The evening times., 1896-06-27
YEARS SPENT IN PRISON
George McCauley Has Lived
Half His Life Behind Bars.
GUILTY OF MANY CRIMES
he Has PrOba bly, the Worst Criminal
Record Of Any Nun In the District
Trains Boys to Steal-Is Now Await
ing Sentence for Criminal Assault
Upon Detective sutton.

out cl Tue ilOSl uOleu Ol WHOSE
appear in the aunais of District criminolog,
is George W. McCauiey, whose aggregate
of prison life at his present. age of fifty
eight is twentysix years.
| Twelve times has lie been arraigned fo
| felonious offepses, all committed in the Dis
trict OF Columbia but one. Six convictions
are registered against him, and in the othcI
| cases. when tried, he was twice acquitted
| twice the indictment was quashed, once
| the record was silent as TO the result, aIl
| for his last orfense he has yee 90 answer.
Notwithstanding he has all these sins OF
commission registered against him, it ca0
| not be said that McCauley has no redeeniing
traits. He possesses fair education, Il
| which Is added more than the average oi
native shre wdness, and Il mind which, had
| 1t been employed in detecting crime, instead
| of directing him in the paths of criminals
| would have made him famous. Besides
J while lie rarely rorgives and neverfOrgets an
| injury, lie has been ever a loyal man to the
| interests of his friends, and true as stsc
TO those who Co-opcrated with him in any
deal in which they are mutually concerned.
He scorned u man who would, under any
circumstances, betray pal, and regards
traitor with murderous hate.
McCauiey was born IN Richmond. Va.
His father WAS a harness maker. and died
after removing his family to this city. i:
is not recalled Just when the father came Ia
Washington. but it WAS certainly before the
civil war, and when lie died he left a good
business to Georges care and money and
property for his use valued at about 81 8, 900.
HIS FIRST APPEARANCE.
1t was in 1868 that George McCauley
made his first record III the criminal court.
He was convicted of larceny. but for the
Hl,n l..,
not sentenced. An entry on the same pa ge,
nevertheless is evidence of the same fact
that there had been other offenses entered
up ag inst him, for it reads: sentenced
in other cases for thirteen years in the pcni-
tentiary."
An incident which occurred at the close
of the trial last mentioned is related To
Illustrate McCauley's tendency, even at
that early stage in his career 10 bravado
and reckless disregard of results. He vas
called for sentence, and after the brief lee
ture which usually accompanies such cere-
monial the learned justice informed him, in
legal plIraseology that I've might spend the
tnsuing five years a Albany.
Five yearsr exclaimed McCauley. why,
you ID old fool, that's nothing. ! can
stand on my head five years.
Then shall give you eight years in which
10 get off your head and practice standing
And that is how the Convict added to his
own punishment. The increase of his
term didn't phase HIM. though. He baGe
defiance 10 the court to the last, leaving
his presence airily without betra wing
the least degree of concern 10y so much as
the culver OF a muscle. He went to AL
bany, did his time and returned TO Wash
ingtoD.
The next entry against his name was
with William Walsh he was arragned
charged with assault to kill. He was ac-
quilted that time, his trial concluding July
20 following. But he was again brought
into court November 8 of the same year
upon the allegation that he had been acces-
sorry To a job OF hous e. brea king. To
this charge he answered, and the result
was that on November 20 he was acquitted.
An Indictment for assault came next, on
December 12, 1883. but the accusation
was not sustained and a motion to quash
was entered. Another assault case against
him was tried in January, 1884, and lie
was convicted February 3 and sentenced
10 Jail for six months.
HIS LATEST SOJOURN.
Subsequently,, hes was convicted of as
sault With intent to kill, did time and upon
his return to the familiar scenes, the old
spirit OF adventure again brought him under
suspicion He and Frank Cronin were ac-
cused of going pards'' i'll i house-break-
ing enterprise, and they were arraier---l
March "a, 1880, upon that charge This
case hung onto the docket until April !,
S94, when nolle prose- was entered :.
Back in 1879. IcCauley was convicted of
larceny, for which he served one year. and
six monthsatAl Albany. Hissentence fol Owed
closely upon his conviction, which. by the
record, is shown to have occurred une a. of
the year named.
His latest sojourn at Albany was the re-
suit of a stabbing affray He cut war
veteran a t Hampton, Va. of which he was
duly convicted, and II cost him the loss of
his liberty for the period of two wears
The term expired last December, aud soon
after his release he came to Washington
only to again get into the tolls for his mur-
derous assault upon Detective Sutton lie
is again in jail, awaiting the determination
of that case, the circumstances attending
which have been detailed in The Times.
The most notable of all the exploits
to McCauley's credit occurred early in
/ sSo, when he and four boys were caught in
the act of burslarizing Andrew Archer's
store, on Four-and-a a-half street southwest
lie had been known to engage in the train
ing of boys in the tricks of housebreaking,
and on account of his record, was almost
under the surveillance of the
police.
He had n passion for the work. and
FagiD, the Jew, that conspicuous example
in fiction, never labored more systemat-
ically to make experts of his pupils than did
McCaulcy in his efforts to initiate his boys
into the mysteries of his chosen occupation
He was sly in the work, and as assiGuous as
he was sly.
BOYS TRAINED TO BE THIEVES.
He required each of the Dovices to swear
fidelity TO him, and each was obligated
to secrecy inviolable. Upon the occasion
noted the four boys referred to, William
Molair, Charles Foulke, Harry Foulke, and
William Riley, were being put through |
their first practical lesson with the Jimmy
and Il ark lantern.
The job was buDgled somehow, or else |
the police were unusually vigilant, for |