Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1890-03-01
A NOTABLE cRAcksMAN.
One Leaf from the Memoirs of Billy POI
ter. Bank Burglar.

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ter, Bank Burglar.
The Anglo-Saxon race produces all
the eminent burglars. The daring o.
American burglars and of their brethren
In the allied profession of train-robbinc
has worldwide fame Englishmen
In their slow, conservative way, show
but little less ability, though perhap:
less brilliancy. Whenever on the CONT
nent mail bags are stolen. banks or great
jewelers. robbed, Englishmen do the
work. The famous robbery of French
mails which took place about a year age
was joint effort of Englishmen and
Americans.
In many cases these artists are Anglo.
Americans. Every now and then q
theft, usually successful, is made OF
postal packages passing between the
diamond merchants of Hatton garden
London, and the diamond cutters OF
Amsterdam. Dutchmen are the losers
by the theft, and some Dutchmen doubt
less profit by it, but Englishmen carry
out the effective part of the work. The
conclusion to be drawn from all this is
that only members of the great, world,
enveloping, Anglo-Saxon race possess
the resourceful courage required in this
method of gaining wealth.
Probably the most perfect type of the
modern burglar is Billy Porter, who has
been engaged in bank-robbing in every
part of this country He has several
other names of course. His American
record is too u-a11 lypoUn 70 nao6 yo,ooo ;.
ing. He made a very interesting APP
pearance in London some time ago,
however, about which people may not
have read SO much. Billy and an ac-
complete entered the premises of rich
jeweler at Munich, and carefully Sc
cured all the stones and jewels of I'M
usual size and value. . What they took
was worth so, 600 marks at the lowest
estimate. Entrance to the jewelers.
premises was effected in the most in
genious manner, and the thoughtful
burglars left ropes, displaced flooring,
etc, just as they used them so as to
provide an invaluable object-lesson for
any of the German youth who might
wish to emulate them. Then they
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class carriages and berths. The English
detectives succeeded in tracing them
and found Porter living with his wife.
baby and mother-in-law in nice house
in quiet suburb of London. They
found the booty there, too. Porter and
his accomplice were accordingly taken
to the Bow street police court and their
tipD 70 Il o,,,aaInl
Porter is a typical gentlemanly bur
glar of meloerama, only a little less
tlashy. He came into court dressed in a
black cutaway coat, trousers of dark ma
terial patent-leather boots and dark
red scarf. His chin was shaven, and he
wore CAREFUL y-trimmed mustache. He
carried a silk hat in his right hand and
pair of gloves in his left. Although
he was repeatedly remanded from week
to week, and passed the intervals in
prison, he always came into court with
the hat and gloves. He is short, rosy
faced and of medium height, and he
booked like an everyday middle-class
EngliShman.
He answered questions in quiet, UNI
concerned manner, never growing angry
or excited. When the various nipple
ments of burglary were held up to view
he smiled sweetly
The case ended in Porter's discharge
because he was British subject, and
the British Government does not extra
dite its own subjects for burglary
Porter was born in Canada. The jew
eler got his stock back, which was lucky
for Hmm. Y. Evening Sun.