New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-05


New-York to have look them. The men
were arrested by Posonlcc Inspector Ashe and
his assistants after months OF hard work
md they believed that they then had the
'sllckest' p0stoflce robbers In the country
under lock and key. on June the four
men were arraigncd before Commissioner Shields.
The onlce was crowded AMI great CONSERVATION
and surprise was manifested by tho marshals and
the Commissioner whom the men we're brought into
court They were weil-known crooks whose pict-
urcs aiorn the Rogues' Gallery. and when they had
been originally arralened on the day OF their ar
rest Allen and Kioran were handsomely dressed
Allen blond mustnche and Kllloran a pair
o, closely cropped side whskcrs. Bu, when the
men were brought into court on June perfect
transformation had taken place. KILOGRAMS whis
kers gone. and he wore spectaclcs and
rough looking blue shirt Allen had had his blond
mus'ache shaved or. and attired IN n blue
checked Jumper Russell had also parted with his
rnu.,ache and altogether the three a most
Gsrepuiahlc- looking lot Moore the only one
whose appearance had not been changed. Moore
was nrst examined and said that he had only
got out OF jail on April l. and Inspector Jacobs
sail the statement was correct. AZ he was charged
with breaking into the IIoboken pos,ofce on De-
ccrnber B. 1884, when he In jail Moore was
discharged. Arthur II. Smith. OF Kellogg. Rose 4
Smith. appeared FOR the prisoners. and asked for
an adjournmcn, on account OF the Illness ~ Mr..
Rose who 10 appear counsel The case
people were able TO recognize the men since their
transformation. but several were found who could
swear 10 their identity.
MARSHAL MCARTHY'S ORDERS.
At that time Marshal Mccarthy said strict orders
had been given that should be allowed to
see the except on his orders. and. In spite OF
this the men had been allowed to change their
clothes and had been shaved. It was said at the
time that Warden Raabe. OF the Ludlow Street
jail who was formerly barber and whose father
is a barber. had allowed tho latter to shave the
men against the positive orders Of the Marshal
The MARSHAL said II was shame thar months OF
work should be put in jeopardy 10y the Warien's
bungling. He said the disguise was the most COM
pete he had seen. and II the men had not
been brought In shacklcs and had he not known
they were the prisoners. he would never have recog
nzed them. All the Federal authorities concerned
were indignant over the matter
The Commissioners room. at the arralgnment.
was crowded with detectives from all over the
country, and this the chief reason OF the anNi-
ETY. OF the three men 10 disguise themselves.
On June II discovered that the trio had
planned to escape from Ludlow Street JAIL and that
they had made unsuccessful attempt To bride Keep
crs McCabc and Fredericbs. Killoran had offered
500 to Frcdericks and $3.50 to McCabe to aid him
and his companions to escape. and when the Offers
were refused Klloran said they would succeed In
escaping anyhow. The men were known to have
plenty OF money and numerous friends.
FURTHER DISGUISE.
At the next arraignment Of the men. on June 6.
they were even more changed than before. XII
oran's hair and eyebrows were backened with
ampblack. Aliens eyes were badly swollen and
blackened as II by blows beating them against
the wall and Russell's face In "A similar condi-
ton Even Chief Inspector Ashe could hardly recog
nize them the men he had captured.
At the next hearing for Identification and pre-
iminary trial on June T. the versatile Killoran had
again effected a metamorphosis and had biossoned
E% nS and ssiysh derby Ills comPanons
dressed as before ;y this time var nSd been dec
and sheriff Hansen The Marshal wanted his
orders obeyed and the men kept from rom changing cha
The, Sheriff held that The jail was merely board,
themselves up In any garb they liked 49,, .
Kllloran the leader and brains OF this smart
accomplished and bold thief He began as a
ba robber but later developed into an adept post
robbed a bank in Waterford. ~ Y. In the early
seventies and was caught and sentenced 10 five
years in Sing sing He escaped but was az after,
was convicted OF attempting TO rob n bank nj Will
mington, Del. and was sentenced to remain In the
qy ons Zee again from PRISON. nd
remained at liberty for ten years, when he was
I BANK IN at o Cod%ater Mch Of $4,000 worth Of
diamonds for which he served out his sentence:
and also OF robblng bank at Easton Penn. for
Allen was a pckpocket in Chicago originally. and
In 1869 he was sent to Joliet Prison for five years.
fences In different countries Of Europe for sneak
bank robberies. He Is regarded by the police as
the most adept sncakhef I'm the -, business XII
sufficient to maintain him In luxury. and Allen and
Russell also men who have plenty OF ready
money.
The next hearing of their cases was to come up
on next Tuesday.