Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1875-10-02
Some ALBANY Prisoners

PAYMAsTER EGGLEsroN; POLICEMAN
O'BRlEN; SLATER, THE SCHUsrZEN
PARK SLAYER; BALLARD, THE BOSS
COUNTFRFEITER. AND OTHERS.
The New York SIN of yesterday in an a &C.
count of the Albany penitentiary gives the
following sketch of some of the more noted
prisoners, portion of whom are well known
hereabou;s.
GOOD SOCIETY.
But there is abundance OF good society in
tbs institution. There is Major Virgil s.
EggieSton, formerly paymaSter In the
United states army, very bright fellow
not yet middle aged, an excellent account
az {, and very valuable TO the shoe contract
Ors who employ him in their Office. He was
on duty away out at Portland, Oregon.
when his accounts failed to balance hv
Sl2,37 40. The facilities for balancing books
there was rot good as in the army when the
official report, Books lost in action" or
"lost in crossing river" brought balm to
many an officers heart. EggleSton couldn't
NIX things that way. So here he Is for five
years, to be followed by five more If he does
not pay the S12379.4O. He has been here a
ear, and hopes To get out i'm four more not
d'eming II worth white To take a five-year
cOntract at S2,4159S per annum If he can get
out Of it..
THE CLERGY
Is represented here by two brethren, one of
The Presbyterian and the other OF the Baptist
80 TSua~tOn, both for forgery and cOuu tprfait-
irg. The Rev. John COwan is the Presby-
terrain. He forged $1,000 bond. He has been
year learning TO maze shoes. and will stay
nc re another year: Then, IL he pays a fne OF
81 900, e may 60 forth to the world.
Tie Rev. Brother Larkin =. Blackburn Is
the baptist. He is from North Carolina, and
was sentenced to three years Imprisonment
'Os cOur II rTeiting.
Travis T. Brooks. formerly president of the
Petersburg Bank, of Petersburg, Va, will
suffer here for four years longer for embezzle-
ment
PUBLIC PLUNDERERs.
They have Phelps here, that frigid C. H.
Phelps, who used to be deputy state treas
urer of New York, and, after stealing pile
OF money, skipped over to New Jersey and
sent back cheerful proposition for a COM
promise. Phelps is in for fifteen years
George w. Smith and John G. Henry, ex-
United States revenue collectors from Mis-
sissiPpi, are here for embezZlement. Smith
will be eligible for reappOintment in Grants
revenue department in February next
Henry not for four years TO come. and even
then he will have to put up S5,234.43 before
be may go free.
THE BOSS CoUNTERFEITER
Tom. Ballard, sometimes known as "the
King OF the Counterfeiters," has steady
| job of shOemaking here, and George Albert
Mason, who processes TO be victim of the
| secret service, pines in seclusion near him.
Ballard is very daring, shrewd and ener-
every jail i'm the land, if report speaks truly.
but IL Will be almost miracle If by his own
exertiOns he departs from Albany peniten-
| t1ary alive for some thirty years TO come.
| He dreaded this place, and begged hard for
Auburn or Clinton prisons Instead, but in
| vain. He has caped from both. Mason is
sentenced for twelve years on q charge OF
| passing counterfeit money.
| Chas. Meredith and Charles Pardue who
hred a ship at sea some two years ago, are
| here, the former on a ten-years term, the
latter for life, having obtained that commu-
tafiOn from a death sentence.
| Geo. Long and James Moran, burglars the
| former reputcd one of the most skillful In the
| world, are serving out a fye-years' term
here, after which they viii go to Clinton
| prison for twenty-fi five years, If they can be
\ kept SO long.
| O'BRIEN AND SLATER.
| Chas III. O'Brien, a Washington policeman,
| who killed a man-in self defense as he SAYS
| is expected to make shoes here during the
remainder of his life.
| II. Slater, also of Washington, who kille I
somebody, and was rich enough to spend
| $40 900 in his defense, was sent here for only
four years, and hopes to get q pardon before
the expiration of that time, as his bank
| account is still good.
James Campbell, alias "Shang," leader OF
the band of 'tmasked burglars" who were
| the terror of Westchester county, will go
out Of this institution In about eight months