Telegram-herald., 1888-05-20
| CRIME RE-T0LD
GEORGE slD~sstL sasx foResa
. sksseh sf n1s es<ssr-- Fszrtssa Years N
Rxk<sar- Bzd ssa - r1slzSh the
story u Hzs L1fs.

Ellts<l Yeas 80 th> 48A4E<4f e<e<t4lcS
Of Europe wers sslounsisd By inmeDss
forgsriss apsn ths Bank of Enxlsnd.
Nsn Who had tAs pluck 70 attempt
raid spon this great instisotoa and ths
tscr 10 carry their scheme 70 success wsrs
men to hs feared in every nonssed cen
trs
Msny . veteran 6nancisr orsashed . sigh
Of relief when las asws came thzs English
justice lad placed George AeDocald. Ed
sin Soyss Hiils. Anstin and George Bid
vel bshiad prison bars.
Thess men were ell Amsriczns. snd ths
6rsl three are serving life tsrns in Eaxlxa
prisons
George Bidwelrs release fss months
ago. wzs secured sfter . long delay. sy .
petition slgnsd by Gov. Cleveland. thea
Prssidsaf -slect, tAs late Wee President
Hendricks. Gov. Algsr. Of Michigan. Gov
Gray. OF Indiana. Hon john K Buck. Of
Connecticut. snd many other eminent nsn
al home and ia kng land
Mp. Bldssu rstaraed broken in health,
from the effect Oh fourteen years incarceE2-
ton IN Engiish prisons, where be suffered
| from brutal treatment and several years Of
solitary connnsmsat IN . dismal dunge0a-
Georzs Bidseli, the leader Of the COM
pany, began operations Ia England and on
/ the continent in ls7l~2, which led 20 the
| giganuc forgsries on ths Bank Of England.
| Ia the course of these opefztions-al de-
| Jailed ia his book-Ae became acquainted
sith the method by which kothsehilds,
| Bannxs and other famous bankers carried
| on their International business, By means
Of which this quartet were enabled to exs-
| cute their plans.
4 Mr.. Bidwe1 gives q graphic description
l OF the sudden collapse OF the scheme, and
/ the way the detectives followed him oyel
| England Ireland and Scotland, where %
Was Gnally arrested He gives incidents ol
narrow escapes. ths way as threw them OF
the track, and ths shrswd manner in which
they got after him again; his arrest and
lengthy trial
4 Hills was arrested In London, Georgt
Bidvsll in Ecinburg, Austin Binwell II
| Havana aud Mcdonald in New York. The
| examination lasted hve months. the tria
| eight days, and they were al sentenced &c
| life imprisonment
A detailed account of his prison life ID
given by Mr. BldweiI, with illustrations
| from photographs Of the three prisons b,
was in. and likenessss of the judge. jury
| and lawyers who acted on the trial Ths
London Times says that within the memory
Of living men no such case. for length and
interest, has occupied the English eoort.
The account of hs prison life. the rigid dis.
eipline. the food, the lower grade Of watch
| men, thsif conduct beward the pfisen ers
the servies 70 Which prisoners are put. are
ali described 10 an Interesting manner His
tory may we'll BE- challenged 90 produce an
other life into wAich has come SO many
varied and bswildsring events, resulting il
untold suffering ct boqy sad torture o
entire civilized world. cA1siug Rothschilt
to tremble, add ~ hnSn Of monsy king.
70 quake with fen.
since George Bidwelfs release to begin 8
new life, he has employed his time In III:
rural home in writing full and truthful
history of his wonderfully eventual life
From this the pablic will learn how h,
sought to gain livelihood by honest en-
desvors and how he fsl into temptation
he discloses for the FIRST time q criminal
career in this country, which led MP 70 the
monumental affair in England; and his sc
count Of merchandise zwindling operations
under the gnise of wholesale commission
| houses, viii be revelation TO many basi-
ness men IN cur principal cities. Probably
| no other man IN all the world, having tn.
capabilities and deposition to do. so, bai
had the peculiar experience which woulC
enable him 10 write such book. Aakins
no pretensions to literary ability, hetells
In an intensely interestion vein, the storJ
Of q most adventurous lite. eoncealing noIh
ing.
One who has recently visited Mr.. Bid
well speaks of him as a modest appearin;
man, OF quiet dignity, and the bearing OF ,
cultivated Blan OF the world. His face i
that Of . strong, earnest man-s man of bus
mess and a thinker-just such q lace as on
might lock for a2eDg men OF heavy re
sponslbilites IN professional or business
The title page Of the forthcoming book is
'FoFging His Chains The Autooiograph,
Of George Bidwell; sn Authentic History G
His Unsxampled Career in America an
Europe, Bis EarlY Life. Struggles. Tenpta
items and Fall: the story Of His Connectio.
With TIE 81. .0o0. 90 Forgery on the Bank 0
, Ensland, with the account Of His Ares
Trial, Conviction and Incarceration -Four
teen Years IN Englisa Prisons.
The entire veiusas will be replete wit
stirring Incidents. marvellous adventures
, hair-osssdth escapes aad thrillink exps
risncss. such a. few men have met with
| They are narrated in sn saky, pictures1u
style, svineing sincerity and candor, wit
no attempt at sensation or exsggeration.
, Is not q confirmation to flashy literature Q
| designed for the sdificstion of the viciou
It is intended for honest people, with a
enduring injunction fof them 20 rsmstu .,
The book will contsia sbodt 600 oetsv
| pages, nearly 100 illustrations.
5. ;. Scranton q Co, Hartford. Conn
viii soon issue this book. which win
sold only By sgents. Il viii undoubtsdl
have phsnomensl sale