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tured, and sentenced To fifteen years each in
State prison. This was said TO be

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| THE FIRST ''TYISu Up JOB
ever attempted in the Eastern States, and
| Miles is credited with being the inventor of
it, therefore the numerous cashiers that have
been handcufred AMI gagged can thank
George Miles for it, In 1869, Miles and
Shihburn robbed the Ocean National Bank
of New York city of S500,0O The latter
got away to Europe safely and at last ac-
count had bought himself the title of Ger
man baron, and was living in princely STYLE
Miles and Shinburn were pals in the $780,
900 bank job in Maryland. The ''swag"
was taken to the saloon of Sharkey, the
murderer, in New York city, and the bank
paid 1000 for portion of the securities.
In the Wolfboro, n. H., bank robbery Miles
had pal" named Campbell; the latter was
captured and received a ten years sentence,
Miles as usual escaping. Miles was the leader
in the Bank of Commerce job in New York
city, and in the famous Philadelphia job.
where, in company with Shinburn, he drove
to the bank in nice carriage with pair of
horses and servant dressed in livery, in
broad daylight on Sunday, while people were
going to church, and opened the front doors
Of the bank. The two went inside, and Miles
worked the combination and opened the bank
vaults. There was S400, 900 in the vaults,
but the burglars were looking for a special
deposit of $1,000, ,000 which the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad was supposed to have made
the day before. The money had not arrived,
and the burglars either overlooked the $780,
O00, or. as stated on good authority, left il,
expecting to secure the larger amount. They
did not dare make second attempt in day
light, but put up job with the bank
watchman O stand in" with them. At the
last moment on the night of the robbery he
''weakened' and gave them away" The
police captured Dick Moore, alias ''Buf-
falo Dick" and Brown, alias Mccoy.
Both were convicted and sentenced to a
term of years. Moore served his term,
but Mccoy fell heir to large fortune,
and through friends in Troy. n. y,
was psrdoned, and is now living u square"
life Miles and Shinburn escaped In the
llungerford. n. Y, job, Miles and Joe
Howard, alias Kingsland. were both captur-
ed and sentenced to ten years in Sing Sing.
In this job they stole noted race horse and
drove him till he dropped dead. While
there. Miles made the acquaintance Of DR..
Cramer, alias Long Doctor" who invented
a rubber apparatus resembling large decoy
duck with tube TO breathe through. Miles
adjusted this contrivance, and one day,
while gang of convicts were working along
the docks, slipped into the river and drifted
down the Hudson, past the guards, without
notice. His pal, Howard, alias Kingsland,
escaped through the connivance of the Off
cials, and was captured by Detectives Wig
gin and Wood, for his connection with
Miles in the Barre, VT, job. kingsland
sent word to Sing Sing, the officials came to
Lullow-street Jail, and, identifying him,
TOOK HIM BACK TO SING SING
to serve his eight and one-half years of un-
expired term. Soon after Miles escaped
from Sing Sing, Colonel Whitley secured
his pardon on the ground that he wanted to
use him in some counterfeting cases. Miles
next exploit was the attempt TO rob the safe
of District Attorney Columbus Alexander.
Washington, D. c. Miles is still under in
dictment for this job, and was identified
while in Ludlow-street Jail, New York.
awaiting extradition to Vermont, by Rich
ards, chief of police of Washington, who
man called Albert Williams who was arrest
ed for the Washington safe-burglary. This
established the identity of the man now
in Vermont as being the burglar Miles.
This lprecious rascal was in the
Quincy, ILL.,, bank job; also, in 1875, in the
Milford, N. H., robbery. where a coinproni-
ise was mysteriously effected between the
burglars and the bank officials. Miles has
been the owner of large amount of proper
ty, and one time had Sl0O, 900 in real estate
in New York city. His wife still has an in
terest in the Brevort House stables, and Miles
has quite a snug little sum to-day. Pinker-
tons detectives were looking for him at the
time Detective Wiggin arrested him in New
York, for his participation in the Weickert
forgcries IN Pennsylvania