The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1895-10-18

also escaped after having been convictel
OF robbing the Walpole IN. H. Savings
He was sentenced TO ten years in the New
Hampshire state prison for this crime hut
inc inc inlght after being incarcerated IN that
institution he broke out He was nett arr
rested three years later while attenptine
70 TOD the st. Adams CNt) Bank ShinburI,
snot Two OF the attacking force and
succeeded IN boarding a train on the Yer
mont Central railroad. lie was consid-
eraDly mustered, as his. escape had been a
n VAR ,y , one; ana his pistol stll warm,
was IN MS MP pocket The consequence
was that he attracted a good deal
OF attention, and unfortunately for MIN
among nIn !,,t the passengers on the train was
iiiah VINO had been on the jury that con-
yicted him when he was tried for rob-
Di,ng ne Walpole bank. This man recog-
nlzed Shlnburn and caused his arrest He
was sent back to the New Hampsbire
jan 10 serve out his ten years term but
AFTER serving nine months he once more
Among the ,things found on sbipb,,r,.
when arrested this last time were some
Keys and some hastily drawn plans me
pans proved TO be of a bank at Benning-
ION ", and one OF the keys found to fir
the door Of the bank. AT that time there
bank. u eHe
The robbery Of the Ocean Bank an
Greenwich street. was one of the bi9eesf
bank robberies that ever took place In
thls city, and 1t was Shinburn who d.
rected II. 1t Is claimed that over q oo ~
600 IN money and securities was sfole,,
a reward OF $4,000 with a guarantee or
directors Of the bank for the return az
me securities, and John S. Young then
eniei or the New York detective force,
put men on Shinburn's trail Shinbilrn
had in the meantime gone TO Marvianc
where he had robbed the West Marxtian,,
"a eor Oh $zo,yO IN money and securities.
him. "eDOeu
Young agreed to let sninburn escane IL
the Ocean Bank. and threatened Ia take
him back to New Hampshire as an escs s,,ssJ
convict If he didn't. Shinburn gave IN IN
me me sseeur i,i5 ana Young started him of
who was to deliver him up 10 the author'
tiles or that state. In Jersey CITY shin
puIh escaped. In the mean time Young
had given the securities over to the hank
ana pocketed the reward Detective lanes
irving, who had helped him in the deal
dldnt THINK Young gave him as much OF
the reward money as he deserved. and he
reported the matter to the police commits
stoners The result was that Young was
dismissed from the department and Irv-
ing made chief in his place.
Scores of other banks suffered from
Shinburn's attacks, and only two years n 20
ne ana an ex-convict named Mike Con-
nors, broke open a safe in a Lancaster
Mass, jeweFy store and plundered N
They got away, though Shinburn was shot
by the night Waterman. At the time ex-
Chief Bornes was on the lookout for the
man, and over fifty warrants for his ar-
rest for acts committed I'm different parts
of the country were out. Despite this he
came right to New York and went to a
hospital, whore he remained under treat
ment for two months without his identity
being suspected by any one.
In appearance Shinburn looks like re-
tired merchant He dresses well, has a
good address, and is an interesting con-
Versationalist. He speaks half a dozen
languages. He is now 50 years of age.
about feet inches tall, weighs 1856 lbs.
and has gray hair and very keen blue
eyes.
Whether not he has left any of the
vast sums of money he stole during his
life is not known, but as he was a liberal
spender and gambler, it is probable that
he is penniless.