The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1860-01-07
BURGLARS.

have been thief in Germany, and to have served
altogether twentyseven years in different terms Of
imprisonment, ending Us burglar. He ia stout
built and thick set, with black hair and eyes, about
forty-two years Of age, and five feet eight inches
high. He is little known to the police, although his
portrait recently graced the columns OF the Gazette.
His determined features denote his adaptablity to
his desperate profession.
MuLArTo BURGLAR
No. ISL is Leonard De Vesay alias Charles Fay,
desperate mulatto burglar, who has served TWEEN
ty two years in prison, and is now in for fifteen
years more. His terms were first two years, next
three, next SEVEN and next ten for cutting Off
Ger in Brooklyn while the officer was attempting to
arrest him for burglary. His last sentence of fifteen
wears was for the commission of q burglary in the
Fifteenth ward. He lived at the time with good
looking white girl about eighteen years OF age, who
no doubt mourns his loss. Charley was sent up in
July, 1858. His bald head gives him quite vene-
rable appearance.
CHARLEY FAY's "PAL.n
Ne. $50 is John Francis, Charley Fay's "pal"-a
black burglar with most villainous expression Of
countenance. He is much darker than Charley.
He was once sentenced to imprisonment for life for
arson, but was pardoned out after ten years ser
vice. He was sent up for twelve years for the
burglary with Charley Fay.
JOHNNY MILLER.
No. 1872 is Johnny Miller, noted first class
burglar, and very daring one. He is Scotch
man by birth, with dark complexion and dark eyes.
He il now undergoing o sentence of FIVE years for
q burglary in South street. He gives strong signs
OF asthma on the approach Of visers to the prison,
and il trying to get pardoned out on the pea OF
was the resort of the most desperate thieves of the
city.
JOHNNY MILLERs opal"
No. 6 is Tom. Mccoy, alias Timothy Sullivan,
Johnny Miller's "pal." Tom has served several
terms for the State, and il now in for burglary.
He has light complexion, dark hair and gray
eyes. He was caught with burglars tools in his
possession, used in Grand street robbery.
LITTLE DAVIS, THE JEW GENIUS.
No. 800 il Abraham Davis alias Little Davis alias
Myers, German Jew, one of that class Of thieves
who, from their knowledge Of goods and facilities
for disposing of them, have the monopoly of store
hurglaries shopliftng, and robbing railroad depots.
Davis has the credit, justly unjustly, OF having
invented several very ingenious burgsrious instru-
ments. One of these was devised when safes were
first made, and it was not thought necessary to
chill the wards Of the locks. 1t consisted Of an in
strument to cut the wards, that the bolts could
be readily showed. Another was an apparatus Tor
scaling the outside Of frame buildings. he asso.
ciates with the first German thieves In the United
States and is very dangerous professional rascal
OLD BILL LINDSAY.
No. 462 is Old Bill Lindsay, as simple looking an
old man a. one would expect to find on q New Jer.
sey railroad train. His aliases are VIM. Smith and
Dickinson. He is one of the old school English
burglars, perhaps sixtysix years Of age, stout
built, with sandy hair. He is said to be now in the
West, where he principally operates. He looks
much like an honest old farmer.
AN ExPERT AT VARIOUS DoDGEs.
No. 3OS il Morris Goldstein, q Polish Jew, per
baps as good judge Of goods Of all kinds as most
merchants; very successful and daring shoplifter
! and burglar, who keeps company with the leading
| German thieves Formerly, the English had the
monopoly OF burglars in this country, and they still
| are considered the most expert at robbing banks
| But the German and Polish Jews being better &C
uuanted with goods, and having greater facilities
| for Opposing Of them, do not depend so mach upor
| "fencess' whose proPrietors grossly deceive the
English and American burglars in the valuation o.
property brought to them. Consequently, the Pc
fisb Jews are said to monopoize the store burgla
res and shoplifsing TO q large extent.
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