The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-05-13
HOW THEY ARE TAKEN
How the ROgues' Gallery Aids
the Police Force.
PICTURES OF THE CRIMINALS.
Desperate Men who Obj cot to Having
Their LIkenesaes Taken-Schemss
to Defeat the Detectives.
am Won KNOW the prisoner 2"

s'Do you know the prisoner"
This question put to detective Officers
IL very familiar one to those who fire.
quent the criminal courts to any great
extent. Generally the detected prisoner
he knows, and he talks about his record
in such way as to lead the uninitiatec
to believe that he has most remarkable
memory for names. faces and facts.
And there are many detectives who
have excellent memories, but they de
not trust to them alone in recognizing
criminals. They have to assist them
the Rogus's Gallery, of which, though
much is said, very few have any COM
prehensiVe knowledge.
Tue collection of photographs OF
"crooks"-as the police call offenders
against the law-oEned by the police
department of this city, dates from
1854, and there are several thousand
pictures altogether. In connection
with it there is a reference book, with
CdCA LAdA . ACSOl01 AAS AoAAOt o~ANS~i 49,
dence and legitimate occupation, natlv-
ity, when arrested, offense, name OF
officer who captured him, and . COM
pleLe description, which includes
height, weight, color of eyes and hair,
etc., besides peculiarities OF his form,
features, scars and peculiar marks.
UNWILLING SUBJECTS.
It is not always easy to obtain a good
photograph of dangerous criminal,
for they have q horror of the rogues'
gallery. Sometimes, when on their way
to the photographers, they make des-
perate attempts to escape, but they are
now so we'll guarded that such efforts
are fruitless. Previous to 1878, or
whereabouts, however, not so much
vigilance was exercised, the presump-
ton being that a man would not at
tempt to get away. In December OF
that year, Detective James Donagny,
who was then q special officer, arrested
IVES Allen, one of the famous Allen
brothers, of New York, charged with
picking pockets On q fifteenth street
car. He was afterwards 1dentlted by
Matthew Poster, OF Germantown, as one
of the men who had robbed him OF
KOlU 6uO C1o4As w ASL -
8 hearing Allen conceived cunning
idea to escape. He placed q rope
around the lower portion of his leg,
preventing the circu alton of the blood.
On the following day the limb was
terribly swollen and he could hardly
walk to the Central Poi:e Court. Ser
oesnt Buchanan, Of the reserve corps,
who has since died, sym2athlzed with
the mans condition, and while con-
Quoting him to the photograph gal
Iery assisted him considerably. When
they arrived Allen was placed in q
chair and the officer went into another
room. The crook jumped from win
dow to q shed and then to the yard.
He was captured. however. The nip
pers were subsequently, placed on every
prisoner and two officers instead OF one
we're detailed to accompany him.
soHE OF THE PHOTOGRAPHS.
Among thernoted photographs is that
OF Joseph Brompton,> the forger, about
whose extradition the lawyers Of two
nations we're involved, and whose
friends expended thousands of ollar.
to prevent his return to England, where
he was afterwards sentsneed TO seven
years imprisonment. The picture OF
William Moser, implicated in the ab-
duction of Charley Ross, and who was
killed at Bay Ridge, L. T., while com
uniting 8 burglary, occupies q place
Another photograph is that of Anthony
Adam, under which is written "fugi-
tive, wanted for the theft of $500, 900. 3"
George McHenry, alias Big Ike. alias
The CRYING Sneak, q noted Pickpocket
who has served several sentences, il
alongside of a man tabled "Cut Throat
McHenry frequently gained the sym
pathy of the judges by tearfully relat-
ing a tale Of reform and that he waf
lust leaving the city to attend the fu-
neral Of some relative. In looking over
the collection, persons have frequently
said: why, there is General Han
cockr" The man who bears such 8
striglng resemblance to the war hero is
John Clark, a noted litter and thief
Carrie Harris, colored hend, who, al
ter poisoning the family of Edgar P
Kitchener, plundered the house arc
fed, can also be seen. In June, 1888
abe was sentenced to five years impris-
Onment. The name OF DR.. Johr
buchanan, Of bogus diploma fame, i
Known to almost every medical man in
the world. His likeness is also to b
found.
FAMOUS BURGLARS.
The burglars department contain
the photographs of some OF the mos
noted and daring crooks in the country
The prominent characters are: Johr
Mahoney, otherwise Jack Sheppard
During eighteen years he was sentenced
to twenty years imprisonment
March, 1866 five years, State Prison Of
Massachusetts; April, 1879. FIVE years
Boston; June, 1872, four years. Joliet
ILL.,. where he was pardoned early il
1875 and in August of the same yeal
was sentenced to the eastern peniten
tiary. James Fegry. known as Gin.
cinnati Red, has frequently been il
prison. When taken to the photo
grapher's he refused to hold his heaC
up, and it required three men to hole
him in position. He was subdueC
after the officers grasped hin
by the hair. and in tn,
photograph the hands of tht
policemen can be plainly seen