St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-04-16

the revolver, when broke for the door and
got away. | returned to the place after
wards, when he told me that he had recov-
cred his property, and he apologized."
where did you go after leaving st.
Paul?"
son leaving here 1 left on the Minneap-
oils & st. Louis road for West Liberty, Ia.
I left the train at that place and took a
branch road for Joliet, ILL.,, where L
caught train on the Ft. Wayne road,
and went direct to New York, and from
there to Europe"
HIS START.
'How did you come to start criminal
career ?"
"Well, 1 used to be clerk in a shoe
house, and 1 afterwards got in
the insurance business. I started out
in 1881 or 'S2 in Philadelphia 1
needed money and commenced in a
small way, but at this time 1 didn't make
many bad breaks. On leaving Philadel-
phia l went across the continent to the Pa
cifc coast. At San Francisco l became
hard up, and hereI made the first bad deal.
l raised some money on orders from jewel
ers and others and boarded a steamer for
England and here / struck short card
man and we worked the steamer. 1t was
my intention on leaving to work hard and
honestly, acquire enough money to return
to Frisco, and lift the cloud from my char
acter.
But the fates were against me, and I
got deeper in the mire. l returned to
America after a short absence, and you
have since heard of me in New York, Louis
vile, st. Paul, Boston, New Orleans and
other places"
rs it true you went into Pennsylvania one
time with pal and tried to work bank
and a number of citizens by representing
yourself as member of the firm of Stude-
baker Bros, South Bend, Ind"
mo sir. have never travelled with any
body. | have
ALWAYS WORKED THIS BUSINESS ALONE.
''Mr. Pinkerton is the only man who ever
got my career straight, and if his idea had
been adopted [ would have been stopped at
Philadelphia.
''There is another miSapprehension |
would like to have you correct. 1t was
stated in the Chicago Times that had once
been sentenced to four years and six months
in the penitentiary. This is wrong; |
have never been in the penitentiary, and
the only time | was ever in jail
was at Hartford, Conn.,, where 1 was sent
up for four months"
''YOu must have amasSed considerable
wealth in the past few years?"
There is where the papers have made
another mistake; the estimates of what /
acquired are all too high; / couldn't say
what amount would cover it. but certainly
not over S25, 900 or $50, 900 all told. Then
you must remember that didn't realize as
much as that AS general thing didn't
realize more than One-third of what the
stuff was worth"
What became of all this money!"
"a good share of it was spent in travel
ing, and then / played the bank some, and
gave good deal Of it away. Sometimes
| would meet a friend or poor fellow who
was broke and | would give up a $50 or a
$50 note as quick as l would nickel"
TBHT LOVE AFFAIR.
'How about that Boston love affair of
yours? Is there any truth in the statement
that Boston girl fell in love with you, and
sent you a case of files concealed in box
Of fowers?"
Il don't care to say much about this mat
ter. 1t was all very foolish idea. You
see | was well acquainted with the lady's
brother, and she sent me the files in box
of flowers. AT least that is the report, as l
didn't see them. She certainly did very
foolish thing, and | sent a note to her
brother requesting that she be not allowed
to visit the jail. There was no way in
which | could communicate with her, and
it was all done without my solicitation"
''Have you any relatives out this way?"
''NO, sir; my mother is dead, but l have
an old father residing in New York"
The conversation then drifted to the cir
cumstances of his arrest and to the Incl
dents of his trip West. In referring to the
latter he said that Mr.. Pinkerton had
| treated him with all the consideration pos
sible. 1--WE played casino a good part of
! the way out" he said, land | must say
| that Pinkerton is about the only man l
| hayn't been able to beat lately"
In conversation with Mr.. PinkertOn the
latter stated that Landers had conducted
himself all the way through as a perfect
| gentleman. land in fact" he concluded, L
am just little bit stuck on him myself"
WHEN ARRESTED
Landers was evidently down on his luck, as
very little money was found in his posses
sion. The day before his arrest he pawned
some jewelry for $50, and checks and notes
to the extent of S12,00 were found in his
possession, going to show that he was evil
| IDENTITY preparing for another SwoOp.
When encountered by the GLOBE re-
porter, early in the day, he was informed
| that an attempt had been made to sketch
his figure for reproduction in this issue of
the GLOBE. Later in the day he inquired
of the reporter how the sketch was getting
along, saying that he hoped it would not
! appear unless it was good one. This re-
mark at once demonstrated the good taste
and vanity of the man.
HE WAS ARRAIGNED
before Judge Burr at , o'clock yesterday
| afternoon, being represented by Mr.. +. j..
Rogers. He waived examination and was
held to the grand jury. the bail being fixed
at s., 900, in default of which he was COM