Rapides gazette. (Alexandria, La.) 1869-187?, 1872-03-23
A Galaxy of Veterans.


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The Avalanche, of the Sd inst, notes
the presence, in Memphis, of Mr.. w.
Pinkerton, eldest son Of Mr.. Allan
Pinkerton, the founder and chief Of the
celebrated /" Pinkertons Detective
Agency i'm Chicago. The Avalanche
says of this peculiar establishment:
This agency is the largest of the
kind ip the United States, and EN-
plOys more men than any half dozen
corporations in the country. Pipker-
toms men never work tor the reward
offered, but at SD much per day, wheth-
or they capture the person wanted or
not. So thorough and complete is the
organization, though, that they inva-
riahly capture their man. So hrr
Every chief OF police in this country
has what is called IS rOgue's gallery
being photographs Of noted tirieves,
confidence men, or men guilty Of dar-
ker crimes. Pinker on's gallery is one
Of the largest OF these. One of its
large volumes was shown to the Mem
phis Chief of Police, Capt. Athey, T.,
have copies taken. The gallery" is
systematically arranged in classes /:
The cOnidence- men, the burglars, the
sneak-thieves, the garroters, the bank
robbers, the pickprkets, the moll
buzzers, ETC., all ola class being to-
getller .73 l.tH 's91'
The Avalanche gives a sketch OF
some of the leading characters set forth
in the PinkerlOn Fine Art Gallery,
which, as many of the originals cope
rate in the South occasionally, will I've
Oi interest. to many Of our readers.
The Avalanche says: Is
In Mr.. Pinkrr,Un's book the conf
dence men are first.
' BRoKEN NOSE cyan.
The great confidence nan Of the
country is Bill, alias Broken Nose Ry.
an. He is and has BEEN for years re-
cOgnized as the leader Of confidence.
men in this country. A man forty five
years of age, he is six feet high, stout
build, dark complexion, aud has very
much the ala and appearances Of SOL
id business man. As implied by his
alias, Ryan has a br0ken nose. s-,'
This was caused few years since
BY that organ coming IN contact with
the fist Of an irate HOOsier. whom Ry.
All had swindled out of several hun.
dred DOLLARS ~ cotton speculation. /.
| Ryan is well Known in this and 9th.
er Southern cities AMI about. six Or
seven yeais ago he i,rGke bis leg by
jumping ffOm the bluff ut the foot Of
Court street, while fleeing from an Of.
ficer. His last trip South WAS in colq
pany with his pals Simpson and For
roster alias Forrest. He is man u
little or no educaiiOu, but can read q
little. When travelling in the South
he represents himself as y cotton buy.
or, and to enable him to carry ont the
character he, while travelling, every
morning notices the huctuatiO g in tne
price of that staple 40 tina; he 10 al.
ways well iRfermed as to what il is
worth. In the North he is either q
drOver or commission broker.
| With this class OF men there are
rarely amy very large amounts ofimUn
ey made at Ope time. The last iiYle
lie was South, in company with Simp
sou apd Forrest, he took 4lOW
|"trick ~ in New Orleans, and another
OF $3.50 in Mobile. 49, ai
! He bias been very successful in elud
lug Justice, having served but Oh,
term in the penitentiary, a, I'd that fol
robling coantrymaIi OF SSOU in Ken
lucky. as p .f.1 ~, ss
At the present tine he is i'm New
York, which he makes his home, where
he can he seen any tine day behind 1
spanking team of gi'ays, making 8
brush along the road or driving through
the parks. Like other mo,,eyed mel
in that metroI0lis, Ryan IL "A politician
apd boasts OF his ahiItS to" Six any
thing in which he may be concerned
SIMPSON AND FoRREsTER. 'e' =
Bill Simpson and Bill Forester, tn,
two men mentioned, are both wei
known New York confidence men
They have both been police officers
Forester at one time having been :
United States detective. They al,
line booking men. and both are plauSi
be takers, and like the gieater uis.
Jority vi men OF their CLASS, have ;
good busiuess-Iike appearance an,
manners that Impress "A stranger favor
ably. -
@' 'ai MINNY MARKS. h'ss sf.s
A companion picture vi the forego
ing is.that of Emaullai alias Minuy
Marks, a nO'ed Chicago cOnndenc
man. Minny is man twenty -eIgh
years oil age, five feet eleven Ipches il
height, light hair, reddish complexion
aud usually wears his t;sce smooth
de is u pupil Of Ryan's, having 5eel
",turned oLt"by him ABOUT etep year
) since. Like most confidence men, IL
is a good talker, and can Con ye' Sc upol
almost ally subject that lis advanced
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