Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1881-03-12
Southern Stansars,
MoMINNY1ELH l- TENNESSEE.
photography as q Means Of Detecting
Criminals.


THERE are many striking instances Of
The value of pic@ifes,to assist in the de-
lection of criminals. The venerable
Mrs. Ogden Hoffman was once robbed
of her pocketbook on the rear platform
OF a Fourth Avenue car. She was posi-
tive That She could pick out the man who
robbed her, and, on visiting the Rogue's
Gallery, ,instaitly picked out the picture
ofs&Well Known thief named Fatty Do
Ian, the companion of Red Leary, who
was+detected picking pockets at the
Paris Exposition and served five
years in a French prison. Inspector
Bypnesl oansed the arrestJof Dolan, and
not long afterward, by some mysterious
channel, Mrs, Hoffman's watch was re-
turned. The famous English swindling
swell, Lord Beresford, was recognized
walking on Broadway with an elegantly
dressed lady by Detectives Dusenbury
and Radford. His lordship was highly
indigmnsSand protested against the ac-
ton ofthe detectives as an outrage He
was confronted with his picture, how
ever, which had been sent here from
England, and elady was advised to go
home. In March, 1876, Detectives Fields
and Connor arrested Vermont MUIR
derer named George Miles, alias Bliss,
whe vas recognized by picture sent
here BY the Vermont authorities. The
same officers, arrested in the same way
Dave Jones, an escaped burglar, from
Boston,, whose picture was sent here
from Boston, with the information that
he would probably. visit this city. The
picture of Henry Shatton, aMichigan
forger, caused his arrest here in 1873,
andhe.was sent home to get sentence
of fourteen years, which he is now serv-
ing. Dave Mooney and his partner
"Frenchy,n who had robbed man in
Boston and escaped to this city, were
recognized BY their pictures and sent
back. The business is now SO system
atized that in the case Of disappearing
criminal it is but the work of a few hours
to print % full FdcscripionVof him, &C
codpanied by his photograph. 1t was
by ono of these circulars that Andrew
Gillen, the murderer Of Mary Sigerson,
las5'November, was recognized and ar
rested in Cedar Keys.
Detectives Hines and Won Gerichten
recently recognized in Fulton Street,
solely by their pictures, two brothers,
John and Edward Delaney, who were
guilty of robbihg school up town.
Some of the stolen. property was found
in their possession, and Inspector
Byrnes got hints for the discovery of
more at their home. Isisynow a very
common thing for foreign Governments
to send to the STATE Department pictures
of escaped criminals who should be ex-
tradited. Prom one of such pictures,
in 1877, Detective Von~ Gerichten ar
rested an Austrian ,forger, Augustus
Bassler, who had obtained $4,000.
When the notorious Sherry Mike stole
$4,000 worth of silk in Washington his
picture was sent here and detectives
King and Lyon recognized him in the
street,. In August, 1879, louise Miller
stole 81 POO. The victim had her pic
tnre, and gave it to the police. One
day Detective Williamson spied the &C
cused woman walking in Wall Street,
recognizing her by her picture in the
gallery. He arrested her, and she got
a sentence of four years. In September,
1875, Detectives ADAMS and Gerichten
arrested John WEIGH and Brick Malone
on pictures sent here from Buffalo.
The culprits got twenty years. sentence
each for masked burglary. John Kern,
anAlbany burglar, was recognized ia
this city in 1873 by, his picture, and on
being sent home got a sentence of TWEEN
ty-fve years. Attic time of the Planet
Mills robbery in Brooklyn, several citi
zens identified the pictures of Dave
Hunt and Bill Bartlett as men who had
been seen about the premises. Detec
tives Radford and Hanley arrested
them and they got twenty years each.
There is one picture in the gallery
that is of interest to housekeepers. |
is that of celebrated servant thief
Annie Riley, demure, modest, intelli
gent-looking girl, who gives perfec
satisfaction about eleven days, and ther
runs away with whatever valuables sht
can lay hands on. The last time he
picture was identified she got two
years. sentence. Julius Strang, tn,
Pittsburgh forger Of $4,000, was or
rested by Detective Dorsey, in 1877, or
picture sent here from Pitts burgh. Ii
the same gyear Dorsey and Adams ar
rested1 on a picture John Moloney ant
William Rowland, two San Francisc,
thieves, who had stolen $4,000, ant
escaped TO this city. Three Chicag
thieves, Johnny Curtin, James Roberts
and James Cunningham, who had stolel
$4,000 and escaped to this city, wer
captured on pictures by Detectives Dor
seyand Riley. f
These and hundreds of other smila
cases have so signalized the value o
pictures that no criminal is permitted +
go without some sort of a likeness b,
which he may be traced. They are O
inestimable value in furnishing aid t.
the authorities on the trialof criminals
There is regular system of book-keep
ing, and records which enable Inspecto
Byrnes to furnish at minutes motto
the. history of any prominent criminal
Each is known by number, and eac
arrest and conviction is recorded in
book.
Not long ago application was made t
have the picture of banco steerer take
out of the gallery on the ground that b
had reformed, and was earning $l,00
a year as book-keeper in an homes
business. The next day British Office
complained that he had been robbed G
q $500 check, and recognized the re
formed criminals picture as that of tn
man who had assisted in the robbery
The complainant, however, finally dc
clined to appear, because Of his fear {
publicity, Many rogues escape in thi
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