Clarksville chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1857-1865, 1857-11-20

thought OF; though Phil had not the funds
be assured he was,not the man to spoil his
dignity by pilfering SO petty thing, Tt
relieve himself Of the embarrassment, hi
signalized the night of his visit to the Me
tropolis by breaking into store and steal
ing quantity of rich furs, which he
thought could not fail Of satisfying the
most extravagant wishes of his beloved
But unfortunately for him, he had net OBJ.
tanned the article ready made he had on.
ly taken the raw materials; and though
the skins we're magnificent, his wife up.
braided him in no gentle terms for this
oversight. "They must do" said Phil
"they must be made up" They were ae-
Icordingly sent to furrier, where, as luck
would have it, they were seen and recogni-
zed BY the lawful owner, and Phil was ar
rested when he called for the article. ,.a
.s $50 it has often happened, > philosophi-
cally remarked poor Phil, on his way to
the Tombs; "these cursed baublers of
women have often ruined great men. =
But ne did not content himself merely with
giving utterance to the maxims Of wisdom
bat while on his way to that venerable
penal institution he slipped from the Off
GERS, outstripped Them in the race, escaped
from the city, fed to Michigan, robbed the
State Bank of s11 900; went to Connect
cut, plundered several jewelry stores in
that State, robbed an Indian exchange
agent of considerable sum, plundered
several of the principal shops, and joined
Jack Rand and Bell Smith The trio next
attempted to rob an oil company. By
means of false keys the rascals got into
the company's safe, but to their chagrin
found the Golfers empty. For two or three
nights they continued the experiment but
still found no money. Enraged with his
il[suceess, Phil resolved not to have all
this trouble for nothing. Having careful
ly examined the company's books and ac-
quainted himself of their way of doing
business, he forged their name and per-
sonating one of their employees, got,it dis
counted and left the city. When the note
became due, the unfortunate employee
whose name he had assumed, was tried for
forgery and sentenced to Sing Sing for
five years. "'t
Thence the confederatcs went to Quebec.
Their exploits in that city having alarmed
the people and walked up the vigilance of
the officers, they left for Nova Scotia.
A few weeks after their arrival there,
the Bank robbery of SIS, 900 was commit
ted In this stupenduous affair, Phil en-
ployed all his devlish genius. His man
uer Of proceeding is sometimes slow, but
always sure. With bit of wax he took
an impression of the outside door lock
aud from this model he constructed key.
Another night the robbers entered the
building, and took impressions of the
locks of the drawers and vaults, and made
other keys as before; and were now sure
of success 1t is asserted that Phil has
often devoted six months study to the plan
of an enterprise, and when it promised
largely, has not scrupled to spend 50 900
in maturing it. He possesses great pow
ers of strategy and invention. At Au-
burn he made key for securing the CRATES,
and gave it to the jailor, who sold the Sc
cret to house in New York They got
it patented, and have realized large profits
from its sale.
Ordinarily, Phil managed an affair and
let his confederates execute it. But in
Nova Scotia he departed from this prudent
custom; and to this negligence he owes his
detection. .-
Jack Rand, one of his accomplices, was
born in New Hampshire, where he exer-
cised the trade of locksmith. He began
his career Of crime with stealing $500, for
which he suffered two years imprison
ment r,. ...... ......
After the expiration of his term, he fig
ured in the robbery of the Portsmouth
Bank, and received $4,000 as his share
Of the spoils. He sent part of it to his
father, who being found with some of it
in his possession, wasarrested for the crime.
Jack, not altogether forgetful of the obli-
cations of a son, confessed himself the
guilty party to the police, Hc was i'm
prsoned and his father set at liberty; but
the rascal made his escape in four months
At Concord, he was arrested for larceny.
He got out again; and in New Jersey,
this modern Jack Sheppard committed a
beavv wharf robbery. They caught and