The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-04-26

Ing tu0 Walls vi lilo OuLSA AoSL-- S-AS
all kinds OF burglar tools, ranging
in size from the small gilnlet to the
big auger which river thieves use in
boring holes through the thick
plankIhg OF docks. Side by side
with the burglars kit may be seen
blood-stained knives and rusty
pistols, for the deadly use Of
which murde ers have had
to forfeit their lives. But
this is not all The cabinet contains.
Every form OF crime has liz silent
witness. The forger is Represented
by checks and drafts; the counter
feiter is remem bered by dies and
plates, and the whole curriculum Of
crime is historically. outlined inside
the glass frames Of the capacious
cabinets. The correspondent was
fortunate enough TO have pointed
out TO him the most Interesting Of
the criminal cuTioSi.ies in the detec-
tiveS' office.
A DEADLY INoTRU MENT.
In the entire collection o. firearms
there ia nothing so curious as the
revolver which was taken from
Michael Shaughnessy, a noted river
thief. 1t Is seIf-cocking arrange
ment and has eighteen chambers.
It is of French make, and is of a
peculiar pattern. The handle is
short and thick, the barrel is narrow
and long, and the cylindec is twice
the size o. the largest pattern now
in us+. The revolver WO Id be very
convincing in the hands OF a river
thief. II il Wss used from the
stern of a beat, the rapid dis
charge Of the eighteen cham-
bels would give pursue,s 81 id' a
that five or six men were blaZ-
ing away, In the posse ssiCn OF a
determined person this weapon
would do terrible execution.
Shatghnessy is nov IN State prison
a. modest looking, single barre led
derrlnger, which hangs upon the
wall of cabinet No. 1, has history.
1t is the weapon with which Jere
Dunn, the slayer Of Jimmy Elliott,
the prize fighter. kille d Logan No.
g The latter was character in the
criminal history Of New York two
decades ago. The last crime for
which be was arrested was the
Rogers murder, which occurred in
1858. Mr.. Rogers was sweeping the
sidewalk in front Of his house on
Twelfth street in the esrly morn ;ng
and was murdered, it Is surmised,
by some one coming out of his house.
Logan No. = was tried for the
crime, but was acquitted. a short
time after the trial he had quar- 81
with Jere Dunn in a coffee saloon
on Houston street, and was shot
dead. Dunn was sent to prison for
three years.
A TELL-TALE TOOL.
Hanging near the derringer with
which Dunn shot Logan No. 2 is a
sate-cutter. 1t was used for cutting
safes-aDd with great success
by the Griffin Conroy gang
of burglars. It was finally
the means which led to the appre-
hension OF Patsey COnroy, Larry
Griffin and three others, who are
serving sentences of twenty years
each in State prison. a burglary
was committed a. Judge Emmet's
house, in New Rochelle, and the
safe-cutter, with one OF the prones
broken, was found upon the floor.
Detectives set to work to find the
missing piece OF the prong, and it
was discovered in thieves den in
Canal street. The cleW thus OBJ.
tanned led to the discovery of suffi
cient evidence to convict ConrOy,
Griffin and their confederates. Amy
one who will look at the catineJ OF
curiosities will notice packages ap.
parently containing piles of green.
backs. These are packages which
have been used by the "boodlers,"
as certain set of thieves are called,
to swindle verdant countrymen
The game is ingenious, but Simple.
The "boodlers' find a man in a
country town who has money, and
whose honesty is not hidebound
They send him samples Of what
they allege is counterfeit money,
and tell him if he wants to pur-
chase some he can do SO feI
so per cent. Of the facs value OF the
money. The money sent by the
'boodlers' is really genuine and the
country man fiuds no trouble in
spending it. He Immediately enters
into nego!iat OBS for more and is
told by the swind,e Is 10 come to
New York. He bites et the bait and
meets the "Dco lie" man at some
rendezvous. A quantity Of the al
legged fraudulent money is then
counted. cay $1,000 worth, and the
countrymau pays for it in hard cash
The "boodle" is put into a satche
and the countryman starts fur the
tain. On the way one Of the
"boodlers" offers to carry the satchel
so that If arrested he would be solely
implicated, and the countryman
having nothing in his possession
would go free. The latter consents
linen another "boodle" man holds
me attention Of the country duIe
WINE WINE a confederate abstracts the
poodle and puts in its place one
with a good bill on top and bottom
&nu nothing but tea Paper be-
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