The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1877-08-04
ALBANY JIM CAUGHT AGAIN.
THE ELEGANT MIR. PETERSENS ANTE
CEDENTs AND EXPLOITS.
One oftbe Most slippery Bank burglars In tho
Country-Mnif Dozen Prisons Hnwning
for uim-some of his Crimes and Escapes.

Mr.. Oscar W. Petersen, who used his der
ringers so freely on Thursday. proves to be
James T. Brady. alias Albany JIM" one OF
the most expert bank burglars. sneak thieves.
and jail breakers in this country. To avoid
Identification he had shaved of his Burnside
whskcrs and moustachc and put on n jumper
shirt in place Of the elegant clothes he wore
when arrested. But Deputy Warden Jackson
Of Sing Sing recognized him at once.
Jim Brady il native Of Albany. whore his
parents now live. He has been an expert thief
since his boyhood. There has been hardly a
big bank burglary in the Eastern States in the
last ten years in which Jim has not taken part
either ne principal. or as one Of the accessorics
and no prison has yet been able to hold him. He
owes Ave years time in Elmira Jail in this State
ten years in Joliet. ILL.,. and nearly ten. years in
Delaware. In company with Jimmy Hope and
Big sam he wns logged for n bank burglary ut
Newcastle. He was arrested here for attempt
ing to break open the snfo Of MrDuns loan
Office in Blocker street. and was subsequently
arrested and convicted hv Capt. Petty Tor rob
bling Gall. the Union squire opticlan. lie IS
capped from Sing Sing In company with num-
bsrof desperate thicygs by selling a loc?motlye
OF the Hudson River Railroad and shooting the
engineer After his escape he kept away from
New York for a while. Then Detectives lliks
qnd Tuy fanEN hin in the o , 9i mr. o.
pose of some forged bonds. Brady Jumped
through a second story window and WINS only
officers and several shots had been fired. He
was again sentenced TO state prison and again
cscnped-this time with John kccic. otherwise
known ~ johnny thu Grcck.' The robbery
Of the Metropolis Bank. corner of sixteenth
street and Broadway. u few months ago. for
which Dan Shotwcll. alins " Blacksmith Dam
was arrested. is now believed to have been the
work of Brady and some of his associates. II ia
also suspected that he had "A hand in the recent
k"ycsville hank burglary. and some .ot the
ON 'cr- think that he was engaged in the North
ampton Hifair-thcir only rcnson seeming 20 be-
that he was at large when II occurred. lie is
also supposed to have been in the Dancer bon
robbery and the Sixth National Bank burglary
it Is said that the brooklyn police want him for
the robhcry of an Atlantic avenue pawnhrOker =
shop in 1874 or 1915.
Seven or eight years ago, the police say. he
captured Philadelphia hnnk 10y stratagcm. He
nr-t sent word To- the hank people that they were
to- he robbed ON certain night. On the even
INK of the night in question he appeared at the
bank in "A police sergeant uniform, accom-
panied hy two companions. also dressed in u"
They found AN additional wnt'hmnn and got
rid " him. Pretending thut pair ~ suspicious
characters had just passed the building Brady
| invciglcd one OF the watrhmen out Tho other
! burglars proceeded to gng and bind the remain
| ing Waterman. When the first returned he was
/ gagged and bound. too. The bank was then
| robbed. Report says that the burglars cot sew
/ eral thousand dollars in money and securities.