Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1880-09-17
AN OLD ROGUE CAUGHT.
charles Miller the Notorious Count
rrhiter and Burglar or Thirty Five
Ncar>' Experience and the Alleged
Principal in the Robbery at the
EailcN RrnihcrS, Nabbcd.
rlulalelrhua Times.

Philadelphia Times.
Charles Miller. alias White. alias
Taylor alias sheppard, y willy counter
tejtcr and burglar, wi Ii i criminal
career running back over twenty-five
wears, was arrested hy Detective Wcyl
and jackson in his lujrat Indian Greek,
Montgomery county, about three miles
above NorrlStown, on Sunday morning,
ON the accusation that ho WAS the pllu
cipal man III the masked robbery ot
the Bailey brothers ri lageart's corner
Chester county, ON November j last.
Nearly dozen persons have been III
custody w.ilc the task of uuNycling
the dark nights work has been in pro
gre>s Among others Mere Charles
Blake, VIM. Robinson, alias "Gophcr
BILL, Eugene Whitloek, James Cassidy
and John neNinnN. "Gonhcr' WAS the
richest prise in the lot, and Afterwards
gave important information, on which
Whitlook, Cassidy and ncvinnv were
apprchcuded, Blake was released.
When Gopher" found that the au-
thoriticS had points showing that NJ
plotted the robbery and secured the
men u pcrprtratr it that being his
usual line of business he made II state
ment after he had been identified and
convicted Robinson said Mhitlock
broachcd the robbery of Bailey broth
crS 10 him i'll Wilmington, Oct. in
October, mt the races. telling him they
had S3OO. OO0 IN their safe Nhitlock,
Gopher alleged, asked him - get the
mon 10 do the job, and Gopher found
man in Philadelphia, and they went
down to the vicinity Of the house Of the
Bailey brothers several times To spy
ont the lay Of the land Other mon
were secured who were alleged to he
Dcvnny and Cassidy TN one Of these
trips Whitlock wnS accompanied hy n
man III the hunting coat who carried 4
gun, the pretcnce being that they We're
sporting. The man with the gun is
said To have hccn Miller Gopher told
I'LL about the division of the small sum
Of money realized ~ the robbery ON
die night of November 4. The man
With the gun who opened the window
and went inside and did the burglars
work of the robbery, receiving the gold
watch as his share of the spoils Whit
lock was convicted several days ago and
sentenced 20 SIX years Imprisonment in
the Eastern pcnitontiary, whore henow
IS. Gopher was also convicted, but is
held as stltc'S witness,
The detectives have ever since been
looking for Miller the man with the
gun They knew they had one of the
widest rogucs III creation To contend
with, and he bnilled thcm IL every
point They knew we'll that he had
served five years for passing counter
felt money, that being one of his erimi-
nal professions. Advantage WINS attempt.
cd 10 be taken Of this fact hy Turing
him into u trap under prctcncc Of pur-
chasing some Of the crooked stuff
from him, but each time he frustrated
tie plot, whether il the Park or 1T Pine
Grove or away off in the state, lie
WAS instinctiycly on the watch against
surprise II was finally learned that he
bad been living with the widow of il
dead eOuntcrfeitcr in North Penn vii.
hgc lie He'd from there last week and
again was lost 10 sight until Il week ago,
when he was located NJ Indian Creek,
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the name Of sheppard had rented y
house ia February last. Detectives
Jackson and Wcyl, we'll disguised, NJ
obey thought, III slottch hats, blue shirts
and rough clothes as To be unrccogniA-
able, went M to the vicinity on Sutur.
day in the character of Lone Fisher
men, They had rods and baskets and
all Their first encounter was with a
conductor ON the Norristown railroad,
who was going to Indian Creek with Il
croquct party Of ladies' by good for
tune il was discovered that Miller, who
had been running on 4 freight train,
was III home On account Of m accl-
dent on the railroad. The conductor
| had recognized the detectives and had
Informed his lady companions that the
rough BLOCKING men were detectives.
Nothing remained for the latter but
e admit 10 the party that they were
after somebody and 10 caution them
not 70 tell anything about the fact If
their presence The detectives accom-
panied the croguct-players tO y house
whore Miller was staying and joined III
the game. The way they Knocked the
balls about especially towards the
house, was a autlon. After time
Miller emerged and went down to the
creek to dig bait for his fishing eHcur-
sion While - engaged he found him.
self under cover Of two rcvolycrs and
ina irice hada pair Of handouts snap
ped upon his wrists Then began q long,
toilsome tramp through the dust
and heat up bill and down dale. 10
Norristown, where Chief Of Police lto.
denbaugh came near installing the
dust-eovered enstodians for prisoners
themselves. They locked their man
up over night, and the next day brought
him to this city, where be- was deliver.
ed for transfer "a Yves Chester There
was reward 0f 500 for his capture
Miller il fifty years of age Twenty
five years ago he came here ~ a boat
man from schuylkill county The boat
men Of these days had an unenYiable
reputation for passing counterfeit
money aud every sort Of villanv II
VA sufficient 81 ensure the heaviest
penalty Of the law allowed for any Of
Tense for Il person 70 confess u old
Judge Parsons that he was 'boatman
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