New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1895-07-02
THEY VINT SHINBORN. TOO
uE HAS A LONG SENTENCE TO SERVE N NEW
HAMPSHIRE FORMER EXPLOITS OF
rUE CRIMINAL

Concord. " H.. July 1.-The question whether OF
not Max Shinborn. the bank robber. VIII be re-
turned 10 the New-Iiampshire state Prison Is OF
much interest here. When he escaped from con
cord hs had served only nine months OF SEN
,encc OF ten years for participation in the rob-
bery OF the bank at Walpole on April 2 l'' Inc
first night after his conviction at keene ne gave
the officers the slip. That occurred on November :
OF that year In the spring Of 1866 he was brought
from Vermont where he attempted to rob bank
In St Adams and was committed 10 The state
pr,oon IN this city He escaped late In the follow
ing autumn. The only general officer OF thc PRISON
at that time who is now In Concord Is ex-pepu'S-
Warden Charles W. Davis MT Davis says OF the
escape:
never been cleared up. He must have had assist
from some person .nside Ii ne handrS
to him. which told him what arrangements had
been made to effect his escape a psf' hat P' ne
gate had been bored with an a9ser 80 'iha h IL Vas
easily broken. II afterward proved that shih-
,bn street west OF the prison. whom shinborn could
have seen he was worhihe al MS p'"'h aS d
AS the men were marching through the yard
after the days work. Sh;nborn suun,"y D,one ,hP
rTm od o thf the 9at blank when had been prepared
for him. snapped 1t OF as If IT had scen % aa spe, ,n
waiting with the two men & IN H. al ana ihe ~aS ri,y sooa
Tap,n wday who few days before came Concord,
registered at a hotel as Mrs. Max Shinborn ana
visited him In prison may possibly have siycn ,si,
him in some form the information which enabled
him 10 escape IL proved that the woman
was not Shinborns wife.
bloomington H., July '.-On Saturday afternoon
appcation was made to Governor Altgeld Tor repui-
sition papers upon the Governor OF 'w-fork for
tho return 10 this city OF Max Shinborn. alias
Shafer now under arrest IN New-York CITY ior
robbing the Bank OF Middeburg. " Y. In l"i
patrolman Uarrlgan Of 81. Louis. now Chief OF Po-
Ice of that city, arrested Shnborn on suspicion
NJ be,ne II thief Next day he was called for by
the noce Of Bloomin gton. Ill. where he was wanted
for "cracking" the safe of hardware hrm and
s,.,lrr 81 90 He escaped jail on the day set Tor
HE rial and was not heard from until yesterday.
Tbe reousIfion will be effective FOR the crime or
thirty wears ago. II he escapes punishment TOT
the Middleburg robbery
wukesbarre Penn. July (SpeciaD-Ihe arrest
., chnhorn I'm New-York Friday recalls one
| -, h,s rob,,erIes in I.uzerne County away back In
1877 In that wear he came here with some other
mo, :, rob the vault Of the Lehigh AMI Wilkes
harre Coal Company. at Whitehaven. near mere.
Every month the company sent from hs oHre III
his citv a large amount Of money 10 Whitenaven
70 nay lis miners. Shinborn knew this. ana for
sro,nd the office The night II came he broke INTO
| The vault and he got $4,000 In bonds and secnrl-
Tics lie got safely away. but some Coal ana IRON
,ol,ce who had seen him around sent a description
:" the Pinkerton agency General Superintenden,
! George n Bangs took charge Of the case ana
some time after ShInborn was caught IN a saloon
on Proadway. New-York II was late at night ana
y pangs had the Or soner handcuned 10 a detective
who slept with him In hotei. In tne ngnt s'n, ,n =
horn managed to get his hand free went 10
ne;ehbornr room and stole q guests cothes ana
nscaped x few Of the securities were recovered