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One of the most notorious sneak thieves this country ever knew, and one who figured In one of the most daring robberies ever perpetrated In this country, after serving his time in prison emerged with the do termination to "turn straight and live honest. M Ho is fairly well-to-do to-day and lives In New York city, with an office within the shadows of the very bartk he once looted. This reformed sneak thief told the writer that had he saved and invested the money he stole he would be worth several million dollars to-day instead of being compelled to attend to the daily routine of the little business h»* conducts. It was after consider able hesitation that lie consented to ltd! of his own and the operations of bis associates, many of whom hav srrv«*d terms representing the best y**rs of their lives Among tt»e known of-th thieves w ere such men ss Adam Worth, alias * Little Adam.'* stll rharsetertfed ss the "King of 4fte*k Thieve*. ** " It life kllaor. alias "Uttle Hafs." ’*IKw" litis*. Georgs ('arson sites **f Jttle Georgs." * Phllly rearena. Waller Hh#rt4ss « wVewUUI. JOfel WstcMs ^ llig K4 IWw Moeacw lft*eow, sftss "LftHs lloesew. * rraak Hsrfe. ' Gso m^ag. *‘lJltle J am H I vsve ' ('smmisgs * Jss ' ' Welly * 111 own— 4ss f v*** W«n4ss< The f IS Si ns | aesikewse he^sas'f tf *4~ tseewn t J .hasws f *<eWa ll#«srviM mt* Wv'Tfte ’ fw«es«*e Itss |HVt y ritsh sag f 4 I T%e teeeignS*4 # *• sS t t % * *i»i| «m S • % . <* t hese MMT i "itmis •ttn sgnthsr s*4 mt« wt>> Ml** s4 was is pm§ m HMwr. p*nm m s4ew dsWMf by 4—ft t rm stmllsr !• tiMM wwr* by lbs mas fllllsg tseb posit loss Is (he | t>snk • Hobbsiiss netting very Urge sums have bees mad# through this j simple fuse You might sot believe It," said , the old time thief an a smile flitted arrlss hia wrinkled face, "but l*have j used a Jong, Ttyedally made hook with which I raked money from n denk at which the toller waa worklng. I have stood directly In front of my victim, and, you might Bay, look'd poHit Company’s vaults in Philadel phia. Another sneak equally- versatile and far more fortunate was "Joe” Killoran, alias "Joe” Howard, a pic turesque character of an old and highly cultivated family of New York. He was the brains of the band ho operated with, and although he invariably outlined the whole line of procedure he always acted as ‘Jthe stall,” of the victim In^conversatlon while one of his clever confederates procured the lootT* He bore all the earmarks of a well to do man of af fairs, and could enter a bank cash ier's office and at once Interest him in one of the many schemes he pro pounded. with the bank, of course, as the one to finance the proposition he outlined. The role of cripple In a carriage wag one of bU-most suc cessful ruses, and following his cap ture here he figured In a sensational escape from the Ludlow Street Jail. Harry Russell and Charlea Allen, federal prisoners at that time, also figured In this escape. IMsinfleld, K. J., has Just cause U remember a visit paid to It by Kil loran Accompanied by "Patsy** Klannigaa and "Rid** Yeaals. Klllor- a:i smt to lbs First National Itaab of the pretty little ss barbs a city, sad while bs engaged Ihe clerks la him squarely la tbs eye an, with my espsrtally enaetrsrted kook. 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Some times the robbery would not be dis covered for an hour or more after its commlHHion. A well trained sneak theif and I know whereof 1 apeak — could pass within a few feet of a bank clerk and rob vault or cage un der his very nose and not arouse the slightest suspicion of his presence In the hank. "An old ruse that I worked with marked success on more than one oc casion was to have my confederates drive up to the hank in an open car riage, taking due^pare to have him exhibit a eruteh. A woman always accompanied the ‘cripple.’ and r.he would ent»«r th** hank and ask the teller or e* lR h 5 er to step to the car riage, as har companion wan too lame to walk. In manv oases this paved the way for <»>*» real Oref to si ; p be hind the harrier and make a rich clean up while the busy clerk was talking a big loan or generous de posit with the cripple in the carriage. The majority 01 tin* real big sneaK jobs were committed in small towns on circus days, when the town vyas alive with strangers and all the prov inclal clerks were on the qul vlve of expectancy awaiting the passing of the animal cages and the like. Of course, the sneak thief had conceal ed himself in the bank at an earlier hour, and when fbe rush for tbe win dows began he was free to srorh at leisure "Another ir V that n<Hied at many thowaasd? f dollars was dots Lkrowgh dsopptr a hash sofa at I ho fso( of a earn 11* -r raaaitag a ihisf tosa^r tom up c rat io* tola VtopaaN OHBPMf. RM I * * a## frasa ika (RrrprsIm fltafbgy gHb #i*oo fsmsafi *4 Iff 00a 1 1 aa4 aR tktsp fM t *»*4 ohogdly tkoestoflof y spoil from fall sad fbad ta la km rupkd bo amt wtok aa gpttRstoi obbrk «aal bdRi a Isg. rrR I" • bit# ho hoR la rsaovf ta (Ra ho had pro With aa artIRrial Rmb como aa sell to aa KiHaraa stoio ms ay f dollars ahils la Ravapa. lag ta Ihm msairy aaa captarsd a ad •orood a term la IIIHkott I s past affkro After hla a oaf bark la Kurapo. had aaa Mb from a bank ta tkat rlfy RU years was mated oal'to him la aa Austrian prison A partlcslarly saw that of the First National of San Francisco A sneak boldly entered the hank and panning be hind the railing picked up k satchel containing K'ft.ooo In gold. Ha aa quietly left and It was not until an hour after the robbery that the Ions was discovered. When the assistant cashier of the hank went out for lun cheon he spied a man he had seen lurking in the bank and accosted him The bank official seized the thief ami the satchel he had tucked between bis feet under the table. In the scuffle that followed the thief escaped, but the money was recov ered intact. The Pinkertons took up the case and after an exhaustive investigation determined that Wil liam Barrett, who bad been operat ing with "Fritzie” Diehn and G. H. Hanlon, was the culprit. The trio »v» re arrested‘in Portland, Ore.rnno flu* hank cashier who had recovered the loot fully identified Barrett ai; the in jin lie had accosted in the res taurant. But tiie Baltimore author ities exercised a prior cl«ini to the prisoner, and he was taken to that city and convicted of a similar Job. for which he was given a long term in the Maryland penitentiary. He has a long prison record, and while a product of Chicago, he served time in the Ulinolsreformatory* Joliet pen* ttenttary and the Western peniten tiary. Harrctt and "Mickey** Glea son are credited with mulcting tbe Rank of Frame of f'0.04P. Two of the four bank'i messengers had tke money between them In n mb nUt- tioawd in front of tbe bonk betiding Tbsy wars waiting for g third •eager when. Rnrvsft and kin pttren approeeked and vkfln RM M gaged Ike tv# ameswwgsvw |g ppn .A The easy way to hear the world’s best music Right out on your porch thin summer with a YictroU. you enn enjoy your favorite music whenever you wish to hear it. * # And you will want to hear it quite often, for the music the \ ictrole brings to )ou is most dchfhllul. in My Lrt m ak*w you tk# grt ■ VictroU lot yoot and «rr will gladly play lor you My muatc you wmIi to hoot, •lylca ol tkc Vktrol* ond toll you kour co*y it * lu, you to ngkl now. SIMS BOOK 55 E. Rum.1I uranKtourn. ^. v . WRITE FOR RM CATALOG STORE Is of a got away, bat later was to tea be ro- tu raed to kls life of crime, but from then on he operated with yeggmea. • ad post offices still ara hla special ity. He Is being vigorously pursued now. but so far he has eluded cap ture. Flannigan la still earning In hlR body the bullets a night watchman shot into* him when he was discover- ed robbing a hank in Montague. Texan. Although desperately wound ed, he escaped and hid away until he was able to travel and shake the dust of Texas from his feet. A remarkably clever bit of detec tive work had to do with the capture of Walter Shetidan, "Philly” Pear son and "Charlie” Hicks. As a de tective boarded a atreet car in Chi cago he spied the trio as fellow’ pas sengers . The detective tnailed his nnarry to the Chicago and Alton Railway station and saw them pur chase tickets for Springfield, Ilf. The following day the vault of the Spring- field National Bank was looted of J35.000 by Pearson while Sheridan engaged the attention of tho bank officials, Hicks performing outside picket duty. Hicks was soon captur ed, convicted and sentenced to eight years in Joliet prison, Pearson fled tQ Europe. Sheridan was apprehen- ded in Toledo. Ohio of the loot was iveovered. Sheridan had long been Identified with a suc- resaful band of counterfeiters, and federal authorities constantly trailed blRL A criminal with a remarkable rsr- ord attributes bU downfall to WkUs mailing to plend guilty to tke charge he walkod out of tho prtsoo- em* pen lu tke Court of Geueral Ses sions and fled to Philadelphia, where he was raptured. Following hia trial Ind conviction he was sentenced to eighteen years la the State Prison, but later, soqn after his Incarcera tion. he was transferred to the Clin ton Prison at Dannemora. from which he escaped. .He was again re captured, hut two months after his* recapture he escaped again, and since then has managed to elude all pur suers. He was a remarkable crimi nal and rather prided himself on his prowess as a jail breaker. \Vith ffuch brainy men as these to direct their efforts it is little won der that, thos'e bands of yeggmen, headed by sneak thieves of the old school, are reaping such a harvest in the rural districts as well as in the big cities. The one-time sneak thief, whose reminiscences have been quot ed in the foregoing, asserts that every big job of the yegg type that has been pulled off in New/York city within the last years bears all the earmarks of the handiwork of sneak thieves he was once associa ted with. 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