
 dles and forgeries committed in New 
 York City for years, was brought to 
 light in November, 1888. James F. 
 Bedell was employed by the celebrated 
 law firm of Shipman, Barlow, Larocque 
 & Choate, having charge of the mort- 
 gage department. His mode of oper- 
 ations which he had been carrying on 
 for years, was to make fictitious 
 mortgages, on which the firm through 
 him would loan the money for their 
 clients. Through his peculiar system 
 of banking, he would draw the money 
 himself and pocket same. The total 
 amount of his defalcations was over a 
 quarter of a million dollars, half of 
 which he claimed to have lost playing 
 policy. He received a sentence of 
 twenty-five years in Sing Sing Prison. 
 
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 JOHN K. MILES. 
 
 FRANK KOEHLER. 
 
 JAMES E. BEDELL.
 
 PHILIP SAUTORAS. 
 
 EDNA PATERSON. 
 
 Idna Paterson, alias Shafner, alias 
 Dennis, is a professional shoplifter, 
 serving a sentence in St. Louis Jail. 
 She was arrested in Boston, in April, 
 1888, for shoplifting, but pretended 
 to l)e an inmate of the Young Women's 
 Home, and Insane. She escaped from 
 Boston and was finally brought to bay 
 in St. Louis, Mo. She is 33 years old, 
 5 ft. high, and weighs 135 Ibs. 
 
 Philip Sautoras, whose right name 
 is said to be Rosario Denarox, is an 
 Italian counterfeiter, and has given 
 the secret service detectives a great 
 deal of trouble. He was arrested in 
 December. 1888, and escaped from 
 the Post Office Building in New York 
 City. He is 60 years of age, 5 ft. 
 3$ in. in height, and weighs about 
 170 Ibs. He has five small blue spots 
 in a group on right arm below elbow 
 bend. 
 
 PETER DONOVAN, 
 
 Peter Donovan is a burglar. His 
 a ge is 35 years, height 5 ft. 6 in., and 
 weighs 140 Ibs. He is of medium 
 height, and he is pretty well covered 
 with scars, received in numerous 
 encounters with the police and in 
 fights with his pals. He was last 
 arrested in August, 1888, in New 
 London, Conn., for burglary, having 
 broken into several residences there, 
 but was finally detected and he is now 
 awaiting his trial, 
 
 JAMES R. DOYLE. 
 
 James R. Doyle, who is now serv- 
 ing a term in States Prison, was a 
 member of the celebrated gang of 
 forgers, headed by Brockway, and 
 composed of such men as Louis R. 
 Martin, Henry Maxey, Tom Ballard, 
 Nathan Foster and others. His par- 
 ticular work was to push the counter- 
 feits, and in that capacity he was 
 eminently successful. The particular 
 offence for which he is now serving 
 his time, was his attempt in connec- 
 tion with Brockway to issue $200,000 
 in 6$ counterfeit Coupon Bonds, and 
 for which he came to grief. 
 
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 EDNA PATERSON. 
 
 PHILIP SAUTORAS. 
 
 PETER DONOVAN. 
 
 JAMES R. DOYLE.
 
 OWEN BRUNS. 
 
 GEORGE TARTAR. 
 
 This individual was another desper- 
 ate character of the 6th Ward of New 
 York City, and now serving a sentence 
 of nine years and three months in 
 Sing Sing Prison. He became the 
 leader of the celebrated Whyo Gang 
 after the hanging of its former leader 
 Dan Driscoll. This gang was a terror 
 in the locality it haunted, and robbery 
 and shooting was a daily occurrence, 
 but by the efforts of the police the 
 gang is gradually being wiped out by 
 imprisonment and the hangman's knot. 
 The crime for which Bruns received 
 the above sentence, was the attempted 
 robbery of an unoffensive grocer. He 
 entered his store and when the grocer 
 would not give money, Bruns shot him, 
 but fortunately not killing him. 
 
 George Tartar, who is a most des- 
 perate thief and villain, making his 
 home in Kentucky when out of prison, 
 and has added to his numerous crimes 
 that of murder. A dance was given 
 at a distillery near Summerset, Ky., 
 and there was a large assemblage on 
 hand. Tartar, who was out of jail 
 only twelve days, invited himself. 
 After arming himself with a pair of 
 brass knuckles and a dirk, he had not 
 been at the dance long before he 
 showed his determination to create a 
 fight. Tartar commenced by knocking 
 an inoffensive young man down, and 
 others coming to his assistance, Tartar 
 pulled out his dirk, slashing right and 
 left, literally hacking one man to 
 pieces, who afterwards died. 
 
 GUST AYE A. PETERSON. 
 
 Gustave A. Peterson is a burglar, 
 aged 25 years, heigh.t 5 ft. 7 in., and 
 weighs 160 Ibs. He is a Swede by 
 birth and a tailor by trade, but relin- 
 quished that honorable employment 
 some time ago, to follow the more 
 hazardous one of thief and burglar. 
 He is well known in the East, and 
 received a sentence in October. 1888, 
 of one year for burglary in Boston, 
 Mass., his capture having been cleverly 
 made by two Boston policemen while 
 he was in the act. 
 
 JOSEPH SHERER. 
 
 Two human forms, one that of a 
 young man, the other that of a girl, 
 the latter cold in death, the former in 
 death's agonies, each weltering in 
 blood, that had streamed from deadly 
 wounds ; a revolver empty and harm- 
 less, now that its fatal work was done. 
 This was the ghastly sight that met 
 Police Captain Davidson of Albany, 
 N. Y., on the night of June 16, 1888, 
 when one of the doors leading into a 
 bedroom on the second floor of an 
 eating house on William Street, had 
 been broken open. The man's name 
 was Joseph Sherer, and the woman's 
 Lizzie McCarthy. Investigation re- 
 vealed the fact that Sherer shot Lizzie, 
 who was his sweetheart, because she 
 refused to marry him, and then shot 
 himself.
 
 OWEN BRUNS. 
 
 GEORGE TARTAR. 
 
 GCUSTAVE A. PETERSON. 
 
 JOSEPH SHERER.
 
 COUNT KRONE. 
 
 Count Krone makes a living by 
 obtaining money, &c. under false pre- 
 tences, and his wits are his stock in 
 trade. He was arrested in Chicago, 
 in February, 1888, charged with ob- 
 taining money by false pretences, 
 although there was a more serious 
 charge against him. He is said to be 
 the man, who in 1879, killed the 
 janitor of the Bank of Sweden in 
 Stockholm, and robbed that institution 
 of $1,000,000, afterwards escaping to 
 this country with the plunder. 
 
 PIGGY NORTON. 
 
 Piggy Norton is a notorious crook 
 and thief, and the burglaries that he 
 has had a hand in are too numerous 
 to mention. He is known all over 
 the country and has been an inmate of 
 many a jail. He is a hardened char- 
 acter all through, and is at the present 
 time under indictment and awaiting 
 trial for a burglary in Brooklyn, L. I. 
 
 ELLEN GRIFFIN. 
 
 JAMES W. TATE. 
 
 In the early part of 1888, great 
 excitement was caused in Kentucky, 
 by the sudden disappearance of James 
 W. Tate, the treasurer of that State, 
 and the subsequent discovery that he 
 was a defaulter to the extent of $150,000. 
 Tate was elected to his office ten con- 
 secutive times and was a man widely 
 known. He also took quite an active 
 part in religious affairs. $5,000 was 
 offered for his arrest. 
 
 Ellen Griffin, alias Mary Hays, is 
 an old time professional pickpocket. 
 She was born in New York. She is 
 of dark complexion and 5 ft. 4 in. 
 in height. She belongs to che mob 
 known as the fourth ward pickpockets 
 of New York, and worked with a 
 thief known as Billy Bennett, alias 
 Lame Billy. She was arrested in 
 Danbury, Conn., in Sept., 1888, for 
 picking pockets, in connection with a 
 pal, May Sweeney.
 
 COUNT KRONE. 
 
 PIGGY NORTON. 
 
 JAMES W TATE. 
 
 ELLEN GRIFFIN.
 
 JAMES MCCABE. 
 
 James McCabe is a desperate burglar 
 of Brooklyn. He nearly killed Ex- 
 Inspector McClausland of Boston with 
 a razor in 1884, and finished his term 
 for this crime in State Prison, at 
 Charleston, Mass., on Aug. 25, 1888. 
 He was at liberty about two minutes, 
 when he was rearrested as a fugitive 
 from justice. When he assaulted the 
 Inspector, that official was arresting 
 him for breaking and entering stores. 
 The New Hampshire authorities 
 wanted him for the same offense, and 
 he was turned over to them. 
 
 LINCOLN J. RANDALL. 
 
 Lincoln J. Randall was a paracide 
 at the age of 18 years. He killed his 
 father at Montague, Mass., in Nov., 
 1887. Young Randall lived with his 
 father on the latter's farm. The 
 father had an insurance of $5,000 on 
 his life, and to secure the payment of 
 this money, the son shot the father. 
 The back of the old man's head was 
 literally blown off, the gun having 
 been loaded with buckshot. 
 
 ADAM WORTH. 
 
 Adam Worth is one of the most 
 celebrated and noted American crooks 
 and bank breakers of the present 
 century. In connection with Charles 
 Ballard, he robbed the Brylston Bank 
 of Boston, in 1869, of one-half million 
 dollars, and with the plunder escaped 
 to Europe, where he now resides, 
 principally on the Continent. He 
 lives now in great style on the proceeds 
 of this great robbery. He does not 
 now do any burglary personally, but 
 looks up jobs for American thieves of 
 note, visiting Europe, from which he 
 receives a percentage. 
 
 MICHAEL J. WHYTE. 
 
 Michael J. Whyte was arrested on 
 August aoth, 1888, in Worcester, 
 Mass., for the murder of Frank F. 
 Spencer, in Dudley, Mass. Whyte 
 and Spencer visited Dudley, in order 
 to look at some cattle. They were in 
 each others company all day, but on 
 the following day Whyte appeared 
 alone. Spencer's body was found in 
 the woods with three bullet holes in 
 his body. His pockets were turned 
 inside out, money, watch and suspen- 
 ders gone. When Whyte was arrested 
 these articles were found on him. 
 Whyte is 45 years old, and is also 
 known as Michael Mahoney. 
 
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 JAMES MOCABE. 
 
 LINCOLN J. RANDALL. 
 
 ADAM WORTH. 
 
 MICHAEL J. WHYTE.
 
 JOHN HENRY HOWE. 
 
 In April, 1888, the above named 
 individual brutally killed his wife at 
 Fort Collins, Col. The act was most 
 atrocious and one only becoming a 
 fiend. He threw his wife down and 
 while on her knees cut her throat, 
 after which he shoved her out doors. 
 The poor woman staggered to the 
 fence, walked about two rods and fell 
 dead. Great indignation was created 
 at Fort Collins and the wretch nar- 
 rowly escaped lynching. 
 
 CHARLES I. DE BATJN. 
 08 
 
 Charles I. De Baun was assistant 
 cashier of the National Park Bank of 
 New York, when one morning in May, 
 1888, he skipped for Canada, leaving 
 a defalcation of $95,000. He had 
 been systematically stealing the bank's 
 funds for a period of ten years, and 
 his method was to make drafts upon 
 imaginary firms in Baltimore, which 
 would be presented in the usual man- 
 ner. The drafts would then be entered 
 for collection and charged to the 
 account of the Farmers and Mechanics 
 Bank of Baltimore, draw the money 
 and alter the monthly statements of 
 the Baltimore Bank. 
 
 SMS 
 
 Perhaps one of the most atrocious 
 murders ever committed was done by 
 this individual. It occurred at a place 
 called Podunk, in New York State, 
 and the victim was Mrs. Richard 
 Mason, an old farmer's wife. Barber 
 beat out the brains of his victim with 
 a club, while she was in the act of 
 supplying him with food. He was a 
 tramp, and even when receiving 
 charity the brute could not restrain 
 his murderous hand. 
 
 HARRY MYERS. 
 
 Harry Myers is a fiend, who out of 
 pure deviltry in May, 1888, set fire to 
 a house at Beach Haven, Pa., near 
 Wilkesbarre. The house contained 
 five inmates, one of whom was a 
 young lady named Nagle, who was 
 roasted to death in spite of all efforts 
 to save. This wretch was afterwards 
 arrested in Wilkesbarre.
 
 JOHN HENRY HOWE. 
 
 CHARLES I. DE BAUN. 
 
 RICHARD BARBER. 
 
 HARRY MYERS.
 
 MARY A. HAUSEH. 
 
 Mary A. Hausen is a clever confi- 
 dence operator, going also under the 
 alias of Mary A. Gibson, and Mary 
 A. Klinck, and her operations even 
 eclipse the nimble Hungry Joe, in her 
 artful schemes to obtain wealth under 
 her clever confidence operations. Her 
 last operation before going to jail was 
 to swindle two saloon keepers, one in 
 Jersey City and one in New York, 
 out of some $3,300. 
 
 Mrs. SARAH ROBINSON. 
 
 In the early part of 1888, Mrs. Sarah 
 Robinson was convicted of murder in 
 the first degree in Boston, Mass. 
 The particular crime for which she was 
 convicted was the poisoning of her 
 son. This woman was a regular 
 borgia, and there were no less than 
 seven counts in the indictment under 
 which she was tried. She was also 
 accused of poisoning Wm. J. Robinson 
 and six other parties at different times. 
 The chief incentive, as far as known, 
 was securing various sums of money 
 with which the lives of her victims 
 were insured. 
 
 NED LYONS. 
 
 GEORGE MASON. 
 
 Ned Lyons is a celebrated burglar, 
 hailing from the East. He is the 
 husband of Sophia Lyons the celebra- 
 ted blackmailer. He is a Scotchman 
 by birth, and the only scotch profes- 
 sional of note in this country. He 
 had many friends amongst the criminal 
 classes, for the reason that he kept a 
 strict guard over his tongue, and no 
 secrets could be extorted from him by 
 the police. He has been shot many 
 times, but seems to be ball-proof, 
 always recovering from his wounds. 
 
 George Mason, alias Geo. B. Gard- 
 ner, is a celebrated and notorious bank 
 burglar and thief, and is one of the 
 most expert in America. He has 
 served many terms in different prisons. 
 He was implicated in the robbery of 
 a bank in Wellsboro, Pa., whereby he 
 made a haul of $90,000. He is also 
 credited with having a hand in the 
 robbing of a pawnbroker's establish- 
 ment in Philadelphia, having secured 
 over $40,000 in jewelry. He also 
 attempted to rob the Post Office in 
 Charleston, Mass.
 
 MARY A. HAUSEN. 
 
 Mrs. SARAH ROBINSON. 
 
 NED LYONS. 
 
 GEORGE MASON.
 
 HARRY MOORE. 
 
 Harry Moore, alias Harry Bennet, 
 is a most desperate thief and foot pad, 
 and will stop at nothing to accomplish 
 his object. One of his most brutal 
 robberies occurred at St. Paul. He 
 attacked a young lady on the street 
 and in order to capture her pocket- 
 book, he beat her senseless with his 
 fist. Her nose was broken, two teeth 
 knocked out, and both eyes blackened. 
 This cowardly brute was immediately 
 captured. 
 
 CHARLES STEWART. 
 
 Charles Stewart is a bunco steerer 
 and swindler, and his many operations 
 would fill a volume. One of his 
 exploits consisted of swindling an old 
 farmer of Batavia, N. Y., in connec- 
 tion with two pals out of $3,000. 
 They allowed him to win $5 on a card 
 trick and then told him he had won 
 $3,000 more. Upon solicitation, the 
 farmer went to Batavia, borrowed 
 $3.000. Returning home, he gave the 
 money to the card dealer, who jumped 
 into his buggy and drove away, the 
 other two going also in a wagon in 
 another direction. 
 
 A. R. PARSONS. 
 
 L.OUIS L.INGG. 
 
 On Nov. nth, 1887, in the City of 
 Chicago, A. R. Parsons, known as an 
 Anarchist, was hung, together with 
 Spiess, Engel and Fischer, co-con- 
 spirators, for their complicity in what 
 was known as the Haymarket massa- 
 cre, which occurred on the evening of 
 May 4th, 1886. On that evening the 
 Anarchists had calleil a large out-of- 
 door meeting, which was attended by 
 a large and turbulent mob. Incen- 
 diary speeches were the order of the 
 evening, Parsons making the most in- 
 flammatory one, calling upon the men 
 to arm themselves, etc., when sud- 
 denly a number of bombs were thrown 
 amongst the police, bursting with 
 terrific effect, and killing and wound- 
 ing dozens. An indescribable scene 
 of bloodshed and riot then followed. 
 
 Louis Lingg, together with Spiess, 
 Engel. Fischer and Parsons, was sen- 
 tenced to be hung in Chicago for his 
 complicity in the celebrated Hay- 
 market tragedy, which occurred in the 
 above city on the evening of May 4th, 
 1886. All these ringleaders, in con- 
 nection with Engel and Schwab, 
 played a conspicuous part in inciting 
 the mob to bloodshed and riot on that 
 memorable occasion. While some of 
 these leaders were making incendiary 
 speeches, bombs were suddenly thrown 
 amongst the police. Lingg was the 
 manufacturer of these bombs, and is 
 supposed to have thrown some of them. 
 On the morning of the execution he 
 escaped the gallows by blowing his 
 head to pieces in his cell with a small 
 bomb which he had placed in his 
 mouth. 
 
 SMS ..................
 
 HARRY MOORE. 
 
 CHARLES STEWART. 
 
 A. R. PARSONS. 
 
 L.OUIS L.INGG.
 
 DANIEL COLLINS. 
 
 CHAS. O'CONNOR. 
 
 Daniel Collins in October, 1888, for 
 attempting to kill night watchman 
 J. D. Ayres, of the Boston and Maine 
 Railroad, was sentenced to ten years 
 in States Prison. Collins is a thief, 
 and while plying his nefarious trade, 
 attempted to also become a mur- 
 derer. Collins and a pal were discov- 
 ered by a police officer in the act of 
 burglarizing a harness shop. Collins 
 was seized by watchman Ayres, but 
 broke away and shot Ayres in the head 
 and neck, but fortunately, not seriously. 
 Another officer afterward captured the 
 would be murderer. 
 
 Chas. O'Connor, a petty thief, 
 who has served several short terms in 
 the penitentiary, committed two of 
 the most daring robberies on record in 
 New York City. O'Connor, whose 
 aliases are Seymour and Harding, 
 entered the Fifth National Bank dur- 
 ing business hours, reached over the 
 railing and grabbed three packages 
 containing $l,ooo each, marched out 
 and disappeared. In the afternoon of 
 same day a young man entered the 
 Commercial National Bank, scooped 
 in $8,500 in the same way and also 
 run, but he was followed this time by a 
 yelling crowd, and when intercepted 
 by an officer attempted to shoot him. 
 O'Connor was the man who also com- 
 mitted the second robbery. 
 
 BILLY CONNERS. 
 
 JOHN M. CHASE. 
 
 Billy Conners, alias John Hurley, 
 is another desperate crook, thief and 
 train robber, who would stop at no 
 crime. He is a member of a des- 
 perate gang in Ohio, who have ter- 
 rorized people in certain portions of 
 that State. He was a pal of the des- 
 perado Eddie Guering, both of whom 
 are accused of murdering Detective 
 Halligan, of Cleveland, who was fol- 
 lowing these desperadoes up, and who 
 made it so hot for them that they de- 
 cided to put him out of the way. 
 
 John M. Chase is a thief, aged 32 
 years, height 5 ft. lof in., and weighs 
 185 Ibs. He has a coat of arms and a 
 blazing star in india ink on right arm. 
 He was born in Compton, Mass. His 
 thefts are numerous and he has been 
 arrested numerous times. He is what 
 may be called an Eastern thief. His 
 last arrest was* in Boston in October, 
 1888, having robbed a harness maker 
 of that city, and when searched, proof 
 of various robberies within a short 
 time was found on his person.
 
 DANIEL COLLINS. 
 
 CHAS. O'CONNOR. 
 
 BILLY CONNERS. 
 
 JOHN M. CHASE.
 
 E. D. STOW. 
 
 NELS OLSEN HOLONG. 
 
 Nels Olsen Holong is another one 
 filling the long list of murderers. 
 The crime was committed at Fergus 
 Falls, Minn., and the victim was a 
 woman named Lillie Field. The 
 case was at the time the sensation of 
 that part of the country, and the 
 evidence was so plain, that it only 
 took the jury twenty minutes to find 
 the fatal verdict. 
 
 In September, 1888, E. D. Stow of 
 Medina, O. , was 23 years of age and 
 moved in good society in that place. 
 He was a proprietor of a steam laundry 
 and appeared to be a promising young 
 man. For two years the retail mer- 
 chants were continually complaining of 
 losses from their money drawers, but 
 were in the dark as to who was 
 guilty of the thefts. Stow was the guilty 
 party. He had the confidence of the 
 merchants and had been tapping their 
 tills in broad daylight. He had the 
 combinations of the different drawers 
 and had no difficulty. He was detected 
 in the act. 
 
 DAN LYONS. 
 
 Dan Lyons was a crook and thief, 
 and was convicted of murdering Joseph 
 J. Quinn in New York City, in July. 
 1887. Quinn, who was a respectable 
 young man, knew Lyons, who asked 
 Quinn to give him a recommendation 
 that would get him a place. Quinn 
 said to give him a recommendation 
 would only hurt himself and refused ; 
 a fight followed and Lyons was worsted. 
 He swore to kill Quinn. He borrowed 
 a pistol, and a week later went around 
 looking for Quinn, and about 5.30 
 P. M. saw him jump from a car. 
 Lyons followed and shot him. Quinn 
 died two hours later. 
 
 THOMAS REILY. 
 
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 Thomas Reily, alias Roy. is one of 
 the most desperate characters in the 
 crooked world. He has served many 
 terms in Prison for burglary. His 
 latest arrest was for burglary at Evans- 
 ville, Incl. He was collared at Elysia, 
 Ohio, some twenty miles from Cleve- 
 land, by the Sheriff, wlio started with 
 him on the train for Evansville. 
 When the train was going at the rate 
 of forty miles an hour, the burglar 
 made a dash and jumped from the 
 lightning train, handcuffed, and at 
 the darkest hour of the night, making 
 his escape, which was one of the most 
 daring on record.
 
 NELS OLSEN HOLONG. 
 
 E. D. STOW. 
 
 DAN LYONS. 
 
 THOMAS REILY.
 
 BILLY PORTER. 
 
 Billy Porter is one of the most cel- 
 ebrated cracksmen and bank burglars 
 in America, and is known in every 
 city in the Union, and has also been 
 an inmate of numerous prisons through- 
 out the country. He was the pal of 
 the celebrated Johnny Irving, who was 
 killed in a fracas in Shang Draper's 
 saloon in 6th Avenue, New York. 
 He formed also an alliance with 
 Michael Kurtz, alias Sheeney Mike, 
 and with him made a business tour of 
 Europe. On his return he was arrested 
 for robbing a Troy jeweler of about 
 $84,000 worth of diamonds, some two 
 years before. 
 
 NATHAN B. FOSTER. 
 
 Nathan B. Foster is another one of 
 the celebrated forgers of securities, 
 known to the people both of this 
 country and Europe. Most of his 
 principal crimes have been committed 
 in this country, in connection with 
 such noted counterfeiters as William 
 Brockway, J. B. Doyle, Louis Martin 
 and others. He was connected with 
 Brockway in the making and passing 
 five hundred dollar counterfeitTreasury 
 notes. He was also connected with 
 Martin in the making of $1,000 bonds 
 of the Morris & Essex R. R. of New 
 Jersey, a large portion of which they 
 floated. When arrested, a large quan- 
 tity of these bonds were found on his 
 person. He is about 40 years of age 
 and a native of Bradford, Ills. An 
 expert penman, but his particular 
 branch was to dipose of the counter- 
 feit stuff. 
 
 WALTER SHERIDAN. 
 
 MICHAEL KURTZ. 
 
 Walter Sheridan is one of the most 
 notorious criminals in the country. 
 Amongst his aliases are Stewart, John 
 Horcomb, Charles Ralston and Walter 
 Stanton. He is 54 years of age, and 
 is 5 ft. 7 in. tall, and of dignified 
 appearance. When a mere boy he 
 dashed into crime and became a horse 
 thief in Western Missouri. He after- 
 ward became an accomplished general 
 thief and confidence man, and later 
 developed into a bank thief and has 
 made many rich hauls from different 
 banks in the country, for some of 
 which he has served his time. His 
 neatest job was when he relieved an 
 old gentleman of $75,000 in bonds, 
 while he was purchasing an apple at 
 an apple stand. 
 
 Michael Kurtz, alias Sheeney Mike, 
 is a notorious burglar, and has been 
 an associate of the most celebrated 
 cracksmen in the profession, such as 
 Billy Porter, Johnny Irving, Frank 
 McCoy and Pete Emerson. He, like 
 most of this notorious gang is known 
 all over the country, and has been an 
 inmate of several prisons. He and 
 Billy Porter made a tour of Europe 
 together, and succeeded in making 
 some rich hauls without detection, 
 and upon their return had quite a 
 large amount of money.
 
 BILLY PORTER. 
 
 NATHAN B. FOSTER. 
 
 WALTER SHERIDAN. 
 
 MICHAEL KURTZ.
 
 MAGGIE ESTARS. 
 
 AUGUST HETZKE. 
 
 Maggie Estars was the keeper of a 
 low resort at Fort Worth, Texas, and 
 was accused of the crime of killing a 
 man of the same place, by the name 
 of A. T. Truett. Truett went to the 
 woman's place of business, and quar- 
 reled with her. He endeavored to 
 escape through the front door, when 
 the woman picked up a fire shovel, 
 and just as he was going out of the 
 door, hit him on the head with it, and 
 from the effects of which he died. 
 
 This individual was convicted in 
 Chicago, Ills., of murder in the first 
 degree, he having beaten his little 
 step-son to death. He was always 
 most cruel to the child, and on every 
 opportunity treated him in an inhuman 
 manner. The child's suffering only 
 seemed more to anger this brute, until 
 at last he beat him to death. The 
 case created a great deal of excitement 
 at the time in Chicago. 
 
 WILLIAM MUNDFROM. 
 
 One of the most cold blooded mur- 
 ders ever committed occurred in Black- 
 hawk County, Iowa, in the killing of 
 Christian Hemme, by the above named 
 individual. The body was found in a 
 shallow well on his farm at Mt. Vernon 
 township, near Waterloo, Iowa. The 
 man's wife was held as an accomplice 
 of William Mundfrom for the killing 
 of her husband. 
 
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 AUGUST DETLAF. 
 00 
 
 John Phillips and Skip Larkin of 
 Chicago, Ills., were shot and instantly 
 killed on the evening of July 29, 1888, 
 by August Detlaf, who is a Pole. The 
 two men were on their way home from 
 a ball game. The murder was a most 
 unprovoked one, and occurred in a 
 general row among a number of Poles, 
 precipitated by some jesting remarks 
 made by Phillips and Larkin. During 
 the affray Detlaf appeared on the 
 scene suddenly, with a 44 calibre 
 revolver and deliberately shot the two 
 men alluded to.
 
 MAGGIE ESTARS. 
 
 AUGUST HETZKE. 
 
 
 WILLIAM MUNDFROM. 
 
 AUGUST DETLAF.
 
 WILLIAM D. SINDRAM. 
 
 On Friday, the 2istday of October, 
 1882, William D. Sindram was hanged 
 in the Tombs, New York City, for the 
 murder of his landlady, Mrs. Crave. 
 The murder was committed a year 
 earlier. Sindram had been drinking, 
 and entered his boarding house, and 
 without provocation shot his landlady. 
 He maintained a bold front up to the 
 minute of his execution, and walked 
 without flinching to the gallows, and 
 showed more nerve than one would 
 suppose possible under the circum- 
 stances. 
 
 SAMUEL MOORE WILLIAMS. 
 
 Samuel Moore Williams in 1879, 
 committed a cold blooded murder in 
 Garrard County, Ky. He fled to 
 California, but was followed by detec- 
 tives. He was then twenty-five years 
 old, 5 ft. ii in. in height, and weighed 
 about 180 Ibs. He is something of a 
 musician, playing the violin and guitar, 
 and is fond of frequenting saloons. 
 Is in the habit of boasting of being a 
 Southerner and a confederate. 
 
 TOM PRICE. 
 
 JOSEPH CRAWFORD. 
 
 This portrait represents Tom Price, 
 a Colorado desperado, who has acquir- 
 ed no little notoriety as such, and in 
 his professional capacity of'road agent 
 in that section. He flourished for a 
 time as leader of a band of the gentle- 
 men of the road who made travel in 
 that part of the country, both unpleas- 
 ant and unprofitable, but justice has 
 pretty well scattered the band, some 
 having been killed, others serving 
 terms in prison, and some fugitives 
 from justice. 
 
 Joseph Crawford is serving a term 
 of seventeen years in Joliet State 
 Prison, for a most cold blooded mur- 
 der. He was a typical Chicago hood- 
 lum, ready for any deviltry or crime. 
 He, with two other companions were 
 carousing in the streets, making night 
 hideous with their ruffianly revelry, 
 noticed a poor laboring man approach- 
 ing, when they proceeded to hold 
 him up. The poor man showed he 
 did not have a cent, when the ruffian 
 Crawford out of spite and disappoint- 
 ment, shot the poor man dead.
 
 WILLIAM D. SINDRAM. 
 
 SAMUEL MOORE WILLIAMS. 
 
 TOM PRICE. 
 
 JOSEPH CRAWFORD.
 
 MABEL SMITH. 
 
 HATTIE WOOL.STEEN. 
 
 This big mulatto is a wicked crea- 
 ture, who severed her grandmother's 
 head from her body with an axe, in 
 order to effect her elopement with her 
 white paramour, who called himself 
 Thomas B. Hay ward. After the deed, 
 they skipped off together in a buggy. 
 The old woman was opposed to the 
 connection, and it was supposed the 
 deed was done in a fit of anger while 
 quarreling over the man. They were 
 both captured a few hours after the 
 deed. 
 
 00 
 
 One of the most extraordinary 
 crimes which ever excited California, 
 occurred in a small village, eleven 
 miles East of South Los Angeles. 
 Doc Harlan, a well known sporting 
 dentist was a victim. His body was 
 found in the ruins of an out-house, 
 where he lived with two sisters, Hattie 
 and Minnie Woolsteen for some time. 
 Hattie was arrested and accused of 
 the murder. Jealousy was supposed 
 to be the cause. 
 
 ANTONE WERNER. 
 00 - 
 
 Antone Werner murdered Josef 
 Fisher at Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He 
 came to this country in 1884, and 
 was born in Austria. In 1885 he 
 went to Poughkeepsie with Josef 
 Fisher. He is a carriage trimmer, but 
 has not worked at his trade in this 
 country. He left a wife in Austria 
 and married again in this country, 
 thereby committing bigamy. He was 
 released from jail a short time before 
 the murder, which was caused by 
 Werner being jealous of Fisher. 
 
 CHAS. 0. BROCKWAY. 
 
 One of the most noted forgers of 
 bonds, bank notes, etc., in the crimi- 
 nal history of this country, was this 
 man. He was born in Connecticut in 
 1822, and studied chemistry under 
 Professor Stillman, of Yale College. 
 He began forging in 1849. His first 
 imprisonment was in New York State. 
 He formed an alliance in 1865 with 
 Chas. H. Smith, James Doyle and 
 Lewis R. Martin, noted forgers; and 
 during their career of crime millions 
 of dollars of forged securities were 
 floated. He put on the market large 
 numbers of 7.30 $1,000 Government 
 bonds; in 1873, fi ye hundred dollar 
 Treasury notes, and later six different 
 one hundred dollar bank notes. 
 Brockway's nearest imitators have 
 never approached him in skill or the 
 magnitude of his operations.
 
 MABEL SMITH. 
 
 HATTIE WOOJLSTEEN. 
 
 ANTONE WERNER. 
 
 CHAS. 0. BROCKWAY.
 
 JOHN WALL. 
 
 John Wall is a notorious pickpocket, 
 belonging to the Western country. 
 He is a Swede, aged about 25 years. 
 He has been numerous times in prison, 
 and belongs to the notorious Yowles 
 gang, having their headquarters in 
 Cincinnati. His pals are such thieves 
 as John Burke, Tom Kelly, Dutch 
 Galvin, and others, all belonging and 
 headed by old man Yowles. He can 
 read and write, is of slim build, height 
 about 5 ft. 6 in., and weighs about 
 140 pounds. 
 
 SAM STRAHLER. 
 ** 
 
 Sam Strahler, alias Dayton Sammy, 
 is one of the most successful pick- 
 pockets of the country, and belonged 
 to what was known in the West, as 
 Old Man Yowles gang. He was born 
 in Dayton, Ohio, is a well built man. 
 and has some education. His last 
 arrest took place in the spring of lRS8, 
 at Columbus, Ohio, where he had 
 gone to ply his trade, while the 
 Grand Army of the Republic were 
 holding their convention there, and 
 relied upon the large crowds in 
 attendance to reap a rich harvest, but 
 was arrested while in the act of pick- 
 ing pockets. 
 
 JOHN O'BRIEN. 
 
 John O'Brien, alias Mickey Delaney, 
 alias Sullivan, is regarded by Califor- 
 nia detectives as the most expert and 
 dangerous burglar on the Pacific coast. 
 It is said, give him a crowtar and axe, 
 and he will find his way into any 
 depository of valuables that he may 
 deem worth the labor. He has served 
 several terms in prison. He is 40 
 years of age, height 5 ft. 7 in., and 
 weighs 140 Ibs., and as an individual, 
 he will keep the police busy wherever 
 he may be. 
 
 JAMES FHILLJFS. 
 
 James Phillips was sentenced at 
 Springfield, Mo., to the penitentiary 
 for ten years, for the murder of Mrs. 
 W. H. Clarkson of that place. He 
 was found guilty of murder in the 
 second degree. The crime was com- 
 mitted in June, 1887. Mrs. Clarkson, 
 whose husband worked in a flouring 
 mill, was a paramour of Phillips, but 
 she urged him to quit coming to her 
 house ; this, according to the evidence, 
 so enraged him, that he shot and killed 
 her.
 
 JOHN WALL. 
 
 SAM STRAHLER. . 
 
 JOHN O'BRIEN. 
 
 JAMES PHILLIPS.
 
 Mme. DEL YASTRO. 
 
 Mrs. WM. HUNTERMARK. 
 
 Mme. del Vastro was sentenced to 
 two years in State Prison, on a charge 
 of selling obscene pictures. She carried 
 on one of the most nefarious business 
 ever brought to light by Mr. Comstock 
 and his Society. Not alone did she 
 carry on the traffic of indecent picture 
 selling, but she kept a regular bureau, 
 through which she made assignations 
 with wealthy men and women moving 
 in good society, and worse than all, 
 lured young children into her den to 
 be ruined. Her sentence was hailed 
 with satisfaction by thousands. 
 
 This is a portrait of Mrs. William 
 Himtermark, the devilish female, who 
 brutally murdered one of Baltimore's 
 most respectable citizens, Mr. Charles 
 Ensor, an old man of 65 years. Mr. 
 Ensqr had been gunning, and fatigued 
 he sat down on a stone on Mrs. Htm- 
 termark's premises. She had been 
 making many bold threats of killing 
 the first trespasser on her husband's 
 domains. Procuring a navy revolver, 
 she proceeded to where Mr. Ensor 
 was, and suddenly seizing his gun, 
 wrenched it from his hands and then 
 deliberately shot him twice, wounding 
 him fatally. 
 
 GEORGE HARRISON. 
 
 George Harrison, calling himself 
 the General, is a famous forger, and 
 was a member of the famous Colum- 
 biana Gang of forgers making their 
 headquarters in New York. This 
 gang was composed of the most daring 
 and accomplished forgers in America. 
 The gang was named after their leader 
 Columbiana, who was trapped by a 
 female detective, and is now serving 
 12 years in prison. Harrison is said 
 to be the evil genius and the brains of 
 the gang He is 34 years of age and 
 born in the United States. 
 
 JOE WILSON. 
 
 Joe Wilson is a notorious thief and 
 expert pickpocket. He has been a 
 thief all his life, and as much as 
 twenty years ago was arrested in 
 Boston for picking pockets. He has 
 grown up in crime, becoming bolder 
 and more reckless with age. His pal 
 was a man named James Wilson, alias 
 Pretty Jimmy, who is also an expert 
 pickpocket. They are known all over 
 the country, as they were in the habit 
 of following the large circuses, and 
 plying their vocation by mingling with 
 the crowds.
 
 Mme. DEL YASTRO. 
 
 Mrs. WM. HUNTERMARK. 
 
 GrEORGE HARRISON. 
 
 JOE WILSON.
 
 DAN DRISCOLL. 
 -SMS 
 
 Dan Driscoll was without doubt one 
 of the most notorious criminals of his 
 day. He was the recognized leader 
 of the notorious Whyo Gang of the 
 6th Ward of New York, and he has 
 probably figured in more shooting 
 scrapes and brawls than any ruffian of 
 his age. He was born in the 6th Ward 
 and was never out of it, unless in 
 prison. His aptitude for crime became 
 evident at an early age and as he grew 
 older he became more hardened. He 
 always carried a pistol, which he at 
 last used with fatal result, having 
 killed a woman named Beezy Garrity, 
 although it was his intention to kill a 
 pal by the name of McCarty. For 
 this, he was hung in the Tombs in 
 February, 1888. 
 
 Mrs. BELLE MCDONALD. 
 
 In September, 1888, detectives made 
 a descent on a burglars hiding place at 
 Cincinnati, O., and plunder valued at 
 several thousands of dollars was cap- 
 tured. The detectives also captured 
 Mrs. Belle McDonald, the wife of one 
 of the gang of burglars, and found 
 concealed in her bustle over $1,000 
 worth of jewelry and trinkets, and this 
 display when spread out was something 
 remarkable, and a wonder how so 
 much could be concealed in a bustle. 
 There were rings, watches, bracelets, 
 chains and brooches, opera glasses, 
 and in fact sufficient to start a fair 
 size jewelry store. 
 
 GEORGE DALLAS. 
 
 GEORGE TRESSLER. 
 
 At Chatham, Va., George Dallas re- 
 ceived a sentence of eighteen years in 
 prison. The crime for which this 
 long sentence was imposed was for 
 whipping his adopted son to death, 
 and that he got off without the death 
 penalty being inflicted was a wonder. 
 He was a most brutal negro, and his 
 object probably in adopting the boy 
 was that he might live on the money 
 that he might make, and the continued 
 whipping to which he subjected the 
 lad was probably caused by his dis- 
 satisfaction at the result. 
 
 A cold blooded murder was com- 
 mitted in October, 1884, in Fanbault 
 County, Minn. At the time in ques- 
 tion, about 8 P. M., while the family 
 of OH Iveson were seated at supper, 
 three masked men stepped in, two 
 with shot guns, cocked, and aimed at 
 Iveson, exclaiming "hold up your 
 hands." Iveson expostulated and one 
 of the guns was discharged, the con- 
 1 tents striking him in the face. The 
 other gun was snapped but failed to 
 discharge. Although there were three 
 other men in the room, they were so 
 paralyzed with fear that they made no 
 effort to arrest the ruffians, who backed 
 out and made their escape. The next 
 morning the three were arrested and 
 proved to be Joshua, George and 
 Levi Tressler.
 
 DAN DRISCOLL. 
 
 Mrs. BELLE MCDONALD. 
 
 GEORGE DALLAS. 
 
 GEORGE TRESSLER.
 
 GEORGE CARSON. 
 
 George Carson, alias John Reilly, 
 is a well-known bank sneak thief, and 
 is known as Little George. He has 
 participated in most of the prominent 
 bank robberies in the country. He was 
 a pal and companion of Rufus Miner, 
 another well-known bank thief, and 
 between them they have realized many 
 a rich haul. Both of them have served 
 their times in prison. Their most 
 notable job was the robbery of a 
 wealthy Nassau Street, N. Y., real 
 estate dealer. He had on his desk 
 $470 ooo in bonds, when he was called 
 to the street, on the pretence that 
 somebody wished to see him in a 
 carriage. He locked his door and 
 went down, but found nobody. On 
 his return the door had been forced 
 open, and the bonds were gone. 
 Carson and Miner concocted this clever 
 robbery. 
 
 CHAS. H. SMITH. 
 
 Chas. H. Smith is a noted forger, 
 'way up in the records of the pro- 
 fessional criminal. He stands in the 
 same category with such renowned 
 forgers as Brockway, Doyle, Smith 
 and others, and was one of the prin- 
 cipal workers with this gang. He was 
 connected with Brockway, being an 
 expert engraver in getting up a coun- 
 terfeit of the one thousand dollar 
 seven-thirty government bond, eighty 
 thousand dollars of which were pur- 
 chased by Jay Cook & Co., at that 
 time. In 1873, i connection with 
 Tom Ballard, he flooded the country 
 with five hundred dollar Treasury 
 notes. 
 
 OSCAR COOK. 
 
 LEWIS R. MARTIN. 
 
 Oscar Cook, known as one of the 
 Cummings gang, was one of the five 
 men who, on Oct. 25 th, 1887, succeed- 
 ed in robbing the safe of the Adams 
 Express Co., on the St. Louis & San 
 Francisco road, of $60,000 in cash. 
 Cook, who resided in Leavenworth, 
 Kansas, was an intimate friend of 
 Frederick Witrock, the leader of the 
 gang, and after the robbery displayed 
 large sums of money, although before 
 he was penniless. He claimed to have 
 won the money in a lottery, but this 
 idea was soon exploded. Cook was 
 found in close intercourse with Wit- 
 rock and others of the gang after the 
 robbing, and when arrested sufficient 
 evidence was found to implicate him 
 in his great robbery. 
 
 Lewis R. Martin is another one of 
 this celebrated forgers of securities in 
 the country, and was the associate of 
 such forgers as Brockway, Doyle, 
 Smith and Foster. His association 
 with Brockway and his counterfeiting 
 operations date back early in the six- 
 ties. In 1875 he was indicted in the 
 western district of Pennsylvania as an 
 accomplice of Henry Maxey, alias 
 Sweet, for passing counterfeit $500 
 Treasury notes of the Brockway 
 manufacture. He is an expert penman, 
 although his principal business in 
 connection with the gang was the plac 
 ing of the counterfeit securities. He 
 was looked upon as a capitalist, and 
 is supposed to have furnished the 
 money for the furtherance of most of 
 the schemes.
 
 GEORGE CARSON. 
 
 CHAS. H. SMITH. 
 
 OSCAR COOK. 
 
 LEWIS R. MARTIN.
 
 FERNAND B. POUPART. 
 99 
 
 Fernand B. Poupart was at one 
 time confidential clerk of the treasurer 
 of the New Orleans Cotton Exchange. 
 He, together with another clerk, Geo. 
 Penser, stole $25,000 worth of securi- 
 ties belonging to the Exchange, and 
 pledged them with the bank in New 
 Orleans. 
 
 ISRAEL LUCAS. 
 
 Israel Lucas is another one of the 
 many embezzlers who fled from the 
 United States to Canada, where he 
 was arrested. He embezzled funds 
 amounting to $31,000, which was 
 intrusted to him as treasurer of 
 Auglaize County, O. He first went 
 to Wapakoneta, O., and from there 
 made his way to Toronto, where he 
 was finally captured by the detectives 
 who were on his tracks. 
 
 * 99 
 
 EDDIE GUERING. 
 
 Eddie Guering, alias James E. May, 
 is one of the most notorious crooksi 
 thiefs and train robbers in the coun- 
 try. He is known throughout the 
 whole Western section of the country 
 and belongs to a gang which is con- 
 sidered one of the most desperate in 
 Ohio. This gang is accused of mur- 
 dering Detective Hulligan, of Cleve- 
 land, at a place called Parenna, Ohio. 
 This detective was most energetic in 
 hunting the gang and thereby incurred 
 their deadly enmity, with the above 
 result. 
 
 JOHNNY BEAL. 
 
 Johnny Beal, only thirteen, killed 
 his mother, Mrs. Nancy Beal, aged 
 fifty-one years, at Eaton, O., in June, 
 1888. This young rascal at first 
 pleaded not guilty, but he afterward 
 entered a plea in court of guilty of 
 murder in the second degree, thereby 
 saving his neck from the gallows. 
 It was a horrible crime, which created 
 no little excitement at the time at 
 Eaton, and the depravity of such a 
 youth is unparalleled. 
 
 ................. a* ..................
 
 FERNAND B. FOUPART. 
 
 ISRAEL L.UCAS. 
 
 EDDIE GUERING. 
 
 JOHNNY BEAL.
 
 S. FISCHER. 
 
 GEORGE ENGEL. 
 
 The sequel to the terrible Hay- 
 market massacre in Chicago on May 
 4th, 1886, was brought to a close on 
 Nov. nth, 1887, by the hanging of 
 Fischer, together with Spiess, Engel 
 and Parsons. Fischer was a pronoun- 
 ced Anarchist, and in connection with 
 the above, and Schwab, Fielding and 
 Lingg incited and took active part in 
 that tragedy, whereby dozens of offi- 
 cers and others were killed and wound- 
 ed. The trial of these men was a 
 memorable one, and every effort was 
 made to save their lives, but without 
 avail, excepting in the case of Schwab 
 and Fielding, whose sentence was 
 commuted to imprisonment for life, 
 there being extenuating circumstan- 
 ces in these cases. 
 
 Another one who expiated his crime 
 on the gallows in Chicago for his com- 
 plicity in the Anarchists riot in that 
 city on May 4th, 1886, was George 
 Engel. The ringleaders in this bloody 
 massacre, and the incite rs of same in 
 connection with Engel, was Schwab, 
 Fielding, Spiess, Lingg, Parsons and 
 Fischer, all of them red hot Anar- 
 chists, and all of whom attended the 
 meeting, and by their speeches in- 
 cited the mob to bloodshed and vio- 
 lence. Engel was foreman of the 
 Arbeiter-Zeitung, a Socialistic paper. 
 He had revenge circulars printed, 
 which he had circulated, in order to 
 collect an armed meeting at the Hay- 
 market. He was hung with Spiess, 
 Parsons and Fischer on Nov. nth, 
 1887. 
 
 Gc. SCHWAB. 
 
 Amongst the seven condemned 
 Anarchists who were convicted and 
 sentenced to be hung in Chicago, 
 Schwab escaped the death penalty by 
 having his sentence commuted by the 
 Governor to imprisonment for life- 
 Schwab, in connection with his fellow- 
 conspirators, was a leader amongst the 
 Anarchists in Chicago. It was proven 
 at the trial that there was a conspiracy 
 to create a riot and cause bloodshed 
 at the celebrated meeting at the Hay- 
 market Square. The conspiracy was 
 successful, so far as the killing of 
 dozens of brave officers were con- 
 cerned, but disastrous to the leaders, 
 four of whom were hung, two sent to 
 prison for life and one committed 
 suicide on the morning of the execu- 
 tion'. 
 
 SAM FIELDING. 
 
 Sam Fielding is serving a life im- 
 prisonment in the Illinois States 
 Prison for his complicity in the Anar- 
 chists riot of May 4th, 1886, 'and 
 known as the Haymarket massacre. 
 Fielding was a leader amongst the 
 Socialists of that city, and on the 
 evening in question an immense meet- 
 ing was held in Haymarket Square, at 
 which he incited the mob to violence 
 and to arms. Bombs were thrown 
 amongst the police, doing fearful 
 damage, and a terrible scene of blood- 
 she^ and riot followed. Fielding was 
 sentenced to be hung, together with 
 his fellow-conspirators, seven in num- 
 ber, but on the morning of the execu- 
 tion his sentence was commuted by 
 the Governor to imprisonment for 
 life.
 
 S. FISCHER. 
 
 GEORGE ENGEL. 
 
 G. SCHWAB. 
 
 SAM FIELDING.
 
 Mrs. ALONZO GARRETT. 
 
 TOM GCALYIN. 
 
 The alias of this individual is Dutch 
 Galvin. He is a pickpocket, and was 
 born in Dayton, Ohio. He can read 
 and write, is stout built, height about 
 5 feet 5 inches, and weighs about 150 
 Ibs. He is about 28 years old. He is 
 accomplished in his profession of pick- 
 pocket, and his cleverness has aided 
 him on numerous occasions to escape. 
 He belongs to the Western gang of 
 pickpockets, who boast of the crack 
 ones amongst their number. 
 
 This woman was convicted of mur- 
 der in the first degree in Ohio. She 
 lived on a farm near Spencer, O., with 
 her husband and two step-daughters, 
 aged respectively 26 and 42 years ; the 
 latter being also the age of the step- 
 mother. The daughters were half 
 imbeciles, and Mrs. Garrett took a 
 violent dislike to them, partly on 
 account of mercenary motives, the 
 former being well to do. On the night 
 of November ist, 1887, this .woman 
 beat in the heads of these two girls 
 while they lay asleep. She then sat- 
 urated the bodies and bed clothing with 
 coal oil and set same on fire. The 
 neighbors were aroused by the flames, 
 and upon their arrival on the scene 
 found the woman removing furniture. 
 Upon going into the house the above 
 terrible sight met their gaze. 
 
 SMS 
 
 JOHN ROBINSON. 
 
 JOHN MONAHAN. 
 
 This is a noted pickpocket, who 
 also goes by the name of J. W. Mauer. 
 His age is 19, but, although young in 
 years, he is old in crime, and is a pro- 
 ficient pickpocket. He can read and 
 write, is of slim build, weighs 130 Ibs., 
 and is 5 feet II inches in height. He 
 also belongs to the Western gang of 
 pickpockets. His last arrest, when in 
 Columbus, Ohio, where he had made 
 quite a haul for several days, while the 
 Grand Army of the Republic were in 
 convention there. 
 
 John Monahan is a well known 
 burglar, although only nineteen years 
 of age, and his career in his already 
 short life has been one of crime. His 
 principal operations have been in the 
 West, and his associates have been 
 such well-known crooks as William 
 Devine, Dutch Galvin, John Wall, 
 the Swede, and others, all Western 
 thieves, known to the police in every 
 city of that section, and have given 
 their services, under compulsion, in 
 several prisons. Monahan was born 
 in Cincinnati, is 5 feet 6 inches high, 
 weighs 145 Ibs.
 
 TOM GALVIN. 
 
 Mrs. ALONZO GARRETT. 
 
 JOHN ROBINSON. 
 
 JOHN MONAHAN.
 
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