The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-01-08
rom sCoTr, THE BURGLAR.
Tho Career OF n Notorious Thief Sentenced
TO Eighteen Years Imprisonment.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 7.-Thomas Scott,
the notorious burglar, was arrested In this city
on Dec ~ on ch rse Of highway robbery, which
II was alleged he committed on the 10th OF No
vember. When he was taken into court, requI-
siton WAS produced from tho Governor OF New
YorK. Scott bcns wantod In Utica to stand b'-
trial for BURGLARY. He was accordiuglv .,,,,, T.,
charge of the New York ofiice--. nnd was taken
10 YEA "n're' on 'h. rrh OF last August. no
WV" s,A Vo"' -nons broke into house in
''' .-Ourns, md white heavily m skcd ran
sacked tho house, having Hrst handcuired tho
only man about the place, and driven the
women and children into clio x room.
rus afternoon he WAS convicted In Utica and
was immediately sentenced to IL years In tho
Auhur prison. hfce Of his comrades, lie iry,
SweN'm n. and Lombard. on the testimony ~
previously convicted and we're sentenced to Is
Neurs C|ui
scott FIRST became conspicuous In philadciphin
WHOM some wears ago Lieut.. FlaherlV had 10
shoot him through the luuis to CAPTURE him for
transfer to Springfield, ohio, where he was
wanted Tor the murder OF tho banker llcrtlier,
whom II WAS alleged he kilcd In the effort To
ge, at supposed deposit of SlnOOO. A woman
held the horses At the door while scott and n pal
entered and snot the banker before the alarm
could be given. Scott was also a prncip I'm
the Nathan murder u the confession of one OF
hs comrades in this Utica Job Is to he believed.
lie broke Jail from joliet prison and went to
Chicago to 90 a bank j'b. and Nncn arrested hs
manner W = so winning and his tale SO plausible
that the injured bank President gave him new
suit OF clothes and money to get ON the track OF
the fugitive robbers. lie q the leader Of tie
party who did the Wilkesbarrc liunk Job some
years ago In company with George Lilis VINO
has now given him AWAY at Utica, Walter ID mn,
now in the Eastern venitentinry for eleven
years, ANA Warren Emmanuel and Crotky
Elliot now serving out sixteen Vears term In
Cnefry Hill Tor shooting Oficer Murphy. one OF
Mayor FuX's men. He was also leader Of the
party who broke into Councilman Hcorge Halls
house several wears ago aud robbed him Of two
thousand dollars.
Scott boasts tn 4 there IS no State in the Union
that he mas not touched. Hv was well known
In New York. and at one umc consorted with
the authorities there SO much that II u one Of
his favOrl,e boasts that he has helped to build
several OF the brown stone houses which ran up
80 RAPIDLY under the Tweed administration. lie
Is n man ~ about medium heisht, neAvily built
with prepOsse slug face until the brow Il
reached. TINS retreats sorapidy and piles itself
M 40 much at the back OF the Uranium that 5
head Il almost a deformity. He has a heavy
scar on bis left chees, which has many times led
to his detection. He dresses we'll and is gem
temanly Cooking and Of pleasing Conversational
powers. Although only about - years ole. he
has teen twenty years professional thief and
his many trials have given him such ftmili nty
win the technical requirements uf the law tnat
he fieq lchtli covers nis tracks 50 well that he
cannot be convicted.