The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-01-12

ing of the D., Il. and w. tracks In
spector Lange was in charge of the
regular police ! telegraphed him to
arrest all of the Pinkerton people who
took part in firing the volley. A riot
was ayerted by the admirable work of
Inspector Lange, Captain Farrier and
Sergeant McGuinness, who kept the
enraged strikers from the Pinkerton
men till they were assured that every
man of the Pinkertons would be ar
rested as soon as they were identified
as implicated in the shooting.
Six of them, including Pat Shellee
and Dan Moriarity, were identified
and brought down to Headquarters.
They arrived here about dark. The
greatest excitement prevailed about
the building. 1t was surrounded by
a solid mass of people. kept detec-
tives among the crowds. Report
came in that the building was about
to be attacked with view to lynch
ing the prisoners. Notwithstanding
the large force of police inside the
building, to make things doubly sure
! arranged with Detectives Clos,
Dalton and othsrs, in citizens clothes,
to walk out with the prisoners at in
tervals. They were carried to the
Third and Fourth precinct station
houses and kept there until morning.
POLITICAL EXCITEMENT.
Things were lively, too, in 1871,
when the Republicans got control of
the Legislature and appointed five
Police Commissioners, empowering
them by an act to make any removal
from the force they saw fit to. The
Board met several times week to
chop off heads. Cooper place for sew
eral weeks was blocked with would-be
policemen, all buttonholing, some
growing, some hurrahing,
In 1887 new law did away with
Commissioners appointed by the
Legislature. The Democrats got con
troll. Then came a repetition of the
scenes of 1871 / was reduced from
the rank of inspector to that of SER
geant. Captain Mckaig was reduced
to sergeant. There was a regular
hurrah. But that was about the
wind up OF removing policemen with
out cause. The Tenure of Office act
was passed shortly after.
CELEBRATED CRIMINALS
'sWho were some of the celebrated
criminals who occupied the cells be-
low, Chief"
''Oh, there were so many can't be-
gin to recall them. Let's see; there
were Proctor, Denning and Foley, who
cut through the First National Bank
to get into the bank vault. That was
in ~ They were captured before
they got into the vault All three
were noted cracksmen. They were
sent down for fifteen years
Then there were Cove Bennett and
Jennie Smith, charged with the MUIR
der of Policeman Smith. Jennie's hus-
band, in rs Both were convicted of
murder in the first degree, but got a
new trial and were acquitted for lack
of conclusive evidence against them.
They were lodged in the old building
for two weeks.
Mary Hansen, alias Gibson, the
confidence queen spent some time
there, too She swindled a number of
the prominent boys around town out
of large sums of money with her sweet
tongue and not by her looks. She
made the boys believe that she was
heiress to millions she was to receive
through the bishops and the Pope.
Cardinal McCloskey came over to the
police court here to be a witness
against her She roped in Samuel
Garrison for SO, 600. Prosecutor Win
field laughed the case out of court.
She and her husband were subse-
quently arrested here and finally
lodged in the New Jersey State
Prison.
STRANGE LIST.
Later got the Chief to glance over
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noted criminals who had been held in
the old cells. Here is the list as he
gave it to me-
James Flaherty, alias James Ander-
son; John Murphy, alias Liverpool
Jack, and John Rogers alias "Brookly
johnny three noted burglars who
were captured in 1878 for robbing
houses on Jersey avenue, and who got
six years in States Prison.
Nicholas Feith, noted safe robber,
captured by Detective Dalton and
turned over to the Albany authori-
ties for big jewelry robbery
Jimmy Cooper, alias " Brockey
Jimmy" a burglar who has served
five terms in prison, and who is now
doing seven years term.
Horatio Sanks, alias DR.. Squills, a
well known pickpocket, who has re-
sided there on three occasions.
Edward, alais Porter Flanagan,
for murder.
George Williams. George Edwards.
James Walters, Michael Mallon and
John Thompson, alias big Jack, >
the five burglars who robbed T. c..
Browns dry goods store in March,
1876, and got ten years in Trenton
prison. These noted burglars were
captured by Captain McKaig, Detec-
tive Clos and Patrolman Harvey, and
allthe property, amounting to 81, 000
was recovered.
In May, 1876, James Russell, noted
burglar, was captured by Detective
Doyle, and after soiourn in the old
cells for few days was sent to Tren-
ton Prison for seven years.
Morris Williams, a burglar, who as
saulted Roundsman Coward, got TWEEN
ty years.
James w. Meyer, alias ssNibsey. . the
pickpocket, who robbed Captain Will
gus of a thousand dollar diamond in
the railroad station at Louisville. KY,
and was captured in this city. This
case caused a. great deal of excitement
at the time and many efforts We're
made by the prisoners lawyers to get
the big diamond from the police. This
man was arrested upon a charge of
picking the pocket of O countryman
on the Pennsylvania train, and
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