The sun., 1879-06-22

Bank robbed BY a sneak thief. Tho outside
William Mckay. alias Canada Mack; The
latter was q nne;;looking fellow. with dark
hut not loudly. He was a crack billiard PLAYER.
and was known as a sporting man. He was an
habitu6 OF Sharkey,s billiard saloon. He made
the acquaintance OF bankers and bank clerks,
and among others with whom he had connec-
ton was, ono OF the principal clerks in the
BY this means he aud Sharkey were enabled for
a long tiinetO have vast number OF stolen bonds
redeemed by the Government Mckay secured
an expert English sneak thief. Charles King,
now in England. to rob the Ocean Bank. mud
some time in the summer OF 1868 he walked
into the Ocenn Bank. during business hours,
and came within an ace OF getung into the vault
He WIS accidentally discovered by the porter.
and threw. of suspicion by pretending TO be
washing his hands gt a washstand which stood
9S RSGS He rS4 @ssd ..Gss s hs S9s one nsa
him. he found he. was apparently a
stranger. Shortly, after. this tho porter
banking room open. told tho colored janitor to
close IT, when man jumped out, made his way
70 window on Fnlt9n street. and spTIanlg
was Charley King. and he was there to rifle
three trunks in which the securities were kept.
outside the vault. during banking hours.
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The sneak theft failing more elaborate prep
araiIons were required. An attempt was made
TO effect an entrance through the basement un-
der tho bank: but the susDcions OF Mr.. Holly.
who then occupied IT, were excited and he
mnde such row about his discoveries that
still longer delay was necessary. Nearly a year
was spent in engineering Holly out and Okoll
in. Okell had previously negotiated stolen
bonds for thieves and subsequently was sent
TO Sing Sing for putting down bonds stolen by
tober. 1869 He was the friend OF VIM Mckay.
who introduced Sharkey to MIN. A suilcien.
me having eapsed 10 tnr9w on suspici2n hind asdf
the partition, with side entrance on Fulton
street. wns leased to Cole. who was Mckay. the
agent OF Sharkey and the burglars.
The chief OF the gang and a very expert burg
lar. was Marx Shinhurn. a native OF Germany.
| a man OF fine appearance and good address. He
WIS not as accom- plished as George Leslie. alias
| Howard. who was the head Of another gang. but
| sometimes worked with Shinburn One OF the
| Shinburn was concerned was at Walpole, New
| Hampshire. II was while working up this Job
| that Shinburn met George Miles White, alias
George Miles. and George bliss. White
was born at Nestminster vermont Just
across the Connecticut River from Wal
pole. His parents were very respectable
| people and prior 10 this robbery his char
acter is believed to have been good. Shinburn
| was caught. tried and convicted. and White as
sisted him to effect his escape from tho peniten-
| tiary. From that time forward. until Shinburn
leit the country and bought q tltle and took up
| ner. Together they were concerned In scores
| OF bank and other burglaries. They aud their
more in August 1872 This Job Was arranged
| for them by the New York detectives. and Smith.
! Pearson X west, private detectives IN Baltt-
more. The robbers wore caught. but It was so
managed that they were brought TO Jersey City.
and there released. The amount stolen was
$4,000, and percentage was paid the detec-
tives. Peto Curey, native OF Troy. \. Y. who
| now keeps saloon in that city. occasionally
worked with Shinburn and White. and in Octo-
| ber. 1872, they robbed the Saratoga County
| Bank at Waterlnrd, y. Y, Of 100000 Curley
was also with White when the Barre tVermonp
evidence and secured his conviction.
Two well-known crooked characters were,
| among others. connected with Shinburn and
White. and assisted in altering and disposing
| OF bonds and other securities captured in their
theirparticular line. and had abundant capital
| with which to operate. They had connections.
sometimes directly and through outside pnr;
ties. with respectable brokers offices In Wall
street. Few II any. have been so uniformly
| successful in doing crooked business as these
men. They have had high Connections and
always divided sluarely and literally Sharkey
was the particular friend OF one of these men.
II was he who put up the Job and furnished the
Maggie Jordan. sharkey's mistress. 70 man
age his escape from the romhs. Nov 10.
Of death for killing sept /. 1872 Robert S.
Dunn. After Shinburn went To- Germany.
| White alias Miles, through some OF his coun-
terieiiine friends. made the Acquaintance OF
| Col. Whitley then Chief OF the Secret Service
! Div sion Of the Treasury Department White
was arrested for an attempt 10 rob the Hunger
| ford National Bank at Adams. Jefferson County.
| y. Y, in March. 1874, and convicted and sem
on Dec 10. 1871 he. by hribing. through
some one of his friends In New York, two Of
the Keepers was allowed to escape He came
secure from mOlestation. and followed his o.
cupation sinply because he and his associates
the influence OF the then Attorney General Geo.
| II. Williams. procured from Coy. Dix. upon
false representations. the pardon Of White. alias
Miles, alias Bliss, alias Williams; For this and
other services rendered him, White was pro-
cured by Whitley to do the famous safe burglary
job for the Washington Ring. THIS WAS the
means through the exposure which quickly
followed, of leading TO his arrest and conviction
Tor tho robbery on Sept. 6. 1875. OF the Barre
Bank OF Vermont He Is now serving nine
genrs' sentence in the State prison at Windsor
Vt Priorto this. however, h. was employed
10 manage the escape Of Tweed from the
Ludlow street Jail. which he did success
iu,ly Whitley. acting for the Washington
and carrying TO that city the editor OF Tn
SUN, IN order TO try and convict him by d
10 the penitentiary for daring to tell the truth
about Boss Shepherd and his associates. But
Mhte reiused 10 engage IN this yllany. and
aud thus perhaps defeated a monstrous crime
contemplated by the bold bad men who ruled al
the national capital
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shinburn and White we're the burglars who
arranged tho professional reminaries for the
robi1'ry OF the Ocean National BAuk A large
wardrobe. with side rs well as front doors AnC
compartments, was made 70 order and moved
into the rear basement office which had DeeI
rented Of OSel. In this wers stored. us thel
were brought at various times, the kit o
burglars tools. They nj first supposed it wa,
10 be square JOB and prepared themselves
accordingly TO overcome all obstacles ana clear
outthe bank. They were in due time informed
10y Sharkey that It WIS a give away" and tha
| only certain securities were to be taken. BY
surveys made above IN the Presidents room
tney were enabled TO locate the hole that Wa,
cut through from the basement The plaster
WAS removed, and the iolsts and hoOrinl
honeycomhed 10y boring, as already described
THIS was done some time previous tO SUNDAY
night, June p, and paper was pasted over tn,
hole 10 conceal the removal OF the plaster. i
was lOGatci right whore the Presidents desl
stood, so that there would be no danger Of dis
coyery from above. The combination b,
which N" outside vault door was unlocked
| 0l-i5 g. WIS given them, and they were tOlt
where To find the key that locked the BOLT
of tho second vault door. sunday nigh
was selected for the burglary. because the
colored ianitor was known 10 be-, usually
out OF the building that night The wori
WAS completed, and everything arrange,
50 us to leave an appearance OF hHsti
exit When they came out the market peopl,
were passing along the streets. Shinhurn
Mhlte. and Shnrkey did the inside work
Shutkey being there principally To see that tho
proper securities were ulken. and only enough
Of money and other stun to misiead. The plum
der WAS placed IN IL black trunk, taken from IN,
Nnutt. Alltl fuTrIUl cart eoNnral