The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1893-10-14


nave been identified as English crooks
from Petticoat Lane, London. In
spector Shea stood them up SO that
every detective in the city could stu ~
their faces They were then heavily
dEed and were told to leave the city.
Chicago ex Is in the number O:
young thieves that have made theii
debut during the Fair. Danny
Shay, n lC-year-old pickpocket, was ar.
rested last week. An officer wa
watching the boy at the corner OF
Dearborn and Madion streets, and
saw him snatch something from
lady pocket.
lie FOIL we'd the child and arrested
him in the act of investigating the
contents of purse, which contained
quite SUI: of money. The woman
had disappearcd, unaware Of the TACT
that she had been robbed Young
Shay interrupted the officer while the
latter was testifying against him in
the police court, and nd: Say, We
didn't see me take the stuff yc seen
me lookin' at it, dat's all
Tner is one thief in Chicago whom
the police would be glad to get rid OF,
but they cannot induce him 10 go.
"Slim Jim" Wilkinson has caused the
years 7 asst about the only charge the
police could bring against him was
one of crookcdness on general priE-
ciples.
dc has been fined and ordered to
leave town by nearly all the police
justi es in the city. lie simply deties
them, and sa S they cannot drive him
away. - i'm Jim" Is not only good
"stalP' Tor piclspockets, but also has
quite reputation at film fam ming
and as confidence man.
Among the criminals of national
reputation that are here now, or have
been seen in the city since the Worlds
Fair opened, are many noted conf
dence men, gold brick operators, shell
workers, fliIn-ilam gamesters, bogus
check men, elm bers, hotel thieves and
room workers
Such men as Ed Hepnessev, alias
"Big Ed lill Trailor, George Havel,
alias Harry Thorne Rock Cannon,
Emanuel Marks alias 'Ninnie Marks,
James Carroll, alias "Nosey" Carroll,
John, alias Red Dcane, Joe Pryor.
alias "Walkipg Joe" Ed Rice. "Soap"
Burns, Billy Hopkins, "Old Bill Cor
bett, ''Scully" 10 dan, John Harvey,
"Brocly" Mcguire, John Horner, alias
"Old Horn Frank Kinney. Roberts,
alias The Gorilla" Red lyle, Nick
Moran, Micky Regain, George McCand7
lass, 1'addy Quinn, Zip" Farrell,
"Iorlsy" Moore, Paddy Guerin, Henry
barrow, Capt. Ward, "Van Slyke the
Dip" 'Tonnecticut Rel" Canada
Johnny" Billy lliff, William Kerr,
The Dodger," Tom Leonard, larry
Webb and Il host of others,
Minnie Marks" is an old-tine pro,
fessional, whose picture adorns every
rogurs' gallery in this country. lilo
eau he met with almost any night
strolling along South State street, on
the lookout for Wet m, and is gen.
orally accompanied by John Cook!
alias &c asseyed Johnnie" u clever
sneak thief. Marks sprang into no
toriety some years ago, when he was
arrested by Inspector Byrnes in New
York and taken TO Detroit for the rob.
berry of the First National bank in
that city.
A trio of crooks motJ. w. McKenna
Of Chillieothe, Ohio, in front of the
Auditorium hotel the otb err night, and
a ter few drinks at the hotel buffet,
piloted him over to the Lake Fr mt
park, where Red" Dane, the shell.
worker, was manipulating the little
Joker. After failing to induce Nc.
kenna to bet on the game. Hcane
handed HIM a $50 note and told him he
might keep it if he could show s1o0 oil
his own money. Mckenua pulled out