The evening world., 1894-06-16
Perpetrators of Recent New York
and Brooklyn Robbsries.
A Notorious Gang, with d" Sheeny
Mike" as Their Leader.
Six Jobs Since May 21 Have Been
Traced to Them.

big robberies in New York and Brook
lyn during the last three months.
The chief of the gang is Michael Kurtz.
alias "Sheeny Nike" who has a world
wide reputation as an expert cracksman,
and whose operations have extended to
nearly all the capitals OF Europe.
The others are George H. Wilson,
alias Jack Mahoney." alias Jack
Sheppard Charles Wood. alias
wright alias Fowler" George A.
Miller, alias "Malloy." and Michael
! Wagner. a nephew of sheeny Mike.
4 All Of them were remanded by Justice
aRyan. In the Jefferson Market Police
iCourt, this morning.
Six burglaries have been traced to the
gang since May p, on which date they
looted. the dry-goods store of p. A. & l..
F. Newman. In Washington street, near
johnson street, Brooklyn.
1t was "Sheeny Mike" and his gang
who robbed the Brill Brothers store at
I'll Sixth avenue, thic city. May 26
Entrance was gained by tunnelling a
hole through the wall of an adjoining
building. The safe was literally taken
apart. no powder being used
The burglars secured $3.50 in money
the chief Of the gang, or. at least, the
one who had laid the plans for the rob-
berry.
Several other robberies having showed
the handiwork OF this notorious crook,
Inspector Mclaughlin detailed Detective
6ergeants McCauley, Cuff, Robinson,
Meehan and Nugent on the case
The first arrest was made Thursday,
nth all
until last night. when the last of the
gang was Gagged.
Among the victims Of "Sheeny Mike"
and his gang are T. Altschul G. Co..
wholesale liquor dealers at 50 College
place, whose store vas burgla: lied
April Q. The safe was blown open and
~ i.i cash and valuable papers were
April 1s slazinger G Son, sporting
goods dealers at 10 East Fiftieth street,
had their safe blown open and $500 taken
operations to Brooklyn and visited the
Newman Brothers. as related above.
They tried to blow open the safe, but
Jailed. and carried off a lot of silk.
June . they effected an entrance to
Clark Wilson'S millinery store. 81 Myrtle
avenue, but were scared away before
they had time to get anything.
y The last job was the robbery of Goerke
Bros dry-goods store. at Bedford ave-
nue. and South Eighth street. last Sun
Here they succeeded in getting away
or more people in New York and Brook
ys Se Las aeuaes svesue eaR aaFFS Of
and a half dozen ward detectives Of
Brooklyn. called at Police Headquarters
this h.5aorn morning and identified the burglars;
Rogue's Gallery is ll,4eo. He is forty
nine years old and has lived lately at
102 East Seventh street. He and Wilson
a f,N.l II Int Of @1xr.ar
at Eighth avenue and One Hundred and
Fifteenth street Thursday afternoon by
Detectives Cuff and Robinson. The
to escape, but when the cold muzzles
of the pistols were pressed against their
temples they SURRENDERED: They were
brought to Headquarters handcuffed.
Kurtz began his career, of crime years
ago and under the tutelage of the no.
torious "Dily' Porter, and soon became
Of thieves. His associate were eT''i EdSie SitH
and Mysterious Jimmy" Wiimot. ''''
He He first fell into the he clutches OF the
arrested for robbins the dry-goods store
of Benjamin G Co, 3l5 Broadway. He
got away with 5000 worth of silks and
cloaks, only part of which was recov-
cred. Owing to the inability of his vic
TINA to identify him he was discharged
after few months in the Tombs.
He then went TO Boston, where ne was
IN Charlestown Prison, for burglary.
He made m; himself sick while in prison.
\ from which pus flowed freely. The prison
physicians said he could not live q
month; Gov. Ben Butler pardoned him
He. recovered his health in wonderfully
quick time and July 10, 1872. in com nm
VAN Bank 0v Of taSSsa ,5S but
vas discharged for lack OF evidence.
He was neTt arrested by Detective
Aug. q. 1898. on warrant from Wash
ifalarceny OF 5000 worth OF diamonds and
sNswelry. He was sentenced TO the Erie
county Penttentiary for short term.
I'd In. 1884 he and two others robbed
VGarks & Sons jewelry store. In Troy,
'f5f $4,000 worth OF goods and, with Por-
nfj.ormed some clever burglaries there, an
1when the police got on their trail they
Invent TO Paris an1 made tour OF al
1.-THE European capitals, returning 70 the
1Unitec. states - the Winter OF 1856
lille vas arrested in Florida, where he
lhad bought an orange grave and a
tkTroy, N. Y, convicted of the Marks &
haons' robbery and sentenced to eighteen
stlears In Sing Sing.
III He had plenty Of money and fought the
Jase in the cour,s. with the result tha
n Judgment was reversed and ne was dis
fotharged after serving six months.
g He was next nelTu Oh III N
IL, last April, where, with George Rider
Edward Malone and John Waiter ne
robbed Albert Knoll, a saloon-keeper, OF
SIT. His pals were arrested and SEN
fenced to twenty years In Trenton
Sheeny Nike" with his usual luck. es-
Woods picture is l.Oi0 in the Rogues
Gallery He has a long record, and has
travelled under many aliases. He Is
forty-six years old. and makes his home
in Philadelphia. He was arrested al
the Desbrosses street ferry Thursday by
Detective Sergt. McCau!ey when about
starting for his home. III his grip he
carried full set of burglars tools.
Woods gained his greatest notoricty IN
1875, through the manner and method OF
his escape from Sing Sing. lie had beer
sentenced Feb. IS. 1874, to four years
and six months, by Recorder Hackett
/ One bright day in the early part OF May
1875. he put into execution one OF tn.
boldest and most ingenious plans fol
escape ever attempted. He was assist
I ed by Pete Mckenna. n life convict
Steve Boyle and Shang Hawley, all no
ktorious New York criminals and all des
tx Trains at that time ran through anC
,a,nder what were then known as tn,
FEison quarries. Wood had made wooc
|tha todels OF revolvers, which he blackeC
ffhre1 silvered so cleverly as to pass fol
49, genuine article.
III Dd picked out his engineer, and ont
|Estadlt day he and his pals. who were a
s,sfN.k In the uuarries with other con