New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-01-10

world but what they arc. Each man Oh III" force.
taking his cue from the Inspector cndeavor to main.
tain the outward sen!hlance and the manner " a
gentleman. In this easy natuTTllncsS and ab,"n'e
- sclfconscousnc, lies half the secret OF their 81
cess. Nearly all OF these men have az some Tine
been brought under The notice of the public II con
ucction with some clever piece Of detective worA .
nearly all Of them lead adventurous lives. ana could II
they chose to talk point TO some har3r'adth escape
wherein their lives depended the urn Of straw
About all such things they are modcstly silent. Eu'
the plain evidence OF good work on the books ~
Police Headquarters speaks with force. The record
Of some OF the men who nave done long duty IN
thief-taking are OF more than ordinary Interest.
Detective sergeant Timothy Golden, heretofore mcr
toned a, one Of the chiefs of Inspector Hyrnos, Wal
street bureau is striking instance in point. He has
seen thirty four years Of active service but at sixty
one years old he Is as quick IN wit and rs fall %;
energy and resource In the DAYS whon his name
was "A terror through the sixth Precinct. H. light
spare thin figure has lost little. II any Of il pri,inc
activity and. although his h1lr i whitencd ana hi,
cheeks furrowed time has dealt mcrcfully with him
The record OF his achievements. containing a story
% unwcarying patience. indomitabe resolution ard
resstle,s energy and determination might well stand
As a model for all young officers. 1t was on Feb
rqarv 49, 1873 that Golden put on The patrolman's
Jacket and went ont ION post In the sixth frccn"'
The captain Of those DAYS. long since dead ard Tor
cot ten was not slow IN recognizing the Young police
mans merits and within twelve months Mr. Golden
found himself assigned to detective duty. D'tcctNe
work in those days wa, more than name. Mentally
and physically the ncttle Of the man was tc'ted
Twelve months Of thief taking in crowded precinct
might have injured any but constitution Of sic"
Golden had to deal with perhaps thu most d'Npei'hc
and murderouS gang Of thieves ana blachlre' ever
collected together in district; but he fought ana
heat Them Iii, first notable exploit w2S the arrest
In Scu,rubcr 1859. Of Il " thug named william Jon -
for the murder Of a drunken man whose real identity
W. never discovered. The murder WI, committed
Il. Crowns r0kcry which ut that time stood a Li'i'
" t.r and Century Ss.. and was the mrD"r TOT ''I
thieves in hiding. Robbery prompted the hnrucr
,u, all that Jmc found or the body Of hi Vi tim WI,
{; cents Golden caught his man on an oyster boat
In Philadelphia ard sent linn into pcIa scrVitnoc LOT
life.
In the following year Golden put the handouts on
1obo McCnc who had brutally killed an cNpres iian
I'm a Crog shop at Grand and Elm St.. Mc'uc went !"
STATE Prison for nineteen years and SIX months "ho
Ms thine expired just twelve year, ago ArN IN l7""
eleven poricrs employed at u. IT, Claim CO.. uFY
good, store entered into n compact 10 rob th' 'ri"
Golden was entrusted with the case. fcrr""i ont ~
consplracv and sent every one OF the 4" -n' i"'~ !"
,rson. lie also succeedct In rccoverint odd 'd
at $1,000
I, scpcmber. 1901, Frederick schacht murdered III
cold blood Thomas Kavncy, one OF the old sixth N'"
Garner bovsr The crime was committed at hghl
nm n spot nj the juncture OF Pcarlst and CITY huI
place Here again Golden tracked down the muriefcf
and cangbt him. Schacht was a grooers assistant
and being we'll connected had hosts Of sympathi"r'
who raised big fund for his defence. The prisoner
Was brilliantly defended ny James r. Brady ana
cscaped with three and half years sentence. MI
prady's famous definition Of a sixth Ward "corhcr
boyr Is enshrlned in the records OF General Sessions
Peter and Mary Hcfcrman remembered to tl'
dov As perhaps the most expert shOpficrs VINO ever
entered New York. In the Of four years they
accumulated more than $4,000. Golden followed
this couple for nearly three years before he co"1
secure evidence sufficient to Justify him In even ar
restjnc Them When the deft-fDgcrcd pair were NJ
last brought 10 trial the wife pleaded cOvernrc ana
was discharged. IIeterman forfeited his bail ana went
10 Canada but, ventunng back - this country was
arrested and sent To prs for year. IT was in tc
sprlng OF 1864 that Golden first began duty at tho
Central Office, and thus preceded Inspector ByrDe'
then nm unknown patrolman, Nv sixteen years
IL would be impossible, In the limits OF this
article 10 give a full list even Of Goldens most I'm
portant arrests In August, 1864, he brought 10
Justice George F. Howe, the accompicc Of Smith ana
stevenson who In that year, operated on vast scale
as bonded warehouse keepers and with spurious re
ccpts borrowed S2s0,0O0 Golden chased Howe through
Wisconsin Green Bay Fond du Lao and Osceola before
he caught him. In July Of the following year Golden
was brought into pOfcssiona, contact with Marx
shinburn, who had b' okcn into the Wapole savings
Bunk at WaIpo.c, y. H.. and stolen $4,000 shinbur
aferward escaped from the Concord Prison, where ne
had been sent for ten years, and went to Beiglum
where he is now serving sixteen years in the VvierS
Jail George White, alias Bliss one Of shnburn's ac
completes broke out Of the county jail at Keene ~ H.
' lille awaiting trial, but was afterwan arrested ior
INK burglary at Barre VT, and sentenced to fourec"
years. Imprisonment.
1t had now become evident that cases OF eo"p'oN,
cul, nature recurring the exercise OF the nD7st