New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1894-02-09
nov OTTNOTE SrORES Ar LAST

Mr. Cleveland appears once more In his favor
nc r1,. ~ the modern Don QuiXote and comes
to the rescue OF another lovely and persecuted
woman This time ne has chosen his ground
with grcntcr wisdom than before. and instead OF
going abroad In quest of service for his knightly
sword and lance he has done his crrantry whore
there are no provisional governments and stir-
necked missionaries To defy him. lie has chosen
another squire too and instead Of the Jealous
but futile Gresham h. has made Sancho Of
the precious and pcllucd Oney.
In ore 81 the sllrnlcst slums ~ Washington.
and In a house made thrice historic by tragic
and sanguluary happ"nln 3. there dVells fam
ly 81 the name 81 shea. For moro than twenty
five years The .'hras have figured In the epics
Of the Police Court as the most earnest ana
palusfaking criminals within a two days ride.
For more than twenty years they have followed
a career of persistent and congenial dcpravity.
All the mnlefactors IN the District OF Columbia
put together have not given the police as much
tro,lle AS the Shcns They have accumulated
prou.rtv az the fruit Of their ilclt industry.
and around them has sprung up colony OF
thieves murdcrcrs and ruflians such as perhaps
could not BE- found In any other neghborhood
Of equal size upon the Continent Ever since 1874.
when the mother 81 this interesting family shot
and Killed Police officer Doyle. who had entered
the den with search warrant. Ii mas been
understood that the representative Of the law
,,b, venturcd TO interfere with the Shea house
hold no matter I'm what villany they happened
IN L.. engaged must 20 as II warrior prepared
for death And never once in all That time
has any intruder been disappointed. Whether
he encountered the father or the mother. the
cons or the daughters, he has always had
battle for his pains and struggle Tor MS
life For n quarter of century these de-
,oro,,red and incurable criminals have dened
the law and outraged society and decency ana
their history from the beginning to the present
day presents one unproKeh ch'ohc'e vi VIZ
lcnce and infamy.
Two wears ago. shamed by the notorious ana
cayrop, depravity OF the establishment. the mu
r,cinoi Government revoked the Sheas' license
os run-sellers. and then began new conflict
ho,w.e, the Inv and this brood of law breakers.
or the bloody encounters in which the police had
:, take mart before they could prevail; OF the
va,inus murderous assaults of which they were
the object: of the trouble. expense. peril and dire
iriurv attendant upon the effort TO set up order
and civilization in that one reeklng and alb
horrent den the police records OF washington
foil at length and with a CHASTITY opuence OF de-
tail 1t may be safely asserted that no other
family in that or any other city has ever con-
trbuted I'm the past, or is at all likely IN the
future 10 contribute equally to the calendars
of crime.
Finally. however. about the LIST OF August last,
a platoon Of police invested the shea strong
hold. and after pitched battle Of the most des-
perate and bloody character. succeeded IN cap
turing the family. In the trial that ensueu the
whole revolving story was brought OUT All"
when. through cloud Of perjury ana prevar'ca-
ton dense enough to blind the wisest jurors the
whole vile gang escaped except the senior Shea'
society endeavored to console Itself by the re-
Election that the chief villain had been caseu'
and that for six months at least the city might
draw its breath in peace Reputable people
hoped that the Imprisonment OF the elder Shea'
II only for half year, would accomplish some