The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1877-08-09
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The Varied Experiences OF u Burg
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New York Times
The desperate resistance to arrest made
by the thief Oscar ID. Peterson on Thurs.
day, Us described IN yesterdays Times,
was difficult to account tor, in view OF his
stealing only twenty-sIX dollars, worth
OF goods but the developments OF Yester-
day supply ample reasons for Peterson s
conduct. He has been fully identified by
| the Central Office detectives as one OF
the most notorious and successful
bank burglars in the country,
and as member of gang
which has operated on the most
extensive scale during the past ten years.
| Yesterday moaning Detective Dilks, sus-
pecting Peterson to be some prominent
| criminal, visited him at the Tombs. he
had sent TO Sing Sing Tor Deputy War
! den jackson, who had arrived and was
| with him. They found that the Tombs
! authorities had very toollshly allowed
Peterson to shave eff his full and IuXuri-
ant beard cut his mar, change his clothes,
and otherwise 50 completely alter his
! appearance rs 10 make identification worry
! difficult. But they satisfied themselves
! That Peterson was no Otner than the no.
torlous jim Brs dy, OF Troy, the colleague
of Peter CusI-y, who is now running a
saloon IN Troy, after bad and successful
criminal lie, IN which he managed TO
best all the lawyers ever engaged Tor his
prosecution. In 1865 Officer kealey,
| now Sergeant of this city, arrested Bra
| dy for u high%sy robbery committed at
| Cohoes. The mstter was, however COM
| promised between Brady and his victim.
| About seven wears ago very curious
burglary WAS successfully perpetrated up
| on the Orchard Street Savings Bank OF
| Philadelphia in which 100000 were
stolen. Brady was the leader IN this
robbery. just before the bank closed
| Brady, dressed in apoIlceman uniform,
( appeared nj the bank and told the Ottl-
| GERS that he was from the city detective
| office. He said that gang OF burglars
had tor some days been making arrange
meuts to rob the bank, and they would
make the attack that night. The burg
. laTs mad been all spotted, he SAID, and
/ ne was ordered to put u guard OF officers
.
burglars IT their Work. lie requested the
officials g. make no stir or fuss that would
Jctru, their knowledge 10 the gang and
thus drive them from their contemplated
attempt, and 10 prevent their arrest. The
Ulcers were very happy to comply with
,.l the detectives requirements. That
! uight. at late hour, Brady and two
. comp auions all uniformed, got admitted
| 10 the bank By the two watChmen on
. iutv, who had been instructed. Soon
| after Brady said To one of the wgtchmen
There 90 two OF the burglars; let Us .ol
low themW The wstchmen went out with
Brady, and they went on al extended
beat. In the mean time the two police
men within the bank overpOwered the
remaining Waterman and bound and
Jagged him. When Brady returned
with the other they treated him likewise.
Then thew took sll the money in the
rauk amounting to 10000, and left.
they were never arrested tor this burg
AIRY.
Four wears ago Officer Casey of the
broadway Squad OF this city, arrested
3rady tor robbery of $1,000 worth OF
optical instruments. This robbery was
committed on Joseph Gall, opticIan, o.
Ne. q Union Square. He was convict
and sentenced TO State Prison for five
wears. he escaped rom Auburn soon
alter incarceration. Eleven weeks after
tuis escape Detective Dllks obtained
'ues H. TO his whereabouts, and succeed
| ed In tracking him to the room OF n
/ friend, DR.. Harrison, of C@rmine street.
| Gong there, he found Brady and the
| Doctor in conversation. While DllSs
was addressing the Doctor Brady jumped
| through the closed window, carrying the
sash with him. Di.ks Jumped after him
ANA chased bin. Brady ran down to
/ Bed;url street and thence TO Leroy
/ street. and, when about halt u block on
/ LEROY. the detective gaining on him, he
I Jumped through n halt-opened WIN
dow into basement dInlng-room in
when family were eating supper. He
was followed by Dilks. When the otIi
Ger laid hands upon him, Brady attempt
10 shoot him and drew two pistols, one
from his psntaloons pocket and the
/ other from side pocket OF his coat.
/ l
/ flap and failed TO oil, and DIlks succeeded
/ in disabling MIN b. shot and arrested
, nm. The main reason why Detective
| Duks went after Brady on that occasion
was that he had lesrI Cd that the prison
er was attempting, ~ the room, on Car
nine street, to dispose e
$4,000 in United States bonds,
I the proceeds OF various rob-
berries. All these bonds were found by
Dilks on Brsdy's person. There were
two $4,000 bonds belonging 10 Amasa
Stone, Cleveland, Ohio; ten $1,000 bonds,
proceeds offs bank burglary al Glenn's
Falls. and ten $1,000 bonds, proceeds of
\ bsnk burglary at Port Jervis, both in
this State. On the trial succeeding this
srrest Mr.. Gail, the optician, WAS sub
runged as a witness to identity, and did
appear To Identify, the prisoner. Brady
pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to
three and hai years ia Sing Sing, and
then To be rrmanded 10 Auburn 10 serve
ont ms five years there. Three weeks
after his imprisonment he escaped from
Sing Sing. Two months after this Is.
cape he was again arrested, together
with Frank Mccoy, alas Big Frank, "
Jimmy Hope, Worcester Sam, and al
other IN Wilmington, Del, for rCbbing
the Wilmington Bank OF $4,000. Esch
If the four was sentenced to fifty lashes,
5000 fine and ten years Imprisonment
IN lewcastie jail. They ali received
the iAhes and went TO prison Deputy
: Warde. jackson, OF Sing Sing, went,
, during t4oir trial in Delaware. after
Brady, but he State authorities refused
" to deliver b., up. Two weeks after
their impriSon7ent in Newcastle al
four escaped ky Frank was soon re
arrested in Pn'sdelphis and sent
0 back second tim and is in New
! castle Jail yet. The others were not
= captured.
Brady was one OF the gang that robbed