New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-06-27
4 NOTORIOUS RIVER THIEF CAUGHT

MICHAEL sHAyAHAN. ALIAS BIG MIKE" ARRESTED
AT BAITIMoRE-HOW STEAMBOAT PIERS WERE
ROBBED.
Michael Shanahan, alias Big Nike" a
member OF gar Of thieves known as the North
River pirates" arrested in Baltimore late "ednes-
day night By Captain schultz aud Detective LAWYER,
Of this cisy and Patrick II. Lavery. exSheTf Of Hud-
aon County n J. Last evening he was taken TO Jersey
CITY and lodged in the county tai.
ON The morning Of October 10, 1877. the pier
warehouse OF the Bremen Steamship Com
pany at HOboken, broken open by river
thieves and robbed Of velyets and silks
,,aued at 81 800 The morning officer Jones, OF
INC Harbor Police fired at two men in row-boat they
having refused 10 answer his call soon after Officer
gnoe of the Eighth Precinct, saw the two aban-
don the boat which contained the property stolen from
the pier at Hoboken.
From the description Of The men given
l, Rsboe Chief of Police Donovan % Hoboken, dent-
fed and arrested Michael Cassidy aud William seanlon
The latter was of the most desperate river thieves
I'D the country search was made for the other MEM
ura OF the gang Their headquarters at Charlton and
Wssf-,ts and at Washington and spTing-sts., were
closely watched and II aseertained that the other
bers we're Michael CavaDaZh JOhn sneehey, alias
lack sheehan" william Grady, Timothy Mahoney,
Nic5ael Sbanaian aas BIZ Nike" John FinDel, and
ona,d WicbarI Shapahan alias " Little Nike"
Wtlfials Obey vino was formerly the leader
~ the hand vas then serving term Of i'm
Oh ,Iv ~ sing Sing Tor stealing 200 in sA
ron Inc piers OF The WhiJo star Steamship Company
Chef D09ovan, CAPTAIN Schultz Captain KENNEDY sBd
DeItctive ONesl, Of tine Ninth Precinct arrested Little
81 fe sn4nalIan, SaeeheY and CaVanaEh, ~
ma citv Little Nike" Offering desperate
-esiuance e" Big Mike" Snananan and Grady
yyere traced 20 Buffalo. Descent was mace
0n f6er hiding place last year. Grady was arrested,
nm ,naaanan Jun ped out o! second story window ana
scaped MlBOney traced 70 PittsouFg and flpnell
- fou0wad by sheriff Lsyerty aud Chiei DOa-
o,s,n IN Danyilie, Penn, and thence 10 Cainof,
MA sranloE, Cassidy, Cavanagh, " Lutte Nike
Shanon.n shrehey and Grady were DON
cto an Jersey CITY and sent to the state Prison 81
Trenton for ten years each , -. u,1,,o
BI@ Nike" shanaban was traced from Banao
through the West thence 10 Canada and Ireland lew
vs 80 Mr. Layerty ascertained t1i.t no was ID b"itl
Trc and ~ he request Of District Attorney Mcul anu
I,dge Carretson went 20 that city and succeodeo N
1,',ging tbe arrest. Big Mike" was found IN IOH
,jr.5 ghOuso, Of which no wac the proPletoI
he VS. taken into custody without dlnculyi eut We
Ia f,pnd that he To be taken 70 NsW-JeiseJ Aoi
TrfaI he cursed Jersey justice s1d the oHicefs -.
IN estimated that the Tea years exlslohce Oh tnIs
- ~ river thieves It's members baye pinAdefea
com panies and vessels ON the hOrta klVef u
,'r@nertV valued az upward Of 90OO'oVV. II 10
FL mat the losses OF the Eagle COMPANY
snoyut 20 80 600; those Of the Bremen Soml 20
III 01H. M Hamburg line, 100000, and the OtAer
ines In about the same proportion