, 1879-02-06
JAMES r. BARRON.
This Old and Skilifui Criminal in
Chicago Once More.
The Crime wilio1l Sent Him to Joliet,
Other Indictments Against Him.

day to be Informed that James Il. 1safron, ono
Of the mnst notcd nnh successful robbers In /
the country, ami whose expltits ir slss city In
1918 attracted universal attention, wa. releaped
from tho rcntten.iary At Joltct last Saturday, \
his term Of seYcn Years, begun in March, 1874, |
l,artnu expired by rcason of "Voud time"
made by tho prisoner. The letccstve went % |
to Ray that an soon "A Jim wns outside |
tile walls Of tho prison he started 4
for Chicago, and last Sunday afternoon vent |
into the rug-storc Of John I1eila,nt, cugner Of
Ms'ltson and pcsp|aines strccts, where he Was
recognized by several parties. This detective |
wcnt on to say that there were still several In
dIctments pending In The Criminal Court aralust |
Barron, n.1t expressed somo surprise that they
had not bocn uscd a. sneans Tor hrnging him
to Justice aRafn.
Barron, although an nmplshcd house.
breaker, did no. lcyote much of his time 10 tint
branch Of business, nrrfcrring to strtks fo~
higher game, his principal "racketn being the
robbery Of raliroad-cars containing valuable
merchandise OF 4 character that could be easily
tl.poscd Of. For year OF more bis gang robbed
tile cars OF
TIE sTAR UNION LINZ.
thc work being done while the trains were In
motion, and passing through the northern por.
tlon OF Indiana over tllG Illinois Central Road.
The 0oo<ls thus obtained would bo shipped 10
nuctton.hVtses at g. Louis aud Cincinnati. and
disposed n at tri1e of their value. Az m or
eantzcr lie had no superior, and from this fact
ihc detective inferred That be. would soon bs At
Ills old games again, and nuke things lively for
tic Chicago police.
The grtHlc for which Barron Was eventually
"settied ''was what was known ~
'TnR TnAMoNT HOUSE, ROBBERY
the circumstances OF which were as follows: On
the 1lth OF January, 1879 lsaac Mills. the ttav
cling agent Of New YORK .1cwelry house.
reached this city. having witt, him large
The trunk containing the ynluahlcs, to the
amount Of 1000, was placed IN his ruoM, and
of, the 18th Mr.. Mills. having visited nearly alt
the jewelers. IN town, made preparations Il, to de-
curcly locked and strapped the same, ailA went
to supper. Upon returning he found the roam
door unlocked. tte trunk open, aud rtfcd Ut Its
contents. 'll,e police were Immediately inform.
thc door had been forced by a "Jlmmy,"
md the work done by experienced ha,uls.
Detective P. D. Tyrrell WIS at once put. upon
s w. by % %seqrn M 1
bcrs, through the ai.l Of Mr.. Phlo ". Hco6cid,
OF New York, to whom they had offered tho
stolen gootlt. representing to him that they
ps % Il i o.:a sSfk s s fSss ms dw' s s siys Sy
aVrecmcnt on the opcn lot corner Ut Adams
and Peoria streets, md wl,tlo engaged In con-
yetenttpn With taleIn The arrest K4B made Up
On reaching police headquarters the men gavo
SGlloan.
AND THEN BK0AN TnR FIoHF
between the officers of the law mud Barron flor
ha was the brains OF tlie pair to determine
whether or not lie should 10 punished. barron
secured ~ counsel 4. 4. Trulc, and on Feb. II
tic case araintt tic nun cams before JnstIcc
acully, a change ot venue being taken by tho
defendants to Justice Want Woud, who nm u
Justice shop on ffaistcd street near Madison.
Arrived there, Trude demanded tho re!casc OF
the prtsonera on tho ground that The authorities
could produces no papcrs showing tint they
we're legally in custody. SUPERINTENDENT
Washburn ,oblcctcd 10 this, but Vane
told The men to go. 1lIey attempted to
| avail themselves OF tEe privilege hut Officer
Hogan quickly put the comc-alo'lEs on sctoen,
mud Ind lin, out on the street before his frtcnds
upstairs eouprehtuded what WA lcing done.
| Tyrrell Informed Narron tl,at ho was still under
arrest, bus tho plucky th!el responded by hitting
| The officer several blows in the facc T.rrcll
tlrcw him to tic floor, and was Immediately
of court. The result Of The lno1ec was that both
mcn were again lsndcd brhtnd tile bars ~ the
Central Station: Feb, 10 they wc1e again
ea 1eio,s % 5 i 5ss M SssE sa W. ,c sa s ns
the men were unhbe to secure bondBmcn.
but March Barron was brought be.
fore Judge Williams, then sitting In
ihe Criminal Court, and seleascd, ouu
tng 10 tho ownership Ut property 10 which. 1t
was soon discovered, he had no tItls. AZ soon
n ihc bond was accented. narron jumped tllt
town.. a,nl ti'e work 81 recapturtng him was at
oncu begun, since tlse bail was known to bc
"straw." mil thu po1lco had III IDEA that hc
would agaIa willingly set foot inslde the l'rnts
| OF EbtcaeG.
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