Helena weekly herald. [volume] (Helena, Mont.) 1867-1900, 1889-02-21

Imprisonment, he determined to affect her
escape Engaging the services OF a confede-
rate he drove to Sing Sing and there made
bis arrangements All that is known is that
Sophie was liberated.
The pair went to Detroit, where they
bought some property and settled down once
more to happy home life Lyons was soon ar
rested for an attempt to rob bank at Water
ford, N Y While he was in Jail Sophie, in
order that the work might go on, went into
the blackmail business. A gentleman of
wealth proposed to remain at her house over
night, but when he had undressed to go to
bed Sophie entered his room, seized his clothes
and threw them out of the window. Then
she drew pistol from her pocket and pointed
it at the bosom of her guest The gentleman
signed check for large amount and went
on his way Sophie drew the money and
congratulated herself on fine haul.
This and other matters cast tinge of sus-
picion upon Sophie's character in DETROIT, and
she felt constrained to depart for Boston. She
levied contribution there, in one of the
hotels, on credulous gentleman in the shape
of $4,000 check; but, luckily for the con-
tributor, he reached the bank before the
nimble Sophie and stopped payment.
At this point in Sophie's career occurred
an act of ingratitude to her husband, who
had effected her escape from Sing Sing. She
joined a man named Brock. Lyons, mean
while, left his enforced residence, and hear
ing of the actions of the guilty pair, went
after Brock with shooting To1l," and the
two tried to kill each other. Nothing came
of the encounter, except that it resulted in
the re-transfer of Mrs. Lyons affections to
her spouse. Soon after, both were arrested
on Long Island for picking pockets, and
Lyons was taken to Connecticut to serve an
unexpired term for bank robbery, for, as at
Sing Sing, be had left the Connecticut prison
without leave His wife was released.
These continued separations from her hus-
band while he was in prison were great
trial to Sophie's fidelity. After her husband
was sent back to Connecticut she became ac-
quainted with man with whom she took up,
and went through the country lecturing. She
was then living at a respectable house on
Fifth avenue, New York, and was interested
In the work Of Nine. Touche, the female
broker, who was arrested for enticing women
TO gamble in stocks.
Sophie's later operations have been as q
confederate for bank thieves. One game was
for Sophie and bank thief to drive up to
country bank in buggy. The thief would go
Into the bank, and if few were there would
ask one of the clerks to 60 out to the buggy
where lame lady wished to consult him
about investments While he was gone the
thief and other confederates would help them
selves to any cash they could find unguarded
Another dodge was to 60 into bank, and If
a man were found counting bills, Sophie
would drop her handkerchief, and while the
polite official was picking it up her confed-
crate would take the money off the desk.
She next went to Paris.
In all this record of crime, there is but one
act recorded to show that Ned and Sophie
Lyons have human hearts. While their son
initiated his father and died in Auburn pris-
on, the three little girls were sent to school
and kept ignorant of their parents lives.
They are now supposed to be in convent
school in Montreal, ignorant of their mothers
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