The sun., 1891-02-01
THE SHARKS IN SING SING.
BUT1NER MAKES A CONFESSION on
TIE WY THERE


Ne Dian't Tell the Trnth In His Plea TO the
Court for Mercy-A Case In which He
and Not Partner Hughes Did tho Forging
William D. Hughes ard William II. Buttner
the divorce sharks. whose careers OF crime
were wound up by the exposure in TIE sun
Of their Broadway mill. began their imprison-
mont at Sing Sing prison yesterday. The In
ner doors OF tie big institution closed aftor
them at . o'clock.
Tho sharks were not the only membeis 9. nor
were they the most unfortunate OF the gans
that were taken to the prison yesterday. There
were six In the party. Diamond Dick. the boy
who got caught while in the net OF robbin g
Uncle william simpsons pawn shop. was one.
He was going for the Same number OF years as
Hughes. A mean-looking scoundrel. who had
committed disg graceful crime. was another Ho
was going away for eighteen years. The other
Two were common thieves with previous State
prison records. Buttner was handcufred to
the common thieves Hughes was locked to
Diamond Dick. and he In turn to the mean
looking sooundrel. Tho party left the Tombs
in tho Black Maria, which Buttner pleasantly
called Q coach. Deputy Sherifs Burke and
Whalsn had charge OF them.
On the way to the Grand Central depot the
sharks made up their differences and became
friends. They had been enemies for years. and
each side had aided The SuN In getting the
other into jail They compared notes. and told
TnE Sun reporter who mot them at the depot
that they had discovered that the authorities
had bsen playing them on against each other.
and in that way had saved any possible
trouble they might have had in getting them
into prison. There wore perhaps fifty psrsonsin
the depot waiting room when the prison van
got to the door and every ono Of them seemed
- know that the sharks were in It, and each
was more or less curious to get q look at them.
They drew up In line In tho ROOM and thus
spread out reached from the street door to
the train door. A guard at the train door said
"All right" and the van was opened. Hughes.
Diamond Dick. and the mean-looking scoun-
drel got out first Buttner and the two COM
mon thieves followed.
Deputy sheriff Whalen walked in front OF
the gang and Burke behind. They marched
the prisoners in front Of the line Of spectators
TO the train door and thence to the smoking
car Of the train. Buttner wore silk hat and
kid gloves that contrasted we'll with the steel
handcuffs. He had on q long overcoat with
- 81 stood seisTs k.cc5asf y S%yih p s s. @ " ssn:
Code and a book which told ali about commu.
ss: Sss
e, e usual: Ono Of thY paesssngsrs ia the car
Deputy Whaisn. who Is a gray haired man nan
Tns psssenesf wanted 70 Know what he had
whsisn sssPonded * ordering him to mind
:.s:ss :sS:;S; s.S Th'l'n called him cur Tho pas
and ss dSes e. aars come out on the platform
Whsfen Jumped up and ran out on the plat
form and Jumped up and down, inviting the
Thnmn y bsii si nns ~ hin, Wb.,.r .hor,.a
I, Az ;Sss s Il. !iii take this bissslss o. Let ne
Tho passenger had been biuf1ns. and whom
3: as &. bF bs Ss SfG sabs s Bs.I SSss
Node out 10 Nebraska. and whipped him. ,T6e
bsiess Ss oined M1iaoons eomSinson
iad sIhibited hlpseli as . lighter and ,wresiisr.
informatiyn was, given to the reporter By Butt:
1:s s%i e ss Ss.s o. S IN. way to Sing sn He told
p,.Yon never spoke Of the thieves nest at S22
yos. %Sst q sh..
Hughes and myself, and Campbell and Hop
klnc. and Others: worse set Of thieves never
E ESt together. CampbsA was the boss OF the
- The q Campbell referred to is Mr.: Patrick
td
dssSn: Hushss says that wrote that
So oIi%s Was W ma made s %ssa q
CONVICTED oi larceny. Hopkips is az present
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phetia W. 70 most Of US there.or FOE en our our
BgtsneE ooniessed that ho had not told the
shs SF he Sss
e ER one trsn
they had got on to and xopldIsend me up on. was
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hShesT Ha Ts GSpss soPss ds% q hs
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Th1a h e. ks hs tod % q s
money: mo. His wife made INQUIRIES, too. and fopnd
osa 1 as sn a FL
pan % hold: but couldn't get the ono hIs wife
es sssa Lad sss sot bs II. ihs
about that case was that I aiterwari began
qsorfs: got ths decree Wher. Hushss and
.ihAt would have cost Is, and. nine
ohanceS out OF ten. any one who went to
tho record and been sGt|shed. or We could have
river deorees on : fafe court and they never
!hinE but larceny; lts The easiost thiHs il iRe
have given decree purporting 70 have been
GRANTED pt,y by the supreme Court Of Greene eoun-
lore 1t would not be forgery. ! toll ron. my boy.
they couldn't have convicted me on the lndlct.
||hhousL: Morally. was as guilty as Hughes "a
Ehese cases. oil course. think l got of lucky. |
don't deserve y on this particular case. but
Bnttnor then told how the last yenr he had
refused 70 give out any fraud M pa pa
%:spteI % any Smoant Of money from persons
1ercd no services In return. He chatted along
u this way. now telling OF come crime aud
next complaining q III treatment, until the