The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-05-02
CAPTURED IN LONDON.

CHARLES +. PERRINE, ALIAS WILLIAMSON, A
FUGITIVE FROM SING SING, HELD BY TIE
ENGLISH POLICE.
Charles E. Perrne, alias Williamson, alias Stevens,
alias Franklin, q noted American CRIMINAL who ef-
fected mis- escape from Sing Sing IN 1876 by setting
IRE to the bakebouse, was arrested London short
tlmo ago and may be exlradted. His remarkable his
tory related by Detective Robert Pinkerton, yes
terday afternoon, Is given below
$50 Williamson has been captured at last" said
the HERALD reporter.
Eyes, - said Mr. PinEerton. ssHe was arrested In
London IN company with Dan Noble, Joe Chapman
and . man known As Ciutes Donohus. American
thieves The charge is forgery. and there are no
less than against him London aud
many in PARIS He had $4,000 in his
pocket when arrested, ana has been reapng
. rich harvest in Europe. Tho arrests
made by the Old Jewry detective force the Goth
oil March last. Williamson unknown to the Lon
don police and they sent description OF him.
When arrested he gave tho name Of Charles Cher
wood. 1 wrote back that from the description the
prisoner williamson aud not feeling quite salts
fed they sent me his photograph You how they
make him hold slate with the word forgery on
IT, before him. answered back that they had the
right man.
HISTORY.
He Is Of the most extraordinary Grim inals this
country ever produced--a man Of great ability, i'm
posing appearance, iron nerve. unfailing
and good family. HIS real name is Perrne, aud he
was born IN Malone, N. Y. His father was Sheriff Of
The county and his brothe in-Iaw is Of the
best and respected brokers the street. How
he lrst became criminal do not know. but from
the time be did We have never lost sight OF him.
He was first arrested In the act of
committing burglary In lace store
in knrE tPaaf Ull wal al mad
Jack Strauss. He escaped through political influence.
The next heard OF HIM was in February, 1869, when.
howard street and stole ST. 400 worth OF SILK. For
he 10 STATE Prison Tor years by Re-
cquaintauce Of tue gang OF iorgers with whom
he mas since been connected. In September.
YORK Central bond forper,es occurred. and tho oty
in uproar We knew tEat bat forger
could do such fine work-George Engcs-and VIC
paced the remainder Of the gang through ham. Andy
Roberts anu Frank Gleason were arrested, and.
although not convicted crim,nally. are stii connncd
Ludlow Street Jail. number OF other arrests
made, but the who ''laid down. or negotiated
the iorsed BOMBS remained al liberty We knew these
be Charles T. Perrine, aiIas Williamson; Walter
+. sheridan, ALIAS William 4 Raistou, aud Steve Ray
mond, The latter having bean robbed OF his by
Jack hosy and "Red Leary" in Tho road house Kept
py the latter, near Fort Hamilton. We ".
rested Raymond ~ EPSON the Derby Day,
caught sheridan a. the Jersey CITY depot, when he
came from seeing his wife, IN Baltimore Both these
men are "a State Prison.
COMING HOME
Williamson couia not stay away, and ~ came to
Rollins Brothers., on the corner Of Wall and Broad
streets. Win some OF the ola bonds that he had
disposed OF. He "stuck' them lot aad was
about selling them some more when Captain samp-
son, Of the stock Exchange. arrested him. He then
reprcscp ted himself AS New Jersey lawyer, setting
up estate lie was convicted Of this before Judge
sutherland on May 3, 1885, alter cross-examinat,on
which lasted iour hours by Judge Sutherland.
Tue sentence was five yeara He was again arraigned
oa,r and sentenced ny JUDY. tderssevs 40 asn
years. imprisonment He had but two copddsnts
wnis in prson-one bis mistress, formerly the vile
OF George Millard tho burglar, and the other news
paper man who mad known him before he became .
thief The Sing sing officials were cautioned TO look
out for MN, but he too smart then One
night he set tue PRISON bakehouse Gre escaped
during tho confusion. next heard Of his arrest 10
England.
or the men that are with MIN but little need be
SAID. Dan Noble ana CluIis Dononus are known az
expert bank robbers, ana CHI 10 clever forger
VINO is intimately connected with oos Of the greatest
crimes OF the age Chapman, alter the roooery Of q
Fred Elliott, How ard Adams ice X ely, ned
TO EUROPE. He was accompanied by Adams, Reilly
name was Carlo Scsocovitch, Russian by birth,
formerly kept saloons under Booths and
rsr. iorser In The world. They were arrested In
Smyrn turkey, and sentenced three years. Seso-
covitcn, Becker ana Reilly escaped after serving
year ana went 20 i've win Cbapmaa's WHO at No AZ
Maude Grove, Oh eisca, London. They murdered her
with chioroiorm to obtain her money. discovered
n few dAys ago that sesucovitch ~ in tue STATE Pen
Tertiary nj Columbus, Ohio, Tor forgery, no
be extradted 10 England next week,
A despatch winch TO England by Pinker.
ton yesterday read:
INSPECTOR, Old Je~ry, London:
aa not enough evidence to convict hold Charles
Cherwood, alias W Williamson, tor extraditon here.
WANTED.
Captain Thomas sampso, the detective Of the Stock
Excnapg &c and the Sub lrcasury, saia:"W iliason Is
wanted uad, aud the Stock Excnanac will spare
pense get aim VI the LONDON police cant hold nn.
But BoD Pinkerton leaves the head brains OF
the affair, William l.. Gray ana George Gleason Gray,
yoa remember, Was the son Ui the chaplain OF the
United states Senate, and WHEEL a.. came mere .
broker rented the Offices No. ~ Broad street. Tor
merry occupied by wooabuii Cianlu. Ho
the coolest l ever met aud when |
went 10 Loua0n alter him l found that he
bad lett tue magnificent mansion IN BusAed
Terrace aud fed to Inc Continent, whore could not
follow MIN. When came back, he again vcntured
into London, and was arrested on tue strand by De-
icc,ve MiklcJohn, Tor forging drafts on Amsterdam
bankers Tor a very largo amount lilo gave tue name
oil DR.. Van de Ventcr, anu was discharged Tho
ablest counsel In England deicnued HIM, AND Young
iauy noble brth came TO see MN NJ the prison
every Gay. He rs the man brnind Williamson, and
Georgc Gleason Is the other. BY the way, received
u cable this morning from Sergeant Davidson, the de-
tectve OF the Ola Jcwry who arrested Villa
The others, asking mo II would come Tor wnl-
hanson IN he Was discharged on his tria winch
VIII be held on the 9th inst IN tine Ola Bailey. am
swered back. 'Ycs, ana told him 10 get Gray aud
Gleason N he could
The capture Of Williamson has created the utmost
excitement IN police aud criminal circles.