Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1886-11-18
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sJiuanay,, Hope Oae 81 the Delaware
Bank RursIsrs on His Way 60 New
York.
Jimmy Hopes eight-year sentence ex-
pirea at the San Quenton prison, Caiifor-
MIA, at noon yesterday, and be was imme-
diately handed over TO Detective Silas
Rogers of Inspector Byrnes' staff OF New |
York, who will bring him to that city. |
Hope, who is one of the oldest, most dar- |
ing and most successful crooks In the |
| United States, must stand trial for rob
| bing the Manhattan Savings Institution az
| broadway aud Blocker street, New
York, on October 9th, 1873. This au-
| dacious crime, by which the institution
was robbed Of 81, 170, 600 produced SEN
sation which did not subside for many
months. Four well.known burglars were
convicted for the crime. Among them
Johnny Hope, JiInmy's son. He was
sentenced TO 20 years. imprisonment june
29th, 1879, aud he IN now in Sing Sing
Jimmy and his son and there was no
doubt that the elder Hope was the lead
ing spirit of the gang-had planned the
robbery. Jimmy disappeared as COM
pletely as if the earth had swallowed MN
immediately after tho robbery, and moth
ing was heard of him until June 2Sth, 1851,
J when he was captured in San Francisco
/ | for attempting to rob f. Burton a %. 8
bank. He was tried, convicted and sem
) fenced to eight years in San Quentin. In
spector Byrnes communicated with the
j California authorities, who promised to
5 let him know when his sentenced expired.
e Although So of Jimmy Hopes 81 years
0 have been spent in crime, comparatively
e few of them have been passed in expia-
i ton. His deep-rooted love of liberty has
!. led him to break Jail twice. Always 2
;. hard man to catch, he generally managed
}, to get away after burglary. His grimes
/. have paid well, and at the time OF hli
>; | arrest in San Francisco his fortune WA
VI estimated at 100000. April 9th, 1859
d, Hope and George Leslie, alias Howard
re who was afterwards murdered near fon
d, kers, robbed the Beuehcent Savings Inst
tuition of Philadelphia 81 500, 600. Tn
" next year the paymaster's office OF TN
r. Philadelphia navy yard was robbed OF
b, large sum, and Hope was strongly sus
x. pected, but no positive proof could b
Is- obtained against him. Soon afterward
70, he was heard from in the interior OF NeN
4 York state. where he robbed little bank
I'M Hone, big Fraukn Mccoy, Joe Howar
sst alias Kingsland aud Jim Brady opene
Q the Delaware National Bank of this city
is, soon afterwards. They were all COL
yicted, but in the prison Mccoy organize
as bold revolt and the entire gang escaped
IN, Mccoy was recaptured and is now in jai
nal and Hope has about nine years due hi
Id, in this State at New Castle Jail.
ON On the night of February I'd, 1871,
rue short, muscular man in police uniforl
he went to the South Kensington Banl
on. Philadelphia, and told the watchman Thu
our he had been sent to guard the bank, I
kit the officials had heard that it was to
on robbed that night. Half dozen men
will uniform were soon at the door, whie
row was locked as soon as they we're admitte
ion II was long after business hours. ~
lge, watchman was knocked senseless by II
de- short man, who was Jimmy Hope, OIL
the i'policemen," who wero members
1.-THE gang, rihed the vault. Hope was co
2 OF yicted and sent to the Eastern penite
lcai tiary whence he escaped in short tim
, dan Assisted by Abe Coakley, Hope made
,son unsuccessful attempt upon the De
ling River Comm Bank in 1878. Below II
first partial list of other robberies attribut
INTO, to Jimmy, with the amounts stolen
the wellsboro Bank, 1874, $50, 600; N
H., OF ford, N. H., October, 1874, 500, on
. it ths Saratoga County Bank, Waterford, n.
,trv, October, 1872, $500, 600; Third Nation
the Bank, Baltimore, August, 1872, $40, o.