The daily gazette., 1881-03-18

suoh shawl. Her features are deli
cate. refined, sharp cut. She is n
woman YOU would respect on sight,
AMI YOU would iDstinctively take her
mart If YOU saw her accused. Now, l
do not say that all crooked women are
thus deceptive. Mary Ann Connolly,
the heorine of the Blair poisoning
case, is a repulsiye-looking woman.
You would instinctively repel her.
There are plenty Of others like her,
but some are positively fascinating.
One is MIS-. Oates, the panel thief
There are Kehoe and his wife, arrested
by Detective Adams at Dan Bryanrs
funeral. They looked like mourners.
Grief was pictured in dress and mien,
especially when they were nabbed.
See the stylish Hoffman girls-four OF
them well known thieves. 1t is said
there are three more of the family
thieves. A clerk would be very ehary
of accusing them without unquestion>
able proof, especially if he was little
susceptible to female charms. They
are all dashing, stylish gitls. Charley
Miller. the burglar, used often to get
his wife to help him. She would rent
| a room next door to some place that
was 10 be robbed, and her face avert
ed suspicion. There are two danger
GUS shoplitters known as Christine
! Mayer and her mother. Tosee shem at
work you would readily mistake them
for very respectable people. The story
of the Patchen avenue gang of thieves
is comparatively recent. The whole
party passed for decent people among
the neighbors. Porter and Irving, the
well known bank burglars, were there
unsupported. so was Johnny Irving.
JOHNNY, by the way, has been a good
son and brother. He has taken care of
his mother and couple of young SIS
ters for number of years. The mother
is said to be very good old Irish
woman, and Johnny is the black sheep
of the family. Johnny was captured
while attempting burglary in Phila-
delphia. lie could have got away
easily, but he stayed too long in the
vain effort to save very valuable set
of tools. He aud Billy Porter had the
look of honest mechanics"
ado you recall any other cases Of
criminals whose relatives have been
hohestp"
ayes. There was Johnny the Greek,
whose right name was John Okeeie.
He was professional pickpocket and a
successful one. He got caught, however.
| He died a short time ago. IL was found
that he had two children, for whose
education lie was paying in the Convent
of the Holy Cross IN Canada. When he
died they came down. TO the funeral, and
atterward returned to The institution.
| They did not know what their fathers
occupation was, and never will. HIS
| picture has been removed from the
Rogues' Gallery. May Field, the pick
| pocket, was another instance OF bad
woman bringing up a child honestly.
She is a smiling, attractive woman. She
has a boy III a Catholic institution in
this city, whom she is partially support
ing. She is now serving out term in
the state prison. She was captured at
| the Centennial, where she vas plying
her neialious occupation. Sophia, wife
Of Ned Lyons, who was shot in Sixth
avenue the other day, is another Instance
of wlfu who acts as an efficient aid TO
| her husband in evl. ways. A similar case
is that of Tom Phalr and his wife, the
pickpockets. They were especially fond
OF funerals, which they attended clad in
deep mourning. One or The other, and
sometimes both, would get good haul
from the same funeral. She is now SER
wing out sentence of Imprisonment
There is nothing particularly forblddlnG
in her appearance. Old Jack Tierney
the pickpocket, shoplfter, and sneal
thief, has long, flowing beard and I
distinguished appearance, not unlike 4
famous English novelist. Some say hi
resembles Charles Dickens. DaViC
Goldstein, alias Sheeny Dave, pickpocke
aud sbopliiter, looks like busy broker
Of course there are many, very many
criminals whose appearance is so revolt
ing that nobody would trust them. They
are the desperate fellows like Ne,
Farrell, the butcher cart thief. The!
don't ask anybody to trust them, but
will knock down bank messenger ant
run oil with the money with the positive
gusto Of enjoyment"