West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1885-11-13

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a big Irish porter who saw him commit
the robbery. Well. Chauncey hired me
and gave me the story. l suggested to
the hotel proprietors that the English
clergyman ought TO have his papers,
and they were returned. not. however,
before Chauncey's accusers recon-
mended the Court to give him a light
sentence.
QUICK WORK IN 4 BANK.
when you talk about the manner in
which criminals get their liberty / can
tell you some daisies. You've often no.
ticed that the paying tcllers' windows
IN banks are guarded by little iron or
brass barSP Well, before Dutch Helm
rIch's time the windows were entirely
open. BY the way, what a genius be
was
The lawyer closed his eyes in ecstaey
and murmured the name.
Heinrich used to wait till the teller
OF "A bank had a good pile of money i'm
front of his window. and then he would
reach in, seize an armful if he could
and get away 80 quickly that pursuit
was hopeless. During the war Heinrich
got away with two bags of gold from a
Wall street bank in this fashion. He
passed the bags to confederates. who
managed TO escape. Heinrich, howev-
or, was arrested. He offered TO return
some of the gold if he was sci at lib.
erty. The President of the bank accent
cd one bag Of gold and then bailed
Heinrich out. The case was before
Justice Hogan. and | remember it very
well.
W. MURDERS vt SEA.
I'll tell YOU of a thing that saved a
mans life, and | didn't even have to
tell a lie to do it either. In 1864 "A man
named Griffin was mate of "a big ship.
lie wanted to he Captain. and so he in
duced the steward, n man named Lees,
to help him Kill the Captain. They
rubbed blue vitriol on the edge of a
drinking-glass, and in this way poisoned
the Captain. who died. The owners
were notified, but instead of promoting
Griffin they hired another Captain from
the outside. Griffin was wild over his dis
appointment. and he killed the second
Captain in the same way. Again the
owners vent outside for "A man TO fill the
vacancy. The Mate made an attempt
to poison the Captain, but the owners
of the vessel suspected what was the
matter and had the bodies of the two
ihulhCltu captains tAnlIltu. Traces
of poison were discovered and both
Griffin and Lees were arrested. Lees
confessed, and when Griffin was tried
in New York / defended him. The
our was i'm Burtou's Theater. i'm
Chambers street. on tho very spot where
the American News Company's build
ing is to-day. My wife wanted TO hear
me defend Griffin, and she came to
nntIri with har ltt1n Hail. - - -.
Well, the trial went On. ! made Lees.
the steward, admit that he had terrible
dreams, in which the scenes of the muir
| based a theory that Lees was
the real and the only murderer. and
that he was trying 10 implicate Griffin
to Il his neck. When | got up
to sur up the case | felt shaky. /
wanted to awaken some emotion in the
breasts of the jurors, and yet | couldn't
see my way clear. While | was talking
my eye happened to alight upon my
wife and baby sitting in n far corner of
the room. IT was an inspiration. Point
ing at them I cried: ooh, gentlemen!
gentlemen! Will you make that moth
er a widow and that innocent babe an
orphan? Can you look upon those
guiltless ones and send this man to an
undeserved deathP
The jury vas moved TO tears, and |
need not tell you that Grifin's life was
saved. My wife, who was too far away
to near my words, never could under
stand why she suddenly became the
center OF attraction for all the eyes in
the room | may as well tell YOU that
Griffin was unmarried. The present
Judge Andrews was Assistant United
States District Attorney in the case.
The baby is now the mother of five of
my grandchildren.
A BANK OF ESGLAND BURGLAR.
"Of course you've heard of McDon-
aid, the great Bank of England forger,
who is now Sc wing on II life sentence
well, ] knew him we'll He used to
practice his profession in this city. He
was a mean man and would screw his
lawyer down TO the last cent. Even his
abilities can never make me admire
such a man. McDonald's greatest game
was this: He would hire q cheap house
on South street, which in those DAYS
was n poor neighborhool, and would
put up on the front of the house asign.
such as Buggius d Co, commission
merchants, OF Muggins d Co.. shipping
merchants. Then he would order whole
shiploads of goods from Canada and
other distant places. Sometimes his
victims would make proper injuries
about Buggins d Go. and would refuse
TO ill the orders. Other firms would
Jump at the princely style of the orders
and would send on the goods. OF
course Buggins q Go. would instantly
sell the goods, pocket the cash and dis
appear. Mcdonald got 81, 700 worth
OF umbrellas from Spencer II. Smith. a
wholesaler. The swindle was discov-
cred and Mcdonald was arrested. Al
though the umbrellas were taken to
Police Headquarters the prisoner made
an assignment Of them to me. together
with some furniture he owned. Nc
Donald vas arraigncd before judge
bowling. in the Tombs, and dis
charged.
Howe
"Oh, IN consequence OF his innocence
Good heavens, what n quest on"
What did YOU do with the UNI
brsllasPn
" When ! went TO get them ! found
that Spencer H. Smith lawyer had nut
an attachment upon them. + ole ed TO
compromise and take half of the nm
b~rellas, but the Othc fellow wouldn't
give nap one. The result was that they
rottod in Police Headquarters. and. for
al know, the flames are there now.