The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1894-12-01
SAGE RECAPTURED.
The Belair Jail Breaker Caught in Michi-
gan.

| trial for bank swindling, was arrested in
Lansing, Michigan, on Sunday by Detective
Saville, of Philadelphia.
The operation for which he Is wanted at
Belair was the clever scheme by which he
obtained -, 100 from the Hartford National
Bank on forged drafts He is also wanted
ut Worcester. Ohio, and Richmond Va.
1 He has done time in Santa Clara prison,
California, and in the Albany penitentiary.
He is said to have victimized the Twin City
! Bank. of Emira. n. Y. and last June secured
5000 from the Quinsigamond National Bank
of Worchester, Mass.
His methods have been similar wherever
he has operated. He invariably poses as an
ardent prohibitionst and takes great interest
in all church work, especially that of the
Christian Endeavor societies. In this way
he becomes identified with prominent people
and secures Identification at the banks.
In Lansing he went by the name of Rev.
Charles o. Gibson With his headquarters
there, he worked Lansing and surrounding
towns for advertisements for a volume of
sacred songs, which he was about to place on
the market. He was completely identified
by the initials X. T.. II. on his arm in India
ink and IA scar on his upper lip. He had
raised Il bad sore on the back of his left hand
for the purpose of celebrating figure in
India ink. Careful inquiry fails to show
that he had made any attempts to swindle
the banks in Lansing, although he has
been there sine" October II, four days after
his escape from Maryland. and he sought
IN Introduction to the cashier of Il local
bank.
THE ESCAPE FROM BELAIR.
Samuel Kelly, charged with shooting
Thomas II. Haycock at Darlington. Nd. and
the negro school teacher Kane, held for
burglary at Havre de Grace, Nd, escaped
from Belair jail at the same time with Sag.
and are still at large. Kelly opened the
-prinI paddock %. his cell door with a piece
Of key which he found Kelly succeeded in
rrnins Kane and Sage Ivy saving oil the
hooks Of the pailocks on their cells. The
trio then went into the unlocked cell adioin-
NJ SaGrs. The ceiling Of the second noor is
Composed Oi large hrwn logs. covered with
a layer OF mortar and bricks. There was Il
rack about two inches wide between two VI
these logs the existence Of which was known
10 Kelly, h" having been confined Tor few
iay- in the cell above. The men spread
jam. = On tn" floor to d"aden the noise
IF any falling rubbish and succeeded in
..nr-iug thi- crack to an aperture eight
hes wide ana .iitreninchcs long. Through
thiS hole Sage. Kelly and Kane crtwied to
he large cy" above. The third story win
/ lows ara pln.e"ted by iron bars ON" and one
( iDartrr IN ms square. These did not long
/ tanJ nntwr.n the prisoners and freedom, for
/ hey sawed two OF them of at both ends and
4 ow"rrd themselves thirty feet to the garden
. ,"Ow by means of Il rop" made of eight sheets
/ lni IA bolster case Sage was tracked in his
light to Port Deposit, Nd, to which he had
'rp-srd from The Hartford side" Then all
trace of him was lost until now he is rrraptur-
Ell in Lansing
In addition to the ?21OO out of which he
,windrd the Bclar Bunk that institution
spent about II 900 in tracing the rorgcr and
| occurring his arrest. II attached his property
| It Nineand, y. j., which will net about ;. 900
| and secured an attachment on -lSS standing
20 the credit Of 'iIorarc u. Baker in a
Philadelphia bank. Sage was Undated last
Nay and was to have been tried in No
'emher
PINKERToS's LIFE OF HARVEY.
The pinkrrton Detective Agency gives the
Glowing record Of the prisoner:
Harvey is said to have been born in Nir-
;inia and to have moved with his parents to
/ philnltlr,hiu pI han bn I,,,.
ather was IL reputable business man of Phia
ielphia and died some years ago. His
mother still resides in Philadelphia. He has
two brothers in business in that city. His
riniinal career commenced in California,
whore in 1881. when twenty three years of
lge. he was convicted in Santa Clara county
Of enlightenment and sentenced to the State
prison at San Quentin for two years.
In 1889 he appeared at Washington, d. c.,
where under the alias of Robert Il. Hall,
On November 18th, he was arrested for
forging the names of several business men on
checks for small amounts. On his arrest
it developed that he was wanted in Montana
and Colorado for forgeries there and an
effort was made to cxtradite him. but he was
JFltu Oh MdI'H Il, low, lOT tIt washington
oilenses, found guilty and sentenced three
years in the Albany penitentiary, from which
he was discharged in August, 1892. Since
then he has been engaged in several swind-
ing operations.
ANOTHER CHAPTER IN THE CAREER OF FoRGER
SAGE.
The capture OF Il. X. Harvey. alias Sage,
at Lansing, Mich, has convinced the local
police department that he is none other than
the captain of police who fled from Mnnea-
polls in July, 1889. Harvey had been steady
advanced to the position OF captain at the
Central station and was once candidate for
chief Of police. There We're frequent rumors
of Matchmaking and other operations by
some one connected with the force, and
finally a search was made of Harvey's house
and quantity Of stolen silk found. Harvey
claimed he had been doing detective work
and was exonerated.
Shortly afterward 5400 was taken from
trunk Harvey had secured but he fed before
he could be arrested. The tatto marks on
his body and the rest of the description tally
exactly with the eX-police captain, who had
Il prediction for religion and preached
before becoming a policeman. His deserted