The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1895-11-10

shinburn escaped. one morning the ~
.sctivc awokc and four! himself Ia pS
s;one An examination revealed me rae
mat Sainburn had succeeded N sLppInt
tie point OF a s,,ci pen INTO the ratcns
OF the handSu;. without being observed
so tina. while the cun snapped smut a.
usual when closed at n,snt. 81 did no
lock. The man had then simply "aitH
for inc detective TO go 10 sleep. Ate
freeing himself hc went snto anoths'
room and appropriated guests CLOS"
.rr. The discovery OF the pen poi'is 10
minded the detective rhtt nurlns tH
Afternoon he had observed sninpur" ne".
.ns "A pen over Il gas jet. lie had asKss
him what he was doinh, ard me pt'son4'
had replied HAT he was SIMPLY h'hus"s
himself. The ruth was that ne "s' me-.
ing the pen 20 lake the temper ous ., Wv
81 eel. Ii was years after tsis wncn S',1r
burn was captured again. shinp"'n "'s,
escaped after having been CONNECTED
roal,spg 10 Warpolc ~. ~ savings
Bank. a..
He was sentenced 10 ten years IN w
New Hampshire State prison Tor IN"
crime. bat the nigh; after beng inc".
csfatcd in that institution ne ptVN' Wv.
Ue was next arrested three years i"toi
While attempting TO rob the ST. Alhan'
Nt) Bank Sninbrrn shot two OF ths
attacking force. and succeeded In board
Ing a train on the Vermont ,entrsi ran
road. He was considerably mustered, a.
his escape had been q narrow ono. snc
his pistol. stll warm. was I'M his hlF
pocket. Tho consequence was that he at
tracted n good deal OF attention, anu,
: unfortunately for him. among the pas
sengers on the train was n maa wno had
been on the jury that convicted him when
he was tried for robbing the Wal2olc
bank. This man recognized Shnburn Tl1
caused his arrest. He was sen, back 10
the New Hampshire jail 10 serve out his
ten years term. but after serving nine
months he once more escaped.
Among the things found on Shinburn
when arrested this last time were some
keys ard soinc has'ly drawn Plans. the
plans proved to be OF a bcak AZ Benning-
ten. VT. and one OF the keys WAS found
TO tit the door of the bank. At that time
there was $4,000 on deposit IN the vaults
OF the bank.
The robbery Of the Ocean Bank. on
Greenwich street, was one OF the biggest
bank rohberics tina: ever took place IN
this city. and IL was Shinburn who H.
roftc'l it. 1t * clai.. ID that over 100000
IN money and securities was stolen. \
reward OF sp.,so. with guarantee OF no
questions asked was offered by the a.
roCtors OF the bank for the return OF the
securities. ana John :. Young. then Chirf
OF the Now York detective force. put
men on Shnb irn's trail. Shinburn had
In the mean time gone to Maryland. where
he had robbed the West MARYLAND Bank
OF $500 in money and securities. lie
came back 10 New York TO dispose OF
some OF the securities, and Young nab
bed him. Young agreed to let shinburn
escape if he would give up the securities
stolen from the Ocean Bank. and threat
cnel 20 take him pack tO New HAMPSHIRE
as an escaped convict Ii - didn't. Shin
burn gave mp the securities and Young
started him off for Maryland I'm charge
OF Is detective. who was 10 deliver him up
10 the authorities OF thai State In Jcr-
soy city Shlnhurn escaped. I'm the mean
time Young had gwen the securities over
to the bank and pocketed tho reward.
Detective James Irving. who had helped
him I'm the deal. didn't think Young gave
him as much OF the reward money "a he
deserved and he reported the matter to
the Police Commissioners. The result was
that Young was dismissed from the de.
partment and Irving made chief In his
place.
Scores Of other banks suffered from
Shinburn's attacks, ana only two years
ago he and an ex-s)nvict named Nike
Cornors broke omen safe In Lancas
II. They cot away though Shinburn was
shot by the night Waterman. AZ the time
ex-Chief Burnes was oil lookout Tor
the man, and over nifty warrants for
his arrest for acts committed In different
parts Of the country were out Despite
this he came right 10 New York and
went TO a hospital whore h remained
under treatment for two months without
his Identity being suspected by any one.
I'm appearance Sldnbnrn looks Ike
retired merchant lie dr 'sses wen. has
20, d adir ass. and Is an interesting con.
versat!onal.st He speaks half a dozen Ian.
ar!ages He H. now 81 years OF age. abogt
. f. { 3 inches tail, weighs i56 pounds. ana
has gray hair and very keen blue eyes.
Whether or not he has left any OF the
vast sums OF money Le stole during nj.
ilfc Is not known. but asshe was liberal
spendor and a gambler. II Is probable ~lnt
he IS pennllcss.-New York sun.
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