The Russellville Democrat., 1881-11-10
A CAREER OF CRIME.
A Lnng Stolen Bond Returned so Mir. !,
 Fl. Chandler.

 Laag stolen Bond Returned so Mir. !.
 H. Chandler.
 Kansas City Times
 Yesterday Chief Speers received the following telegram from Chicago
 T will send you to-day by express the Sl 900 Johnson county school bond.
 WILLIAM A. PTNKERroN
 Simple as this brief message seems it contains the subject of long and event. ful history. The bond, which is now recovered, was stolen from Mir. ]. H. Chandler in this city, and in tracing it mp seems interwoven 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 q wholesome regard for this city, as on his first ap- pearsnce he was sentenced to five years from this county, and on his second run down and returned to 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 1 room of the (thenl new county conrt { house, on Second street, for trial. The i jury returned verdict of guilty and as ] sessing his punishment at five years ill 1 the penitentiary. Assoon ss the verdict was read Anderson sprang from his seat and escaped by jumping from a back window down into the jail yard at al most the very place where Green was afterwsrd hung. Ha ran toward the river, bat was overtaken and captured I 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 i Geneva, H., where he was again con fined for burglary. He came to Kansas City, and Chief Speers received 6 letter, and was looking for him here, when he made his presence known by burglariz- ing the residence of Mir. J. H. Chandler on Independence avenue, near the cor. ner of Locust street. Here he secured 8 large amount of family jewelry, and the S1 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 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. Mir. Chandler immediately went to Chicago and found his jewelry in a pawnbrokers shop, but the brother de- nIed all knowledge ofthe bond, and said he had written in answer to man who 1 had asked him 10 inquire into the mat l ter
 Anderson was soon afterwards recap tured and sent back to the jail at Gene va, from which he again escaped. releas- i ing at the same time five or six other l prisoners. The jail was built of heavy l lime stone, and it was found that he had burned a hole in the wall by throwing coals from his fire against the woodwork, and then against the stone, until 1t was burned into lime and crumbled sut'- ciently to allow him means of egress. i Several months ago he attempted to ] burglarize & residence in Chicago, but was seen and pursued by the police and | captured after 8 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 ther was heard of it, however, until Pnkerton telegrsphed yesterday that it was on it's way to Kansas City. There are now about $500 in coupons on the bond, as the interest has not been col 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 8 clever cracksman and very successful jailbreaker, he has, during the last eight years, been almost continuously in jail.