, 1876-09-12
BILL WRAY.
ia the Noted Burglar Safely Bur'oa
in Indiana?
Or Ara His Bondsmon Anxious to Save
Their Money!
The Criminal Career Of This Notcd
Chicago Operator
How Criminal Manages to Escapo from
the Laws Clutches.

tt,o-rn
bank robbery at Renssclscr, Ind, TO t''o oueet .
that the lou. William Wray, burglas' 'lau pass.
II H. III. ,htns an,] was sfccp[ur biz lnht Hlccp
Gu - ,",,.... 81, ,,,, cc,tc, firth innu,nerublc
10 lnue.aA r,ass ~, r., them Nm story OF
doubling ihonase'' ~ ~ .!em Iaoaau,a s"o n,ver
wrays drowning. in tho 1roqus@ Msss, s.,,a,
ss,uo uursucd for burglary, bcnss tho
oc'hS pa'oe ~ IT,. ~ orouau .tt(,n
eynplous aao s'A'n n,, ,ss.t har. eoon him in
These VINO knew p1a -. ~. Is'e,o,. n,nsr NJ
nto,t and Il indeed he did Jump out Of tho
lin on1 ataannenr under the waters, l,o ccr-
th'I ". Nv, s .n,, nt,,,r ,,rrnoae than Tint
t.n.y a..a oo ~. ~, ,,rnol,,,i,v ,rou uuoer
ol drowning, auu III ~ ptoo'D! -, -,
the water to some hldiug.place oil the shore,
and thus Eavc Ills pursucfs the slip. lie couiu
.as, Ct J,tr n f1a1,.,s "a tho sayinu H. and would
smlm 1s1a ua' aeso - s..s.,," rs,o;,,lv. Indeed,
adopt such moau -. sss,pu ,s. hsforc WHOM
he had ptacttccu It several tt,ee "elols7 n.so
hotly pursued by the mit1lons OF tue Jaw o'iss
in al, Paul away buck in '0s or '09, hcwas chased
rrn1n tc div ami taking to tho water played Lhe
trirIi @ viii Wit fe,narabie 1 success. Dssldes, Will
IAN was never strongly avcrso TO being. eaptuf-
4' ~ and wo,fd ratGer be taken nt my time t',nu
{,ut himself In the way Ut bullet, Or esom .,,va
lint. IIo was bravo when he chose 70 VI nnt
Cancellation ,Yas always te policy, und hardly
ever faIlcI to result successfully. lntprlsot-
u,cut was nearly always only temporary co1s-
linz, o,i,ancry, aud lavish expenditure OF money
70 sttorncys ..,ll otlicrs. illus, though none
exceeded him ii, hi. profession Of safc-biowlng,
dealing In ',s'SS sSaey,r ,}osMa sll r,cxrooKrry,
he slways escaped with but slight punishment,
nd once only served ., term in the Penitcn- :
tiury. Lis "ksda,H rs they were cn!lcii, Or III
uiuincr terms, the young "nlyan'ulllnsMm ~ whom
be educated liEso modern FaGlu to p|lfer etlk
hanIkcrcl,iefs, pockct-books, and anything
else tIey could iay thelr lands on y other
peoples pockets, were sqYaly sSseeisai di,n ana,
the uolicc, absolutely dctcd dctcction Tue
sInartest of there, now a grown ,nssl, Mike Fry,
or "aiirI:y Free" rs ho was then called, st1li
big slnuous ways. mn. ,,..,,,.
IL glauc!ng over thu record of Bill Wray's
more recent exploits, tho probability Of Ills b.
Ing dead Is 80 n,,iclI lesscned By rcasuns WY
to1,u folks should believe him dead, that doubt
Ocrolnes belief, aud, Ia consequence, none &c
utlaintcl iii Grilniunl circles believes Dlli Wrny
tuad save only thoae wi,usu interest lies In sifs
sure and ccrt1In le,n'se f1io dlsuppea1n'iso und
etarp Bill Wray trick, modelcd upon tho Fuller
md teliuforth plan.
To RELATE TnE wllotE souEME ).
It Is necessary 10 10 back u tho morning of May
=, 1916. At s o'cloci tlnt luFntug l3n,itcl
O'Learr, Il luhorer, rcs!dtnE In the rear Of No.
a Green street, whilo preparing for his days
work, heanI u disturbance IT, tile rsaa-cstatc
oso Of 1q T. c,s N tS s ,,s u e
the the ,,lace ' in tho possession Of Burglars. Dis
patc],ing a messenger to the Madison Street
Station, OIIlrcr Kcll nrri:ed In time 10 captnro
FL s 1alSr'' satFs Kit p Of "ie teSs. 'fo' @e es @
had been bored III the safe. nnd onu
unsuccessful attempt male to explode IT.. For
this, William was sent to tho Criminal Court
under hcAgY bail, aud utter averfety u Trocecu-
il.gs which are iuily Eivcn further On. Bill was
liberated on 81, t}ou bal}, Harry Lawrence md
William Mitchell Enirg. ,npou the, bond For
sl,oN each, Thc first d tl'ese, partner In t,,e
@ mon, - and de- & good ior ts amSaat in saza SIl
@ * % so, Y sors '' i lsskss
f. sr sn ifss s f hs spsps sspynE e s rU 1ys s s
nothing but dlsrenute. Un1cr this depression
was great want Of suavc, oily fellow in sous
suspicion, aud, at The present, several dctect-
ives arc seareEiHE HIN out.
With these tarts in view, docs not The tale Of
Dill Wray's drowning look much llku cs.,art
tu excuse hls Doudsnlcu1 Mitchell may or may
not lie tho pcrso, who is planning thiB modu
.of csraw from thc CLUTCHES Of the Criminal
Court III the matter Of Wray's bond, but
ut ull events Ills abscncc fFou' Tue city IL vcry
o.,u time IL very wealthy man, and even recently
whs possessed Of more than q suilclency of thta
worIds goods. The caso against lin wss sure
the oo1 PHsss sn asro Mas no
OF bail he could vaslly cover, and Bill Wray was
mot ihc lpan to deliver himself Into the NAV
ot thu 1'entcn,lary, when ho could escape
evcn iho,igi, }le might have to beat his own lal.:
lily out Of That u.nount much less tno men rho
wr,r almost entire strangers To lin. Thest
opinion. arc held BY nearly every olllctr and de
clss acquainted III criminal cfrcles.
GAIT. HULL,
Turtles Superintendent, says that Wrny uns