UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT LOS ANGELES HV G786 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. 4035EO 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 V*.' 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 F?. 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. ** 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. - * 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. --a* 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. m i 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. **: 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 $15 for same. MRS. UNRUH. ANDERSON PERRY. ALBERT HAWKINS. JOHN T. Ross. 40352O WILLIAM AGNEW BlLLY HAYS, alias GORMAN. Of all the cold blooded villians, this is one of the worst. Wm. Agnew lived in Palyra, N. Y. He went home with his wife one night from a ball, and after some angi-y words, picked up a rocking chair and dealt her several blows on the head, crushing in her skull. He then carried her up-stairs to bed and she died that night. He slept in the same room with the murdered woman and remained about the house for several days until the body was discovered. Billy Hays is charged with the murder of John Watts, in Chicago, in 1887. His age is 23 years, stands 5 ft. 4! in. high, rather stout built, black hair and fair complexion. He is an old criminal, and was sentenced in 1883 from Cleveland, Ohio, for assault with intent to kill, and served 3$ 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. ** 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. ** 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. (Ml 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. * 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. ** 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. ** 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. oo 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. ................. oe .................. 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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