The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-07-05

at Wilmington, Del, He was convicted
 and sentenced to remain in the pillory
 one hour receive forty flashes and serve
 a sentence of ten years in prison, It did not take Kllloran long to dig his way out of prison. He was not recap
 tured for ten years, when the Plnker- tons picked him up in Chicago as a suspicious person.
 Six months later Killoran robbed a
 bank at Coldwater, Mich. and se-
 cured $10,000 worth of diamonds. He
 reached Philadelphia with his booty, where he was caught and sent to prison
 for seven years. After serving his time he turned up at Eeaston, Pa., where he robbed bank, was captured and served four years.
 Charles Allen became pickpocket n Chicago before the big fire. In 1869 he was sent to Joliet prison for five years, and on his release came east.
 He served eighteen months in England and three in Switzerland for sneak bank robberies. The police regard him as one of the most talented sneak thieves alive.
 The present charge against the trio is for robbing the postoffices at Spring. field, H., and Hoboken, N. J. In all some $25,000 worth of stamps were stolen.
 Secret service officers worked on the case for months and finally captured the men here. They were placed in Ludlow street jail and date was set for their examination before United States Comm Sciopar Shih15c When the men were lodged in jail they were dressed in clothing of ex- pensive texture and fine linen. They had their mustaches and boards trim med with neatness that attracted at tentfon.
 Officers from different parts of the country came here to identify the rob bers. They were seated in Commis- sioner Shields office when the prisoners entered. The officers who had the men in charge could not say whether they were the men or not. They had un- dergone a complete transformation. They wore blouses and shabby clothes and their faces had been shaved clean. The officers brought on for the pur- pose of identifying them were baffled eiilu tAS iiCdllllS5 ldI u Ot A week later the men were positively identified and after several hearings were held to await extraditioh papers. The prisoners left no stone unturned I to effect their escape. They went so far as to offer bribes to police keepers in Ludlow street jail to let them escape, and it has been claimed in police cir cles that their visit to the prison bar Der shop cost them a pot of dollars. Their counsel here fought against their removal at every stage and the changing of their appearance as a means to prevent Identification was taken only as a last resort. Money was considered as nothing compared with freedom. They had ac- cumulated fortunes during their career of crime and were perfectly willing to part with the bulk of it to effect their | escape.
 Killoran alone is said to be the pos sessor of al fortune sufficiently large to keep him in luxury the remainder of his life, while Allen and Russell are al- so men of means.
 Tn addition to the Springfield and Hoboken charges, there are several others pending against the three men. They are suspected of having robbed the Scranton, Pa, postoffice. William A. Pinkerton, the head of the Pinkerton Detective System, came here to have a look at the men shortly after their arrest.
 "I will sleep easier now that they are arrested" he remarked during their ex- animation in the Federal building, for I understand that they have sworn to have my life if they ever got out again. From what know of the men they are desperate enough to keep their word, !"