The Cairo daily bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1870-1872, 1872-01-05
A STORY OF CRIME.
HILDEBRAND, THE Blu CLAIR,
FORGER AND JA1L-BREAkER,
NOW CONFINEDI IN THE ST.
JOSEPH CALABOOSE.

HOW HE WAS LED INTO EVIL wAYs-sTo-
LEN FROM HIS PARENTS WHEN BUT
THREEw WEEKS oLD-HIs FIRST AcQUAlNr-
ANCE WITH CRACKsMEN-A CAREER OF
CRIME THAT PUTS JACK SHEPPARD IN
THE SHADE.
From the st. Joseph Herald. -,
q, last THANKSGIVING day Hildebrand,
the noted burglar, was first brought to cs-
nccral notice OF the people of Northwest
ern Missouri. While endeavoring to pass
himself off as special detective he was
summarily elected from the cars of the
| Hannibal and st. Joseph railroad by Con-
ductor Charles +. Footc. Shortly after
ward he was arrested at Kansas City on
| charge of drunkenness and sent TO the Gala
| bose to work out his fine. A few days
| afterwards he was banshed from Kansas
City, after having his photograph taken
at the expense ofthat city for the "rogues
| gallery
On the 18th instant he honored St. Jo-
| seph with his presence, doubtless intend
ing to try some of his games in this city.
Our vigilant police having received infor-
nation in regard to our visitor, arrested
him, on the evening of his arrival, in
disreputable house, and he was on the fol-
lowing morning sent to the calaboose to
work out in the public streets the fine
assessed against him, Sl6.75, at the rate
of fifty cents per diem. Heis at present
confined in the calaboose. 1t may be
matter Of surprise that this accomplished
burglar, forger and jail-breaker should
allow that frail tenement known as the
St. Joseph calaboose to deprive him of his
liberty; but this is accounted fer by
| bn Coo t1at bo i- Of lahnrpU N N.
der severe fever. Doubtless, az soon ms
he desires to regain his liberty, he will
, burst the restraints now upon him with as
much ease as did Samson the snares OF
Deliah before his hair was shorn.
: The following is the wonderful story of
a this remarkable man, as told by him to
q reporter. The words are just a. they fell
from his lips;
He has assumed at different times sew,
eral aliases, but says that his real name i:
Charles ID. Illdebrand that he was borr
. in Dearborn, Wayne county, Michigan
: and was stolen away from home when only
, a babe Of three weeks. As TO who il wa
:, that took him from his parents, or the rea
Il son Of his being stolen, he i in ignoranc,
to this day; nor does his mother, who i
still living, have any knowledge Of il
r The period from the time he was stoler
lEOEl hOlilc Until nc WAS uDOuL ClRuI year
~ old remains blank, but at this time, whic
~ was early in lS47, he found himself at Ii
es sale, Illinois, where he fell in with tw
We English burglars or cracksmen, who in
duced him to go with them to st. Loui
where he was first led into crime by then
IN His first offence was for till-tapping, or,
nj other words, robbing money drawer
a store in st. Louis, on the 2Sth Of Febrl
Us airy, lS4S.
he His first imprisonment was IN Pari
France, where he was convicted of ro
berry, and sentenced to one year in I'll
IL city prison, but after serving three month
mr. he was pardoned. The next place "
find him is in London, where, with Il
two notorious burglars who first led hi
y. into crime in this country, he entered I'M
p, q conspiracy to perform heavy robber
- In committing the deed they were dcte
ed ted, tried and convicted The two burg
er lars were transported to Van Dieman
land for thirty years, and Hildebrand, II
ter being held in the old Bailey prison f,
h. six months awaiting trial, was banishC
to America This was in 1850.
III On leaving England he went to Toront
tn Canada, where for robbery, he was sci
to prison for six months but by liber
use of money and the help of unprinciple
lt | NV oblblhth MS llbCTlN ~ lHt III
"a of three days. He was next sent to Il
-, penitcntiary at Kingston, Canada Yves
ho for robbery sentenced TO remain one We,
in the dungeon, and served his full tern
~ Leaving Canada in 1852, he agai
> turned his steps to the United States, an
'o for some misdemeanor was sentenced
n the Tombs, Now York city, but was r
leased by means of his lawyers after stay
ing only three days in the police station
" His next oilense was n more serious one
IL that of robbery. Once he was sent to Il
.. pententiary at Allegheny City, Penn
20 for two years, serving his full term. Fou
months Of this term he was confined
a dungeon for violating the rules of tn
Or prison, and received other punishment
In lie was next sent.up in Cuba for twenty
one years being connected with
murder and robbery, but managed to %
It released ut the end Of three months. On
of his pals was imprisoned for life and tn
other died before being brought to trln
H. from the effect of wounds received Will
resisting the officers. From Cuba he wen
to Mexico where he committed n heay
., robbery and was tried and sentenced I
" ten years imprisonment, but escaped afte
being confined six weeks, and returned I
the United States, and was convicted {
crime in Nashville, Tenn, and sentence
to eight years in the penitentary. Law
h. yers got him out at the end Of one mont
In 1865 he gave Frank Reno, one of IL
III noted express robbers, his first lesson
u burglary, and then we find him Mt 81
nc Francisco city, where he served one mont
"A, in the city prison, and next at Brmin,
'eI- ham, England, he served Il term of scvC
:, months five months in dungeon
LyoNs, France; he was incarcerated f
IN SIX or cyht weeks in Berlin, Prussia. r
ON turning t9,he United States he was Sc
Nd 10 l"ll AZ r,'t'Surg Penn for one mont
"A ana escaped. NeSt, sent to city prison
nd, Cincinnati for two mouths. he bought |
liberty at the end Of fifteen DAYS md ne
to Baton Rouge, La., where Io was so
tenced for four years, but bought his W.
out within two months. At ST. In,is
was sent TO prison for six months. ana -
tanned release at the end Of the third d
by the use of money. For crimes comm
ing ted in Illinois lie was sentenced on TN
not distinct charges one year each, in /
lile penitentary at Lacon. Served two vel
in and was arrested for the third term beft
lily he had got outside Of the prison and