The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1892-04-11
1Ha CRIMINALS ALIAS.
Curious Names Assumed by Male.
factors to Conceal Their Identity.
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Curious Names Assumed by Male
factors to Conceal Their Identity.
From the 81. Louis Globe Democrat
every crook and law-breaker in this
country" said Chief Of Detectives Will
lam Desmond to Globe Democrat reporter
who questioned him yesterday, sometimes
finds it convenient to travel under an as
sumed name or alias. The result is that we
have to be familiar with one or more extra
names for each criminal that VI have upon
the list Not one man in thousand who is
broughthere on criminal charge gives his
real name, unless we happen to know him
and be sees it's no use to lie. The reasons
for their desire TO conceal their true names
are varied. Some Of them still have REM
nant OF self-respect left, and prefer not to
publicly disgrace the name which may still
be borne by their mother and sisters. But
In the majority of cases the crook simply
follows his inclination to conceal all facts
about himself and prevent the authorities
in other cities from learning his where
abouts. For the same reason they screw
their faces into grotesque shapes when we
try to get their pictures for the rogues'
gallery.
There are some curious things connected
with the way crook chooses an alias, and
he often unconsciously blunders on to one
that is just as much a dead give-away' as IL
he should walk up to an officer aud hand
him his card. There is the case Of Bert
Slye. the Glendale express robber. When
Pinkerton spoke to him and called him Mr..
Slye,' he said: why. yoT are mistaken.
Ny name is Albert Denton Yes said
| Pinkerton, Adelbert Denton Slye. and
! you're the man we want.
Lots Of people give the names of rela-
| tives living or dead. That usually occurs
in the cases Of petty sneak Shelves or small
| fry Offenders who haven'tts ought TO supply
| themselves with an alias. When called on
| for a name they blurt out the first one that
! comes to mind, and usually choose those of
| relatives. Here is the case of Skippv
Rowan, pickpocket, who gave US the name
of his cousin. John Welsh. as his own, Ans
other pickpocket, John Hays, turns IN the
name OF Slattery, which rightfullY be ongs
| TO his grandfather. In many cases an Of
fender will fall back on his mothers maiden
/ name in pinch. Sometimes they reverse
their names, aud Charles Edwards, bank
| thief, will 90 down on the records as Ed
ward Charles. though he is known to New
York crooks as 'Broken-nose Tully.' Occa-
sionslly they are satisfied with simply
altering their true names slightly. Here's
a picture of Albert w. Washburn
a widely-known crook and film fiam
man, who calls himself Albert w.
| DldChDuIus FRANK w 6LBOD, a caring DaDK
| thief, varies a little and calls himeelf Frank
| Wilson-only changing two letters but
! getting very different name, which can
| be easily recalled. Charles Myers, one Of
the greatest pickpockets in New York, has
a tendency to rhyme and calls himself
| Byers, while W. P. Graham a bogus ex-
| pressman, is satisfied with Gray. Bunco-
! steerer Thomas Yalcott prefers the name
| Talmutt, and Martin Standard, all-around
crook, varied his to Mark Stanton, but
didn't escape the pen Thomas Luce takes
Lewis In preference, although more COM
| monty known as Shaver Good q clever
confidence man, whose operations are bold
and widely extended Here is a picture Of
| Albert Clegg, who has been a thief for
| thirty years. The police never succeeded in
getting his picture until recently. He likes
to be know as Albert Legg.
Here is Watt Jones' who robbed bank
in Canada and skipped to this country. He
| followed the method of Hedspeth, and
Travelled as A. J. Stetson. which is the
name of the banker he had robbed.
| Sometimes. however, the criminal
boldly branches out and, in the choics of
name displays an audacity which is start
| ling and sometimes amusing. Thus Emma
| Meade, a wrinkled and haggard old pick
pocket, insists on being known as Mary
Anderson, She is so called by the inmates
Of the st. Louis Jail, where she is now
NOIuR llLlo. "A ShUdQldu DEIL6Elu6Tk WHO Is
| now making shoes In the Massachusetts,
penitentlsry, took the name OF Oscar La
Fortune, and, thus equipped, tried his luck
as a highway robber He was famous for
a time, but finally fell down TO his present
place.
There are other criminals who seem to
| scorn to adopt an alias, and travel their
crooked careers with a certain pride in
| sticking to their birthrights.
such man is Jimmy Hope, the greatest
burglar that ever lived in America. He
robbed the Manhattan Savings Bank of
| So, 100, 900, and the Benefceu5 Savings Bank
| Of Philadelphia of 81, 300, 600, and did count
less other jobs. Yet when arrested in San
Francisco he answered James Hope and
leaving mis- fortune of $500, 900, went to Sing
| Sing for ten years.
The alias is comparatively a recent origin
among criminals. History fails to disclose
that any of the famous outlaws of the last
and preceding centuries ever stopped to the
assumption OF 8 borrowed name. Under
the spreading branches of Sherwood forest
Robin Hood, "cladde in cote and hode of
| creme, with hot he'd and broune visage,"
strobe boldly as Robin Hood, fighting the
| luckless "sheryif" under his own brave COL
ors. Rob Roy spread terror among the
Scots to within forty miles of Edinboro
town, but always as Rob Roy McGregor of
Clan Alpine. Bloody Dick Turpin piled his
trade in Epping forest, and Hackney Marsh,
| despite pottering old const, bles and imbecIle
| county magistrates, and never reflected on
an alias. And thus, in his new fustiau
frock and shining pumps," he jumped from
the hangman's ladder and met his death