St. Landry democrat., 1879-04-05
LIVING LIKE NABOBS.
How the Hey's ON Bank Burglars spent
S45U,OGO Abroad.
Philadelphia Times.

| Philadelphia Times.
Apropos of the announcement that the
receiver general of the bank o! Canada
| has discovefed in Canada Charles w.
BulIald, alias Piano Charley"~a SOU
briquet bestowed upon him on account OF
his skill upon that instrument--a gen
tleman said yesterday: | can relate some
Of the achievements Of the most daring
coalition OF bank robbers the country has
ever known. I have he narrative from
the lips OF Isaac Marsh, one of the gang,
now in the Eastern penitentiary. Their
operations were on such colossal scale
a. 10 be almost incredible, were they not
fully suhstantiated There have been at
times fivc men in this hilarious c0mbi-
ration, all cool, adroit, accomplished
ra.cals, fertile in resource, and indetati>
gable in attaining their object. These
were Mark, or Macmillan ShinbuEne,
Isaac Marsh Charles w. Bullard Adam
Worth and Robert Cochran. The tour
first named led off in 1867 by the famous
plundering OF the Ocean bank OF New
York city, taking away cool $500, 900,
following this up with the equally daring
Tagging OF the messenger and The rob-
berry O. $4,000 from the safe OF an
express train on the New York Central
railroad in 1868 They fed to Canada,
but tailed TO find in the land the Blue
Nooes that immunity from arrest they
mad hoped for, and they were extradited;
but, during the trial at White Plains,
y. Y a gang OF New York burglars, led
by Billy Fo1res er, WHO was suspected Of
the murder Of B njamin Nathan, dug
into the old shell of a jail one dark,
tempestuous night, and next morning,
when the warden went around with
breakfast aud peered into the cells OF his
prize prisoners, three big holes, through
when the daylight streamed into the
narrow apartments, showed where bis
guests had taken Ere ncn leave In 1870
The people OF Bosom woke one morning
to hear inst during the night previous
about $3.50 900 had vanished / ON the
vaults OF the Boyieton bank. Worth,
Mash, Bullard, Cochran and Shinbu
had executed this job. They had hired
rooln adjoining the bank and dug INTO
tie vault. After the robbery Marsh,
Worth, Sh nbulne and But ard took
flight with the booty Tor the cont. nent OF
Europe, where they set up, each IN his
special Character, as nabobs.
Sninburne located himself near Stutt-
CART, " nuremberg, and by peculiar man
lpuIatlons and tor cash consideration
had hlmsell dubbed count He set up
baronial chateau, bought large tract Q,
land, kept his hunters, and many tray
eled Americans were his guests and found
lavish entertainn ent.
Billiard and Worth opened gambling
house in Paris On scale that put Mon
AGO to the blush. Connected with it was
an elegant cafe, and here Billiard, under
the alias of Wells, actually entertained
the nnsuspecting president of the Elk
press company whose messenger he had
assisted to rob. With shrewd foresight
against coEting ncies, the partners Guilt
waited the acquaintance Of al at1ache OF
the American legation at Paris, who
kept them posted concerning Develop
ments that might be prejudicial to their
liberty. sWhen they learned through
this adviser that a requisition had been
sent to France for them, they suddenly
shook the dust of Paris from their teev
and fed to America again, and Canada
was their refuge awhile.
Marsh, with his portion o. the swag,
doomed upon London in the character OF
a sweet American. He put up at the
Queens hotel, and soon became this lion
of the hour. His carriage and team
and his "tiger" were the talk 0,
the metropolis. He gave series OF
recherche dinners, to partake of which
the members OF the haut ton Wed with
each other. The great event was a din
ner to the prominent American residents
in London, which eclipsed his initial ef-
forts. He was present at the christening
of the child of prominent citizen of
London. He asked permission to make
present to the little stranger. This
request was graciously acceded to by the
parents, charmed with the condescension
of the distinguished American. The
present took the shape of a cross, gilt
tering with diamonds, worth 81, 500
This brought him into notices as. s. the
wealthy American tourist" and the com
petition tor his acquaintance became
still more animated. Having manipu
lated his cards in this dir cgion, and
established position in society, Marsh,
like his Eals in Paris, took precautions
against surprise in another direction. He
suddenly became anxious to make. the
SEQ uaintance OF those famous Scot and
Yard detectives, whose lame was world
wide" This was easily effects d through
the auspices of his host of the Queens
hotel. Then 'ollowed a grand dinner to
the head If the danartment and his stffi-
GERS. A separate introduction to each OF
the unsuspecting Hawkshaws followed,