The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-10-09
IN 4 GREEN GOODS LAIR.
Complete Exposure of a Gang Of
the Sharpers
HE0 LYONS AND HIS VICTIMS.

AHhoy Arrival OF the Gays, the verh.
las OF tho Game, ssd the Arr.nseme.ts
IL the he. Described Di-tributiou ef
the Psrts-Ths Wort Performed by
Charley Psterson-Co-hey aud His Ruiz
Der Boot--The Mn. who Carries the
Rom-Remarksbis Career OF Ned Lyons.
Green goods men have been Mt work In road
house about three miles west OF Perth Amboy, N.
j. Twenty-Five victims have been fieeced within
the last three weeks. There were six customers
last week, one Of whom proved TO be come
back, and the second would not buy money. I,o-
cal and State police authorities are aware Of their
existence, but have done little.
Ned Lyons, the local leader OF the gang.
whose full history is given later in the story. Is
one Of the famous criminals of America. He
began his career as bounty jumper. Later he
became the pupil of Jimmie Hope, the bank
burglar. and proved such an apt scholar that
Hope made him his partner. His first big Job
was the robbing OF the Ocean Bank, Green
witch and Fulton streets, in 1850, when ale
most u 900 900 In gold and bonds were stolen.
Early In 1870 Lyons, with his pals" rihed the
safe Of the national bank In Waterford, this
State. Lyons's escape from Sing Sing and the
escape Of his wife two weeks later are senss-
tional episodes In the history Of the institution.
In 1874 he robbed the wellsboro. Pa, Bank,
ai.er roooins pa"noroker SAFE In Canana.
ne was enot anu capturoo IN south Windhams
Conn., In 1851. while IN the act OF robbing
store "one bullet" says Inspector Byrnes in
his book on criminals, passed entirely through
his body, while q second was found embedded
nine inches deep from the point of its
trance Jimmie haggerty chewed on the
upper nan Oh ms ieft ear In fhiiadeiph'a
s'reet nRh'' "hiie hamilton BROCK, = Boston
Sport shot MN twioe In Tue Quar- ana 1arter
saloon III SKIN avenue IN 1851.
ms wire was sopnia hikins' picKpocket and
oiackmai'r, winnie MS Two boys are now BURG
iars. MS Two oaushters. however, are noc
CROOKS, ana were educated IN canadian con-
vent. Lyons mas worked In the west Littleis
hnowh' ho"eFer'o VI hio "este'h career. since
iooo no mas peeh quiet' ana inc ponce haVe
known nun only as mas oeen. his decline
from oanh burglar al inc Top OF the PROFESSION
10 turner for green goods JOINT aver
ing s4o week. mas peen gradual put certain.
Lyons plays the part Oh the respectaole OLD gem
ueman AZ ferth Amooy. Patrick McDermott
ID In sense Lyonss superior IN tho
green goods game supplying the capital
and arranging the more Important plans
oharies fetersoh' VINO hVes IN bayonno'
n. j., and Is orother-ln-iaw oil McDer-
mott carries tho roll, man named
Corkey. who once tended bar Tor Billy"
McGiory ano iater hor cary Weich' Ii Inc
turner 'imnie Jones ID stoerer' anu
man named issy 10 one OK the gang.
Corkey hVes IN Elsntn syenue. Lyons IN hAf-
Ien- anu AsS some"hefe IN NeW torA'
EVery asy he gsns mee's IN inc Station
OF the Centrai haiIrosa anu Akes Tram
"hich arrives IN re,'h annoy AT toIo
a. NJ ihey drive 70 the rendezvous In their
own carriage as tne nackmoh ABOUT inc oepos
nave iearheo enough Oh Inc nature Oh their work
70 enaole them 70 charge % apiece ior oo-oens
iare. choi Oh rohoo DurAeoi rorth ahooy
KNOWS OF the gang ehstehoe' out says ne CAN
90 hothihs' Is Without hiS !urisoictioh.
o'Ate pe'eo''So oi''er' IL 10 said' nAa oeo"
hotlnea.
Inc Information mere gwen ms ooen oo'Aihea
from ,rus'wortny eouroe', anu oomo VI !" eo"es
directly from member OF the gang.
iho fer'h annoy station Vi inc CehtN
railroad OF New Jersey Is near smitn strco1
About tns station eongregate the usual numooS
Oh mack drivers, oi.en otrsnko's VINO '.op iro,n
inc tram arc Askeu II 'hoy uo no. msh W ~ ~
certain ioAd nouse. nle ie~oo,s Nfo uos
- va Sss,rsd 70 VISIT the houss Is,siv hsva hen
greatly surprised to find their desires known
before they have spoken. Smith street leads ID
New Brunswick. After one goes q short dis
lance the houses arc scattered and the road
climbs a hill passing Florida Grove, which has
become notorious lately for It's prize fights
and cooking mains. The road then plunges into
a valley and ziezags its way across the fiats Of
the Raritan River After . sharp turn 10 the
right q short stsep hill 10 climbed At this point
a road leading north crosses the main thorough
fare AT right angles. A road house which stands
n few feet back from the road, q grocery store,
and two dwelling houses are at the junction Of
the two ways. The Eastern and Amboy Rail.
road. a freight line exclusively, passes with.
in 100 feet OF tho tavern, which faces
the north. Less than a quarter Of .
mile away in the RarItan River, whose banks
her, ara lined with brick works. Before the
housa which Ia a large tvo-story structure
with dormer windows and PAINTED yellow and
rcd. ia fiav pols planted in the midst of a cir
cpI.r grass Mat. Where the road CROSSES thu
railroad IA a sign post marked "Keasbey," A
rcd harm adjoins tho hotel. Near a Watering
ron0h which IA I'm the front ward. In : slsn
~,hich acts forth the merits OF Krueser's besr.
NJ. U-,,a..r dressing f,omnanv ~ N.xark has