Wilmington daily gazette., 1874-02-26
THE BANK BURGLARS
SKETCHES OF" BIG FRANK AMI uopp
ON the Philadelphia Telegraph. Of Weduesda1
A Raid on New Caat,a LaU.

Maid on New Castle Jail.
Nh nere m was successful raid last night, on the
Me" Sas'ie, Delaware, jail. and tive OF tue priso-
one q murderer '"oA 'oooe'' uuu
i~o oil these men, as will be seen nv ,aadino
sne.oaes VI them, were well-known Philadelphia
VINO sailed under the name Of Big
rrahk anu Jimmy Hope. When these men were
.assso a IN NoVembsr last, for the attempted bank
ropDeriy In Wilmington, and the month ,o,ouino
were convicted, and sentenced tn tan y.ars
Imprisonment In the New Castle iaiI it was
"esoieu W the Philadelphia officials, that that
hsttuiion could net hold the bold eheyatiers three
months. ~ >"s Ae' '"'e
alquia a. this, the New Casteonians took extra
pseeau'ions 10 guard the jail but in the darkness
Vi iast hlgnt, a party OF lnea landed from tug
uuuoheu u Tue warden, gagged handcuaed and
pIeuy near killed him, aud Ilen liberated i've OF
.no Piisohers. Then ths successful raiders, with
lneir liberated friends, took the tug again aud
tind out" "ON' ""'
BIO FRANK"
among The escaped prisoners are two notorious
ru'nshs una expert cheVaiers Gtndustrie, who
| are well known to the police authorities OF thi,
ei'y. ihey are Frank McDoxald alias Big Frank
anu ihomas Hope ahas James Thomas, who iu
sorpany su, win three companions, made daring
1a' 1a' unsuccessful attempt to rob the National
BANK OF delaware, III Wilmington. Big Frank
was hrst arrested ior having robbed a resident OF
trenton OF sixteen thousand dollars in bonds dur
lng political procession which took place In the
ia! VI 1000 and part OF these bonds wtre "feuced'
| In this city BY him and pal named Ned Msgee
Soon after ths Beneficial Savings Fund was rob
oeu OF over one hundred thousand dollars anc
Big FRANKS handiwork was traced 10 this tri
unPhant effort but as that affair was hushed uI
IN mysterious way, the arrest Of the operator
was not altelnpted On the night OF the 5.h O
april 1871, Big Frank who had made him sell
scarce lor time for prudenta al reasons, turue.
up al Lanerty's saloon, at Eleventh and Sansou
streets, ana while there q IN an from Plttsburg b.
} tne hans OF Patrick Williams was shot, and sool
. uleu, AS tue latter, while dying, refused ~ i'm
peae" ms murderer, and as uo one else saw III
n deed, Big Frank-beleved by all who knew ia
0 rcums'anees OF tha case 10 be the cuIpnt-wl
acquitted. From that time, although earnestl
y "aoted IN this city to answer . number Of chars
es' he never put ia an appearance.
el HOPE
was o0e OF the men who robbed The safe Of Ii
Mime Hill Railroad Company, in the Frsnkli
institute building, four years ago. lie was at
mlited to bail, aud gave his bondsmau the sl
he was pal of Ned Lyons the ingenious az
daring felon who robbed the safe CT the Nav
. ard.paymas'er, and these two broke into Smii
II q 20, - banking house in Perry, Wyoming cou
e ", n. l. They were arrested in October, 49,
& ior this ctime, together With pal named Jot
, Hughes, and sentenced 10 Eve years each
Sing Sing. On the 81 of January, 1873, Hol
h and Lyons got oul Of that prison, chiefly remar
able Of late for the number and variety OF Il
escapes fom it. Hope was not seen again un
& arrested with Big Frank in Wilmington. I
, was brother-in-aw oil the notorious Jinu
I, Haggerty, and is ssupposed to have been concsr
ed with the latter in the robbery of the safe
r the paymaster of the fhilsdslphia, Wilmugt
A. and Baltimore Railroad at Wilmington of ST.
of 600 In 1871. These worthies were tried, wi
"a their auxiliaries, CONVICTED, and ON the 9th
December, 1873, senterced each to pay fue
r 5000, the costs of prosecution, to stand in t
pilOry one hour, receive forty lashes, and I
Ift dsrgo an imprisonment of ten years