, 1874-01-28
Hopeless Ignorance Of the Detectives.
A Prominent Merchant Tells tho
Story.
How Handy Andy Kept His Word
About That Gross.
Houses Entered and Property Taken---
Negotiations Proposed.

Andy " famous. Chicago was still, 80 to speak,
III u state Of ohaos-tlo laud being hardly d.
vldcd from tho waters, md tho inhabltansH Of
tho rather amphibious territory belng much too
fow III numbers md vastly too simple in their
hcnrts to furnish employment for oven n third
rate "cracksnan." The character painted by
tho Hibcrniun hrmoriss wns harmless and jolly,
but, somehow, tho name had . ringing doviltry
in 1t. and. rcscuiug 1t from The pages Of tho
novel, youthful scamp named
EDWARD LOWE,
who first saw light by tho shores Of Lnko Eric,
appropriated 1t to himself mud tnadoit notorious
In tho criminal annals Of this city.
Il IL froat In tho public memory that In the
fall Of 1860 I'LL sections Of tho city we're startled
BY II series of dnriug burglaries, occurring with
marvellous rapidity Of Succession. Tho police
were confollnded The robbers left no clno, md
tho persons robbed were reduced to tllo h1mi-
iati11g necessity Of,
pARLEYINu WITH THE rLuNpEnERs,
and paying ral'som for property which %aH loyal
ly their own.
Taking advantage Of police lothargy, tho en-
tcrprsing vagabond Lowe. who was tho hcad-
centre Of tho robber ring bccamo ncgotiator,
aud had tho harlihood 10 net In person as the
agcut betwcon tho tllloycs and their victims.
LEADING VICTIMS.
Among the prominent citizcnH whose property
diminished by tho attentions Of the midnight
nlarnuders wore Irn Holmes, Samuel Hale
aud Peter Scluttler. With theso three gcntlemon
tho man chilling himself Handy Andy" had
making handsome thing, in ready cash, out
Of Ills nefariosls tranBactions. It ID recorded Of
him that, i'll concluding Ills bargain with Mr.,
Sehnttlor, tho latter discovered ausong tho val
uables ransoned aud returned a very valuable
silser-mounted pistol. .a1r. schutt1or. turned
accdont.. "Anly" eyed him coolly, aud, laugh
ing curelesH1y, eaid "Don't 10 nfraid. "raiu't
loaded, but lcroa QUO that is," and ho tapped
significantly tho butt Ct a hugo "nary" that
that the great wagonmaker did not proloug tho
conversation under such circumstances.
THE DETECTIVES APPEARED. ..:
How long Mr. loves deprc1ations might haTo
had not fortunate instinct directed tho stops Of
Joe Dixon and Sam Ellis, detectives, one 1ino
day in the hitter part Of December. 1860, to-
ward the metropolitan Hotel. They Eu; h9a had .
ready mentioned. aud d>had heop hanging around
for several wcoks "on tho 10y" to catch him.
Doc. 20, Of the ycar specified, tho officers OBJ
served i. young man, answering to The ''<escrip-
tive list given BY tho parties robbed, doscoi!d-
at once. lie attempted to bluff them or, but it
was nl useless. 1Io was haudoulrctl, taken to
his room, md searched. Every implement. Of
tho burglar trade, from tho =" jinarnie"
to cblorofo5m' was found n;a oa.4.,ol,i on his
ho hir Towa wna s,foIv ,odpcd IN con(S Cnnntv
Jail. and during tGo Ja1l1ary torm of 1870
Judge hlcAllistcr presiding, he was tried in the
Criminal Court OH charge OF roDblng tho resi-
IN nvorvl,e1min,. omd thn idont;}cotion 40 com.
oleto. That iLo rnbbor confessed oyerythug, and
nnto,ed n
aur,
,o,,i,,o",o, mo, ~ ti' }nto pou;f"ta, IL ~" III
ii 81 s,,n 1.aso @ tt H. :, aau ~
wy & n9Gd ha i1 ont 9 frn rnn
al harm "S for III ia aIIotto1 nar;o 'A'p' '"A' 'Ao
ra,r,, Ill., M1s p1l'svanlso saA VA wAYs; ill., ,,,,a.uo,
:r. ~ LuHG. Honuse nuu sno ~;
guy ~ pIauslp!l'1t. n5toa a.h. nh'e M nau n's
- a w "mu,. o ~ ,,,;i,1ost
manae1c1 M man tut eyoS M a;nttied M shlp Or cut
sMroaa. mr. do|o IL tau, ua laa iLo'n
hanus9mo. uo has gente oio%h eyes afa
;appet u oa p m ~" you taoi
toA n17 iap1nIa. VIZ - oA " h1 3 iH1 = ~
ion,s ~ ~ "eu m ,r1v a ravo nmd ~ tLot anr ~
uicatots ot IN cRlly E1tVe. all1 vi 1nat sof' .!
a H., ~ ~ ~ Scoraraat;nnoi u[,ei tG ,nari,o
dsarao II, iii tnIcn in continuation viii n
suI,missi,e ,]cuennors mado lin popular nmour
tic iail officials ia Joliet. aud, aoefnE that le
to 'S ete,pity, u w. VI tho graveyard, @ to poo-
a n1orn1 !, atrasri, ,is iinoba n 1,cednn
N TINT l,is iatest brsatl, MIGHT be- drawn in COM
fnrt. A,non,. tho humane feonlo who wero de-
i,,,m1 ;ntn th;s vaw nf Tia aI,biact wns. # ia
sIsge @ III Mr % samuel i" Hale iii mveli 't member n Of IF
the % iirn Of Of Hale t Ayor, iron merchants. Thoro-
svlnnatLatic ond lnst summer ri tI,o ocia1 int
1yas nromounrnd nni 1 ITnndv ANDY :" loft fla
paniteutioTy s,o 'iio. aa he slid to tho Warden
Wien leaving TINT I'M institution. N~'@~''
THE sEouEL,
Now comoa ,ho acuno % shnrt1v boforo Christ-
mas tbo rnnro wonIthy t]eniZoun of the South
Division. unrtiouIariy on Michigan ave.
,,,,o. hnpan ia conntain M ronauteJ RIB
Derises i,ornotrated in n most iacomprc-
Lcnsible manner. Week after wedk tho
felonlous oporatiops woro carrcd on, but al-
tllough tic poIco wore advised OF the fact no
nrrosiy coult bo ofrccled. Among the pro,nluont
eIp 'uu nar11ncreapt @ No. s 1lvy hfisiIran
nvonuo; Mrs. Kate N. DoEsett Mm. Ferry
Smith. Mr. Iilden. and ,pnny ofi,srs. Tho rob.
her. or robbers, appeared to distaiu any theft OF
ANAL nronortioup nnt] cltietlv a;npG nf iowclrv.
r., this wnv tl,nv visited ammo IunlrcI honuna.
einr ,nnra or losa succannfui in iii tl,er snfor.
nrisep.
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