Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1881-11-12
JIMMY HOPE.
Il Bank Burglar With Brilliant Record.

(San Francisco Examiner.]
Jimmy" Hope, who was sentenced on
Saturday by Judge Freelon to the state
prison for seven years and SIX months for
his attempt to break into the vault of
Sather's bank, corner of Commercial and
| expert bank burglars living In his
peculiar profession he had but one super
ior, Mark Shinburne, who is now Baron
Schindel, he having purchased title
with the money stolen during his career
as cracksman. During the past ten
years Hope hasi played prominent part
in nearly all the great bank burglaries
that have occurred within that period
Twelve years ago he got in trouble about
a robbery committed in Philadelphia, the
paymaster's safe in the navy yard hav-
ing been broken open, but he managed
to evade conviction. For having, in
company with j. A. Hughes, burglarized
the Bank of Perry, situated in the town
of Perry, Wyoming county, New York,
on the 18th of September, 1870, he was
sentenced on November % of the same
year to serve sentence of five years in
Auburn prison. Not relishing the ac-
commodations afforded by this Institution,
and longing for life Of activity, he es-
capped on the I'd of January, 1873, in COM
pany with the celebrated Jim Brady and
Dan Noble, ''king of the bank sneaks,"
recently arrested in London for forgery
and sent to prison for twenty years. He
did not manage to remain out of the
clutches of the law very long, however,
as he was arrested before the close of the
year on charge of burglary, growing
out of the raid ON the Golfers of
the First National bank of Wilmington,
Del, in company with Francis Carter,
alias "Big" Frank, Joseph Lawler, and
Ed. Hurlburt, who were also convicted
and sentenced to paya fine of $500, and
Wednesday, Dec. 10, 1873, between the
hours of 10 and 5, to be whipped with
forty lashes and stand in the pillOry one
hour In addition they were to be i'm
prisoned for ten years. He was commit
ted to the custody of the sheriff of New
castle county and confined in the New
castle Jail, there being no state prison.
On the night of Feb. 25, 1874, Hope,
helped by outside parties, escaped. 1t
appears that confederates scaled the wall,
bound and gagged the night warden, and,
securing the keys, the prisoners were re-
leased. Hopes rescuers had come pro-
vided with a tug, on which he and they
steamed down the Delaware Associated
with Leslie, eddy" Hughes, James and
Frank Mccoy, "Jim" Brady, Johnny
Dobbs, Dave Cummings, Harry Glenn,
Ike Marsh, and Shang Draper, Hope is
credited with having been engaged in
robbing the Wellsboro bank, in Septem-
ber, 1874, of 100000: the First National
bank, of Quincy, ILL.,, of 100000, and
the Milford, IN. H. bank, of 500, 900 in
October, 1874. Early in 1878 he and Abe
Coakley were arrested at Deep River,
Conn, after the banks safe had been
broken open, and Hope was subsequently
taken on requisitlon to Maine for hav-
ing been concerned in the robbery of the
Dexter National bank, the cashier of
which was murdered. Hope managed to
get clear. The most daring exploit in
which he was ever engaged was the rob-
berry of the Manhattan bank, of New
York, on the 9th of October, 1878.
On the night in question, q number of
masked men entered the rooms of the
janitor, Louis Werckle, and handcuffed
him and his wife. Under threats of TAX
ing their lives if they failed to comply
with their demands, the thieves secured
possession Of the safe. While some of
the gang operated below, couple of the
men remained guarding the janitor and
his family. After their departure, Is
soon as Werckle could secure his release,
he gave the alarm, and on entering the
bank, tin boxes were found strewn upon
the floor; their contents were scattered in
all directions The vault door was closed
but upon trying it, it swung open, reveal
ing the damage done within. There
were five seperate steel compart-
ments, each having a separate door. One
of these had been broken out with drills
and jimmies, and everything that the
compartment had contained was missing.
For this burglary, indictments were
found against James Hope, John Hope
This SOM, William Kelly, Abraham Coax
ley, Peter Luthy and John Nugent. John
Hope was caught, convicted and SEN
fenced to twenty years in the
state prison. Jimmy Hope, who
is supposed to have about $780,
600 of the banks securities secreted some
where or another, has been long sought
by the police of New York, but by his
extensive knowledge of the police and
his adroitness in covering up his tracks
he had managed for a long period to es-
cape arrest. Had Hope escaped convic-
tion for his last burglarious attempt he
would have been arrested and sent back
East to serve out one of his interrupted
sentences, Capt. Lees, having provided
himself with copy of the Indictment
standing against Hope for his completely
in the Manhattan bank robbery.
Western Casabidnca.
GSalt Lake Tribune