Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1873-11-13

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implicated In the attempt TO rob the Nations
4. Bank of Delaware, last Friday evening, Is
W source of general generalization among our cit
zens. who generally believe that II will de Their
!. GOOD to get some experimental knowledge G
!. the treatment given to rogues In this State, O
o conviction Of crime. The plan Of efiecting
entrance. and the securing Of the members q
the family, was calculated TO insure success, q
any noise, unless very unusual one, wcul
. not have attracted attention at that hour, an
thew could have u AIDE a fine haul from the fund
on hand. But the escape Of Miss Hates iron
e the loom into the street, Notwithstanding th
l pursuit of one of the villains foiled the Who'll
: plot, and, on the alarm being given, a hasty re
treat was made by them. The police forwitl
Y commenced the pursuit. Officer Carberry fin
ally came up with four men on Eighth street
{ between French and Walnut, whom he aske,
to hold on, and as he was about peering in thei
faces, one of them struck him heavy blow
with chisel, aud another hit him with blacl
jack, knocking him down, when they also tlret
two shots at him with pistol, neither Of wllcl
took effect. AS soon as he could Iaise up, h,
fired at them, but the parties made their escape
Chief Brady came up Immediately afterwards
: and had CarbeTy removed TO Smith q Painters
drug store where his wounds were dressed
On Saturday the police were constantly on thu
= alert, and In the afternoon made descent upor
all unOccupied house at the South West corner
large trunk which contained handouts, gags
jimmies, wedges, POWDER blankets &c. They
next proceeded to another house al the corner Of
Ninth and kirkwood streets, and on efiecting
an entrance discovered four men in the second
story front room, and Immediately took them
into custody. They were gwen hearing by Tie
Mayor In the evening, were sent to New Gas
lie by the 30 train, and promptly lodged in
jail.
The men are described as follows: Francis
IL. Carter, who halls from Philadelphia, Is about
forty years of age six feet in hight, long light
sandy whiskers and beard, light hair, and slight
ly bald, well dressed, and Of genteel appear
ance Joseph Lawlor Of Springfield, Mass, Is
Intelligent looking, twauty-four years OF age
and quite prespossiny in appearance. He is of
| medium size, has black eyes, black hair, whisk
ers aud mustache. He acted rs spokesman for
the party and showed himself to be well posted
, In legal matters. James Thomas Of Pliladel-
phia, Is stout built, rather under sized man,
| not over 30 years OF age, and probably not 80
old. lie has ford complexion. light blue
eyes, and light brown hair, sidewhiskeIs aud
milsiache. The expression OF his face Is pleas
Ant anu hones, and Instead of resembling tue
burglar that he Is, he far more resembles well
to-do young English gentleman on pleasure
tom through the States. Edward IL. Halbert
Is about the same age, as the two last mention
toned, and has black hair, chin whiskers and
mGsiache. His complexion is dark, and In ap-
pearance lie Is more the villain than any OF his
companions. He has an evil sinister expression
of countenance, and his general appearance,
though respectable, is such as would cause him
to be regarded with distrust. All the prisoners
were respectfully clad, III clothing OF late styles
and good quality.
TaE MAskED iys.-Detestive Wood
has been telling tqe Philadelphia papers more
about the aDk burglars, aud 1t appears that
they are we'll acquainted 10 that city. The
Telegraph has these details
One Of these men Is Big Frank, alias Frank
Mcdonnell, who gave the name Of Francis NJ.
Carter TO the Wilmington officials. The first
known OF Big Frank was his association With
Philadelphia thieves a long time since, but he
was never considered as having courage or dex-
terity enough to engage In any bold crime
sometime since, however, house In Trenton
was robbed.
1t was ascerainsd that Big Frank, Frank
Buck, and Ned Magee had had hand In this
affair, and that the bonds had been "fenced" in
this city and the proceeds divided. Buck and
Magee were imprisoned, but Big Frank, who
has Just been captured Under the name of
Carter, got away. From that time Big Frank
has been man OF notorety among the proscrib-
sd classes, and demonstrated to his cOnfreres
that he had nerve and daring. He has been
wanted In this city long time
In april, 1870, man by the name of Paddy
Williams was shot by him at Beams saloon, at
Eleventh anil SAMSON streets ahd died his in
juries. This quarrel was over a division of the
sspoils Of the Beneficial Savings Fund robbery
in which they had hand. 1t will be seen,
therefore, that the capture is All important one,
Big Frank being wanted in this city for crimes
that may seEd him TO prison 1. : life. He has
been held by the Wilmington authorities In
S3o0o bail 10 answer the charge of attempted
robbery, aud In $1,000 extra to answer for max
ing deadly assault upon officer CarbuIy, when
the latter attempted to arrest him.
The second man of I,ote arrested gave his
name as James Thomas, OF PhiladelpLia-his
real name being Thomas uope-who has been
arrested Il number OF times, and has managed
TO secure 10 small reputation as daring rascal.
lie Is a brothersin-aw of the once famous Jim
my Haggarty, who it will be remembered, was
shot by keddy the Blacksmith. About four
years ago he was arrested for robbing the safe
OF the Tlnehill Railroad Company in The Frank
lin Institute Building, and was bailed. He
jumped his bail, and since that time, while he
has been wanted, lie has not been kind enough
to come within the observation of any of our
Philadelphia officers. Hope, under the name
Of James Watson, and Ned Lyons, of Navy
l ard robbery notoriety and a man by the name
OF John Hughes, robbed Smiths banking house
in Perry, New York. They were all arrested
for 1t, and sentenced each to three years mpris-
onment in Sing Sing, on the 9Th of October,
1870. They served until June, when Hughes
was pardoned and soon after died, and Ned
Lyons aud Hope escaped from the prison.
Nothing was seen of Hope until arrested In Will
mington. Detective Wood has done the State
some service In identifying these villains.
The r"na,ty.-rhe penalty for burglary Is
fixed by the 5th section of the 18th chapter of
the yisei Code as follows:
"it any person shall, in the night time, break
and enter Into the horse of another person with
intent TO commit any felony other than that of
murder, rape or arson, whether such intent be
executed or not, he shall be deemed guilty of
felony, and 'hal be fined not less than 800 nor
more than $500, shall stand one hour 10 the pill
lory, shall bs whipped with not less than TWEEN
ty nor more than forty ashes, shall be inprison-
ed for term not exceeding two years, aud
shall, II free negro or free InualtO, be after
wards sold as servant 10 the highest bidder for
a term not exceeding seven years"
John O'Bryne, Esq, has Deen retained as
counsel tor tue four men who were sent over TO
New Castle, on Saturday night charged with an
attempt to rob the National Bank of Delaware.
The party who engaged Mr.. O'Iiyrne called at
his residence befor O'Clock on Sunday morn
Ing. Mr.. OBJ. is personally acquainted with !
two of the alleged burglars-Carter aud Thorn |
as--the latter of whom he says has u very fine |
wife in Philadelphia, and a s)n who is q clerk |
in a first-class wholesale store on Msrkst |
street. He also says tha, Thomas correct
name Is Hope.
Y yon hare Cough, or Sore Throat, and |
any Lung disease, just make up your mind at |
once to go to DR.. Simms and get bottle of his |
White Pulmonic Bassm, and get entirely cured |
Have 1t eradicated from your system before |
seeds OF consumption are sown for your de- |
struction. No doubt you have spent hundreds !!
of dollars for mixtures which have had no effect
for good, and now you are as bad, If not worse |
or than you were at first, You have done