New-York tribune., 1891-01-29
TWO NOTORIOUS THIEgES ARRESTED.
THEY WERE PREPARING FOR JOB - DAVE
CUMMINGs'S REMARKABLE CAREER

r,,rv WE'RE PREPARING FOR A" JOB" DAVE.
CUMMNGs's REMARKABLE CAREER
Dave, Cummings and Billy Mahcr ho'o''o"'
professional thieves are prisoners at Police hea"su
,or. They were arrested at Fourthayc. and twenty
I,h -, on Monday night Each carried a brown
,or Marcel containing burglars tools. In the eolec
tion were Iimmics wedges drills, bits braces anu
L" drag" ALI made Of the finest steel. lHe '"l"s -
an instrument used in pryins open the door' Vi say
II was evident that the thieves Intended 10 TOD 9'0
but they declared that they were going out Oh ' wy
when arrested. They takon 10 the JcHer'on 'i'
Ict Police Court on Tuesday. and were Iemaluen "
the custody Of Inspector Byrnc' until to-uaS' ri'e
TO get any confession from them' tile inspector "@e
decidcd 70 arr,ign them on charge OF carrying o'
rIar,, tool, with intent t. commit ROBBERY a"u' 40
they are old offenders, they can D. seIt " P'9o
seven years on that charge. rs they hdNo '0 ~
rested several times. and have served erhl' i" P'
they have been known to TIE ponce u1u0i '''
of ssumcd names. , or,,od A.
Cummings is forty five years Old. ana HIS "0iA "
the thiers trade in the company of sucu hoteu ''i
i,ote -, . Iin,tnv- Hone Rulc' Minor, JOHNNY
rourdan Pete" Emmerson and George Leslie iio
began his career a. a thief when he was young "
i'm a Chicago hotel, and later he was sIauu'''
the thefs best school. prison, aiter ropplns
boats ON Lake Michigan. In company Win p"'
with whom ne became friendly in prison. he "c"V "
\pN Orleans und robbed q Hdic III /" 5N'N''
vaIue of the booty being about SlOOooo' La'cr "'
,,, hi Friends stole sj3 900 from bank in the same
CITY Cummings lived like prince on MS shs'o VI
tbe plunder and while he was spending money id'
he struck up a partnership with Enher'o" anu ~
with them he committed series oi ou'
Ouincy ILL., which netted the enormous sum Va
s.25 900 Tho successful burglars came 70 'hl' .'S
10 gamble away part Of their wealth Leshc a a''-
ward murdered mystcriousy near fonkerS. III lo'-
9TH "A
HatonaI Bank I'm Jersey City, and began to dig through
the floor 10 get the bank vaults but the plo' wa"
discovered and the police arrested all ol inc Duih"
except Cummings. who escaped. III 81 i|o"'' 40
hclped TO steal diamonds worth F21'oOo from po''a'
-rier, 4 Co. As a hotel thief he worked alone WIN
e for some years but In l--l lie was caught
,,f,o tbe room OF senator Pinchback, at the 9lh
,r Uou,. In this city. lie managed to get ban anu
no di.appearcd before the time set for Ms ul' "oh
to san Francisco he Joined Jimmy hope J" "' ~
tcrppt 10 rob bank and he narrowly e''apcu WIG"
lion, wa, caught and sent 10 prison. ic" I''o".'''
Later Cumming, wa, arrested In OSHKOSH WIS., io'
roh,nc commercial traveller, and was sent 10 PRISON
-, ,,,.o years As soon ao he was released he went
:, rr,luud but he was caught rObbng a room III a
bt IN London and wa sent to prison Tor h'' Sc'''
ia ,urnrd to thi, city from England five weeks ago.
His portrait is No. l.5-9 In the Rogue "ai'r3,
Vaber IA, had less checkercd career a'hous"
,o - trty..ven year, old and has been thief rom
n youth Much of his LIE has been spent IN Ianaat @
- = rry. n" h1, been known bank ana h9cl sneak
49, In I--9 hr helped to rob a bank N Jam,
49, and wa sent 70 the Trenton Prison I'I
hat crime lie escaped from prison. oIt Ts'rtn TS' m
'''u,,.d i'm mi. city. and sent bi'~ |" l4'i'o
I.,,n nut thc remainder Of hl, ten year sch"N'''
Inspector Iyrnc. said yesterday thlt lie was ,,c ,.
formed %; the return o' Cum 20 tn M Watched
III. o.n and hal caused The burglar % b, VIZ
d,uv liz Detect Sc ~cr-rlut- Lyman anu h'''ti.
ir. IA. name and hi, rooms frequently. ne Wa SUI
"c. and talk with Mlhcr. and when rhc TWO th9Vr.
& =, n -. r,rryr, Suspicion, buudlcs on Monday hlSAt
they were arrested.