The Mt. Sterling advocate. (Mt. Sterling, Ky.) 1890-current, 1892-05-17
- MI. STERLING, KENTUCKY, TUESDAY, II. 1892

eral terms in the peniientiaries.
He first became prominent in 1881.
At noon on August two men drove
up to the Manufacturers Bank at
Cohoes, N. Y. AT the same time
man walked in aud asked for change
for $40. One ofthe men walked 10
the Directors room, and while the
man was getting the change the other
forced open the door and sneakcd to
the safe and stole $4,000. He was
detected and followed into the street.
lie dropped the money as he ran. The
man who wanted the change ran down
the street, and the thief who stopped
in the carriage drove rapidly away.
A good distance down the street he
was Joined by The man who wanted
the cnangc. and both were driven out
of town. The thief who made
THE SNEAK RAN
Across the town, over the canal and
into the woods. lie ran into q house
and crawled under bed. A mill
hand notified The police, and the man
was arrested. He proved to be Billy
Burke, and his pals were Minnie
Marks aud Jonnny Jourdan. When
searched false mnstache and $45
We're found him. lie was released on
$4,000 bail, which he jumped. On
September 8, of the same year, four
men tried to rob the Baltimore
Savings Bank. They were detected,
and all escaped except the man who
was TO make the sneak, He was
caught, and gave the name of Thomas
Smith, hut he was afterward idenli-
fled as lsarke. He gave bail and was
released. dae went West and was ar
rested ut Cleveland, Ohio, and deliv-
cred TO the Cohoes authorities. He
escaped from the Jail, aud on reward
OF goo was arrested at Minneapolis
and taken TO Cohoes, where he was
convicted aud sent to the penitentiary
fen five years. He was given an sd-
ditional year for breaking Jail. lie
was released in 1856. Three months
later he was arrested, with a woman,
while trying to rob iewelry store in
st.. Louis. The woman proved to be
Sophie Lyons. They were dismissed
for want of evidence. About this
time Pawnbroker Stcinau, Of this
city. was robhed oftwo diamonds by
"a woman. He
REcOGNIzED soPIHE's PICTURE,
And Detective Crawford got her il
n 3ptroit and brought her to this city.
in proved that she was in Jail in
st. Eodls at the time, and she was
dismissed, When Burke was mex,
heard of he was in Europe with SO.
phie. Their daring work was the
talk of the continent, and Burke was
arrested. He got three years, but
Sophie escaped aud returned to thi.
country. Burke was released from
prison about three months ago and
came to this country. About three
weeks ago Detective Crawford was
in Chicago, and the first persons he
saw were Burke and the weli-know,
bank sneak, Paddy Guerrin. Both
were dressed like English lords, and
looked dead swell.
Sophie Lyons has aliases q yard
long. She is known all over The
world as most daring shop-ifter
blackmailer, sneak and pennyweight-
rer. Her record has appeared in the
Enquirer time and time again. Sne
is the wife of Ned Lyons, who was re-
Gently released from the Ohio peni-
tentiary.
She is now close on to fifty years
old. but she looks just the same as
ever. She has two sons she is edu-
eating. She lives in Detroit, and is
said to be worth $4,000.
She first became well known in this
city some years ago when, under the
name of Kate Lucas, she
ENTICED AN ELDERLY MAN
Into room at the Reid Hotel and
after throwing his pants out of the
window. endeavored to make him
sign check for several thousand dol.
lars.
She has served terms in a number
of prisons. Every place in the coun-
try police look upon her as a danger
Gus woman to be at large. Nothing
is knOwM of Schley, bur bis pal. who
escaped, is supposed to be Paddy
Guerrin. Those who saw him say
that he looked like an Englishman,
and there is no doubt in the detec-
lives miaa but that twas Guerrin.
While la Mt. Sterling the detectives
investigated the case, and found that
Burke and Sophie had visited num-
Der OF banks and took look over the
field. They We're NO doubt preparing
to make q good haul through Ken
lucky. 1t is now almost settled
fact that the persons who robbed old
man Wendt as he came out of the
Ohio Valley Bank, picking his pockel
of $3.50, We're noue other than this
same gang. They were evidently
working sneak when they saw the
old man, aud decided TO pick his
pocket and let the snea. go by de-
fault.
The arrest will no doubt rid the
country of two desperate and danger