Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1876-04-05
JOE KINGSLAND.

He escaped from Sing Sing some years
since, but upon being arrested last sum-
mer in New York, preferred to give HIM
self ND on the old sentence to taking his
chances in Vermont. He is now confined
in Dannemora prison. 1t was his wife
who came up here last summer to see Cur
lev, pretending to be his sister. She has
visited Kingsland since he was sent to
Danncmora, but was permitted to see him
only in the presence of officers, and the
Interview was conducted with the length
/ of a room between them, she being in
formed at its conclusion that she would
not be permitted to see him again. . Wor-
lcester SAM" or Samuel German, the fourth
burglar. who is still at large. is :. notea
cracksman. and next to Miles, was tn,
most proficient in his trade.
TIE LEADER OF TIE GANG.
George Miles White, sent to Windsor
prison last week for fourteen years under
the name of George Miles, is one of the
most expert burglars in the county. Per
hals his invention of the method Of gay
sinc cashiers, and his remarkable skill in
overcoming The diff ultes of combination
locks, should give him the bad cminenct
of standing at the head of his profession.
lie is Il native we believe, of Alstead.
New Hampshire, and is thirlyeight years
of age. His mother died in Westminster.
Vt, Il few years ago and White came on
from New York with friends, and mad"
considerable display at her funeral, he hay
ing Il great affection for her. His father is
now living in Westminster. ntirm in
body and mind, and has other children
living who are respectable people. The
sent wife Of Miles is his second wife.
Soon after coming of age George White
was a merchant in Wes,Moreand, y. H.,
where he did quite y business but failed
eventually. In 1861 he was keeping 4
hotel in Paper Mill Village (Alstead \.
H. This place he soon left and went to
Shoreham, Mass, where he kept Il hotel
for some wears While there, we arc ia
formed by :. gentleman resident of that
town, that White broke into the residence
of John Hill. Il leading citizen of the place
and escaped detection, and it was only az
ter the lapse of years that evidence point
cd concusivelv towards him. This Stone
ham hotel. by the way. is now kept by 4
man who is now provin. in his own line
that his predecessor was not much in adj
vance of him rs to original ideas, for this
present Stoneham Bonif,ce, TO keep up his
trade now that the temperance reform
movement is making great inroadS on
his liquor sales, is maxim. the liberal offer
of ten drinks and 4 chrome for \ quarter.
While in S,onchtm, White came up 10
Woodsvillc. n H.. and made contracts with
the Whitchcr> of that place for lumber
They afterwards went down 70 see him
after he was under arrest for the WalpOle
I bank robbery, and he made them the lib
, er:,l offer that he would give them his note
. for Sert54ty- fce cents on TIE do1llr of the
debt.
: While keeping the Stoncham hotel. h.
: in company with the burglar, Mark Shin
/ born. broke into the Walpolc Savings
. Bank, and the safe of b. f. Aldrth, treas
= urcr of the bauk. in whose store the bank
a was. and made offwilh fifty or sixty thou
} sand dollars worth of bonds. This was in
= November. 1854. Shinbonc was convict
4 ed and sent to prison. White was tried at
! kecne. and the Jury stood eleven for con-
viction and one for acquittal. He got
/ :,way and afterwards. with one >imms. le-
{ leased >hinbonc from prison.
i In 1866, White. >imm,. Bartlett md
4 Mcguire committed the celebrated bng
larry of the Bowduiuham Bank in Main
which WAS the first instance of the wa.1in-
e of Il cashier. which feature was the invrn-
" Ii II of Whites fertile brain. The Other
; three burglars were caught and are now in
:, prison, bat the New lIamp~hirt \ AT hee
WAS too SllrewL for The law tn, TIM.
h Not lon" afterwards he gr..,ll.,tr from
T. village I" metropolitan life. ana >,tu up hu
I, ncs> III New York Citt. lis nrNt We,
r. known exploit WIS the Hun ford Na'
a liona Bank robbery II Adams. ]ttftl or
Re County. New York, on The 18th of March
e 1871 White then under the name of AL
Re bert Williams. Joe kinTslnnd and Franc
- Wilson broke into the llungertord Bank
= and not getting through their work iii
:, we'll along towards morning. broke in,
a the barn of Scion ID. lIunyerturd and >tol,
:, Il famous horse of his that was worth !:
round thousand dollars. They fled. driving
,t' The horse rapidly. and We're closely pur
sued. Finding the pursuit hot, they drov,
Il out upon u by-road and stopping the team
. kingsland drew his revolver and bruttlly
y and needcsslv shot the noble horse through
0 the head. This performance created more
d feeling against the robbers on the trial thai
J. did the robbery Itself.
: \. Wallace Whcclock, the then sheriff
o of jefferson County, who was here during
y the trial last week. ready to testify ha,
there been need Of it. says these fellow
gave him more trouble in jail than all thu
q other prisoners he ever had, us they wcr,
~ my W oio" up lis Jun VI Iit 'ho ooil
e all the time they We're there They were
= indicted at Watcrtown. New York, Marcl
IT u, 1871, took separate trials During whicl
" there was 4 crowd Of New York roughs il
1t Watertown), and were sentenced April )
IS 1871, to five Years for the bank robber
II and five years additional for breaking int
Il IIun~erfurd's barn.
l. Some two wears after. Albert Williams
n or White. was pardoned out Of Sing Sin:
ie bv Gov. Dix. He now stands indicted i
a the Supreme Court of the District c
he Columbia under 4 number of his aliase.
he for having with one Walter Brown ALA
OF William Benton, on the sd of April,l1S
w broken into :, house in Washington, an
le there having taken quite an assortment {