, 1889-12-19
HCEE AID TIE DETECTIVE.
-le &0.or-ous Bank Robbec In,
52y5 Two Hours Of
Liberty.

Jimmy " Hop-, tbs notorious Nan
ha,.Sa Bank ro5her, who has spent most
of his lie behind the bars, hsdtre hours
81. EH"-ty yesterday. the frat he Las had
jnr % ...eat many ycSrS.
II vas = guest OF Uncle sA;n, and
~al6oj lcisurely about the postoEIce
eGi.Ell5 s-1oking cigar.
Ia Jjlc 1-uc building, waiting to arrest
n. when he ieis, were two Of Inspector
= s"-'- dy'~..ly-s. sud Detective Mc-
N@u-htoa .ad Sheriff KeeIer. OF C.yu:a
.c.aaty-
Hope has been confined in the Tomhs
-nr> Angus. 18th, on two indictments
l@rEinE hiR with coGpIirity in TIE
'iarha}jau Hauk robbery. Yesterday
morning h- vss brought bofore Judge
Wheeler, in the United States court, il
hA',-ss corpus proceedings.
Governor Hill had declared that Hope
could not be held any longer On the Man
haitian Bank chSrge, and also refused to
ARA hlrl over TO the DclewEre authori-
res. where lie - wanted for jail break
M.
Oa motion Of Hr. Brooke, his counsel
JIjse Wheeler discharged the prisoner.
The four officers knew they could not
ARE, Hog,e in the rostolfice building,
wh.,,. IS uuIci United States jurisdic-
| ioo. and Jimmy" was also perfectly
., ware that lie ras sale while on Federal
property.
| Ah! hrcamrs, exclaimed the little
sheriff from Cayuga county, as he stood
il reaGius-s To i,Ie in behind Hope, who
eajkc.l Ieiaurely cut Of the courtroom
an! Down the corridor.
The iogr oai,trs followed in Indian
! lie, the Cayugs sheriff III the lead.
Before the elevator WSs reached Hope
concluded to have smoke, and stopped
to Ii-Lj ! match. The action somewhat
threw the line out Of order, and when
=. jimmy" proceeded there was gen
,r-.l zvramble for best position.
The procession moved. The detectives
readily fell into the lock-siep, and when
| he elevator vas reached they received {
.eJrtv cheer from the numerous spec.a
,o-s.
| Aitrr waiting i've minutes the elevator
arrived, hU. '- Jimmy" suddenly thought
! jJAc danger surrounding suna n descent
ana concluded that he would waIl
down.
with Hope in the le.d the five stsrtsc
dow" stairs. The detectives, in theil
ea-erncss to get nearer the point OF at
t:aalien, surrounded Hope Snd blocked
his progress, hut no one put i hand upor
him
" Gentlemen, don't block the stair
c.t-c, is dangerous in case Of fire" sar
clzticAliy remarked IIopo.
II proceeded on his way, but uher
w.,hia twenty feet OF the door h,
co-v,aini h' would no: expE5s his deli
cat, constitution TO the mercy Of .
storm.
Hope went Upstairs again and spen
two hours ia the enjoyment of liberty
At .Cngth Jimmy" went down tc
80 # the storm had abatcd. The de
tective- followed. The rain poured
down harder than ever, and Jimmy
went up again. He repeated the per
form3nce several times.
| 1t was on his seventh trip that hl
suJdeniy lett the elevator at the second
| t.oo?, nearly knocking the now almost
f.enzicd man from Cayuga of his feet
Just as Byrne's men got out, Hops
! turned around and again got in, and SC
did the sheriff: Ills rivals were too
late, and Jimmy and the sheriff rode t.
the ground floor alone.
! This time Hope went into the street
and kceicr captured the prize just rs
Byrne's mcn rushed, all out o. breath,
TO the spot.
Hopes counsel, Charles ". Brooke,
/ at once took out n other writ Of hSbsa.
! corpus, which was made rcturnable on
Friday.
| Hope was rakcn 30 police headpu.r,
( ters and locked up.
! lie arrest VS. made on the strength
ofa bench warrant isaued ON May ),
i5777, 5y the district attorney OF Cayuga
county charging Hope with felony, in
escaping from the i..il fourteen years
aS"--Nc"- York 5ioCning journal.
@Nas.J::,: JO::NsCOWX HORROR.