The Windham County reformer. (Battleboro, Vt.) 1876-1897, 1895-10-18

f,h, Record of the Most Remark
- r,;minnl Of This Generation
$.,a,iin., to the Amount of S5,OOO,OOO
some of His Escapes from the Law
mo New York Sun Sunday had Il
,,1 and nraphic account of the career
X Mari, Shinhurn. the famous bank
,raiar VINO robbed the banks at
EaIno1n, \. H.. Bennington and st.
who twice escaped from prison
1 Nev Hampshire and who is now in
t. at NIjC]dleburg. n. y, for attempt
Nh fine First National bank at that
sIars \pri Is last. The Sun S account,
| aAlition to the particulars given by
f. Rcformer soon after his arrest,
kntains the following
the permanent Imprisonment
death of Shinhurn, one of the most
Imarkable criminal careers of this
trpratlon will come to an end. Other
lanll burglars have, perhaps, gained
borp rotoriety than this veteran. but
f. nolice Of two continents agree, that
4, IN fine present time the skill of
Nal, ShinIurn has nerve been equaled
/ another crook. His history, most
which has never been printed, is
f. story Of man fitted by nature for
H. trade or profession in which me.
1anj.al genius is needed, who fell
rbiIo "A Young man into the clutches
.riu,inuls, He has directed more
,nro Iarics. stolen more money, and
pr9t less time in Jail for it than any
Tfrr criminal living, and, despite the
/ Il that he is now over sixty years Of
f. he is still rated as a dangerous
fm by the police.
Shfnburn's stealings during his life
h. said ~ have been about $1,000, 600
money and securities, almost all of
Ibirh was taken from the vaults of
hanks protected by the most modern
burgIar-proof contrivances. Neither
,nrcIar alarms nor burglar proof safes
Epr bothered Shinburn much, for
Eben the safe makers did manage to
5rn uut locks which hattled even his
kill. he introduced the risk but
Effective method of blowing them up
rith dynamite. Shinburn was the /
hist bank burglar to use dynamite on
safe. and he also enjoys the distinc- /.
Ion Of having manufactured the first
l. of nortahIr burglars tools ever
fa5s In addition TO marvellous
toahaniraI skill Shinburn had the /
s.fnI ouality If fearlessness. and his /
o,r,a,l md rnoIness have saved him |
Iany year in prison.
H. came To America when he was
t5ears old, aud even then he was an
,v1nart parhanir, He worked with his
.tbar =, rosunctahle old German. for
'yn.r ami fhrn fell from trace. He
e. y',,,In money in a Shrine street faro
III, and for months haunted the
Tarr Lrttinu every dollar he could Law
n L,oIs mn ir An rndeavor to oct
IA, HE Iosjnus, but me only succeed
i in Increasing his losses. At about
tt nine George Bliss and Fairy:
two noted cracllsmen. were
4trbpo nm a scheme TO loot A bank
New Jersey. and hearing of Shin
nms skjjI AS A locksmith, inyeighled .
n, info ioining them, The lob was
ronnIcte success, and from that day
hjnbnrn has been A crook.
After forming an alliance with Bliss
nj Mcclure, Shinburn entered the
IupIoy Of the Lilly Safe Company. and
nllqr an assumed name worked with
Kan fo, some months. The Lilk :
afes were in almost universal use then.
IA il was with fine idea of STUDYING
hem that Shinburn went to work for
lq company The most important
iscoypry he made At the time was
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