The Osceola times., 1881-11-26
A CAREER OF CRIME.
Long Stolen Bond Returned to MIR. y.
". Chandler.


Kansas City Times.
Yesterday Chief Speers received tn,
following telegram from Chicago:
81 will send you to-day by express tn,
$1,000 johnson county school bond.
WILLIAM A. PiNKERToN.'
Simple as this brief message seems il
contains the subject Of a long and event
ful history. The bond, which is now
recovered, was stolen from Mr.. j. II
Chandler in this city, and in tracing il
up seems interviewer with the career OF
one of the most desperate burglars in
this country. To recount his deeds in
full, would fill volume. He is well
known here, bat must have a wholesome
regard for this city, as on his first ap
pearance he was sentenced to five years
from this county, and on his second run
down and returned to a Jail from which
he had escaped.
The name of this burglar was George
Anderson, although when last here he
went by the alias of Wilson. Eight
years ago Anderson burglarized Borg
stede's saloon and several stores on Main
street in this, city. He was captured, in
dicted and taken into the criminal court
room of the them new county court
house, on Second street. for trial. The
jury returned a verdict of guilty and as
sessing his punishment at five years in
the penitentiary. AS sson rs the verdict
was read Anderson sprang from his seat
and escaped by jumping from back
window down into the Jail yard at al
most the very place where Green was
afterward hung. Ha ran toward the
river, but was overtaken and captured
by Deputy Marshal Watson who jumped
from the window in pursuit. He was
sentenced to five years, and served out
his full term.
His next advent was in June, one year
ago, after his escape from the prison at
Geneva, ILL.,, where he was again con-
fined for burglary. lie came to Kansas
City, and Chief Speers received letter,
and was looking for him here, when he
made his presence known by burglariz-
ing the residence of Mr.. J. III. Chandler
on Independence avenue, near the cor.
ner of Locust street. Here he secured a
large amount OF family iewelry, and the
81 900 bond which is expected to arrive
here to-day. The first heard of either the
bond or Anderson was when his brother,
who was a clerk in the recorders office
in Chicago, wrote to the treasurer of
Johnson county asking the value of a
county school bond Of that denomina-
tion. Mr.. Chandler Immediately went
TO Chicago and found his iewelry in a
pawnbroker's shop, but the brother de-
MED all knowledge ofthe bond, and said
he had written in answer to man who
had asked him to inquire into the mat
ter.
Anderson was soon afterwards recap
tuIed and sent back to the Jail at Gene
va, from which he again escaped, releas-
ing at the same time five or six other
prisoners. The Jail was built Of heavy
lime stone, and il was found that he had
burned hole in the wall by throwing
Goals from his fire against The woodwork,
and then against the stone, until it was
burned into lime and crumbled suili-
GENTLY to allow him a means of egress.
Several months ago he attempted to
burglarize a residence in Chicago, but
was seen and pursued by the police and
captured after desperate fight, and is
now again in duress
The career of Anderson has been kept
track of in this city by the police and
others who were working up the case
and tracing the course of the last bond,
which it was thought could not easily be
sold without detection. Nothing fur
lher was heard of it, however, until
Pinkerton telegraphed yesterday that il
was on its way TO Kansas City. There
are now about $500 in coupons on the
L 4.
lected for several years. The career OF
Anderson, both in this city and Chicago,
shows how devious the ways of men of
this class are, because, although he is a
clever cracksman and very successful
iailbreaker, he has, during the last eight
years been almost continuously in Jail.