The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-10-30
IN FOR A LONG TERN.
Burglar Anderson Finally Run
Down i'm Iowa
JUMPED HIS BAIL IN SEATTLE.
Sentenced for the Great Diamond Rob
berry and Shooting Near Logan
His Series Of Grimes

Under the name Of Frank ShercliEe.
Frank Anderson. a noted burglar and
highwaynan, who was st one time well
known TO tine Seattle police under the lat
ter name, and who has st other times gone
by the names Of kid" Mccoy. James
Burke and Ed Wilson, has been recently
sentenced 10 the state penitentiary at Fort
Madison. L.. for seventeen years. having
been convicted By the evidence gathered
by the Pinkerton Detective Agency OF the
big Logan. Ia. diamond robbery which
was committed last summer and is we'll
remembered By nearly everyone. Ander-
son is stIll under bonds 10 appear before
the superior court of King county on
charge OF burglary.
In the early months of the present year
Anderson arrived in the city, and several
bold daylight burgiaries were committed
st once. The police kept sharp lookout
for the burglars, but they could not be de-
tected. Finally, along in March. the house
of Third street electric railway con-
ductor, at Lake Union, was entered at
night. The conductors wife was awakened
by the noise and saw the burglars. They
escaped, however. carrying away with
them lady's gold watch and other valu-
ables.
The next morning, while patroling his
beat on Grant street bridge, Officer Sam
Corbett who had heard of the burglary.
saw two suspicious looking characters try
ing to pawn gold watch to Chinese
laundryman at q washhouse over the tide
flats. He stopped and made some in
quIries, and his suspicious being aroused,
he placed one of them under arrest and
gave him in charge of bystander. He
returned for the other man, who was
Anderson as it afterwards turned out and
then desperate fight ensued. The officer
was unarmed, otherwise Anderson's career
might have stopped right there. Finally,
finding that he was being overcome, An
derson snatched the watch from his pocket
and attempted to ding it into the bay. 1t
caught on nail or other projection right
on the edge of the bridge. however, and so
was recovered to be used as evidence
against the thieves Both men were then
taken to police headquarters.
The preliminary examination was held
before Justice Caldwell and both men
were bound over TO the superior court,
Anderson's pal" having given the name
OF e A. Walters on his arraignment. The
after was tried and convicted last June
penitentlary at Walla Walla for his crime
He was not able to give bonds tor his ap-
pearance in the superior court An
derson, however, was luckier for
almost as soon as he was arrested
a man named Dennison in an Eastern city
began TO take an active interest in his
case. and sent $500 to be used in obtaining
his release on bonds. The effort was sue
cessfuI, and Anderson gave the bonds,
"Pop" Daily and Charlie Mullen, local
sports. signing them. Almost before the
ink was dry, Anderson left the city and
never returned, the bonds being forfeited.
Until his arrest by the Pinkertons nothing
more was heard of him.
Anderson is certainly one of the most
bold and daring criminals in the United
States. Although he is considerably un-
der 80 years of age, he has record almost
unparalleled in criminal annals. His
specially is bold highway robberies and
daring daylight burglaries. Sheriff Wool
cry and w. A. Pinkerton have been
in correspondence for several months
past. and now the former knows
Anderson's record for the past year pretty
thoroughly. He is the man who, under
the name of kid" Mccoy, held up the
faro bank at Tacoma last winter and got
away with $500 Under another alias and
about month later he broke the window
of a jewelry store IN San Bernardino.
Cal, and escaped with a tray containing
several thousand dollars worth of dia-
monds. After this he seems to have gone
over the Southern Pacific to Iowa. for last
summer he committed the crime for
which he is now doing time. Ii was of
the most audacious character. He boarded
the train on which he knew that w. @.
Pollock. an elderly man, and a travelling
salesman for a large wholesale jewe.ry
firm in New York CITY. was
travelling. with the intention of
robblng him of his samples. As the train
was near Logan, Ia. Anderson, or sher-
ciffe. seized a favorable moment, and
drawing q revolver. ordered the drummer
TO throw mp his hands. The latter obeyed
but IN spite of the tact the robber shot him
twice, lnti!cting painful wounds. ran his
hand into the drummer's pocket and
drawing out naekskin sack containing
$4,000 worth OF diamonds, pulled the bell
cord Tor the train to stop and jumped off
when the train Stacked up sufficiently. AZ
the same time signaling TO go ahead. The
PInkerton Detective Agency eamped on
his trail and finally captured ham.
IL as said that Anderson is well connected
IA Pennsylvania. and that his release on
bonds here vas due 10 the influence of his
relatives. Sheriff W0olery mas received
photograph OF him. taken at the peniten-
uary with the prison number on his
breast, which shows him 20 be a smooth
shaven, iong-iaced young fellow. not at all
pleasant to look upon.