The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-06-16

unauapecting keeper OF IooHe
house. His purpose undoubtedly was 10
gain the freedom Of the house BY rent
Ing a room and then, II ~ believed ms
Intention was 10 steal everything he
could lay bis hands upon. This form
Of crookcdncss is looked upon by the
more expert thieves and swindlera as
contcmptible. This man himself Gays
that he has lost his grip" and that ne
Is compelled 10 resort TO the safest
means known TO get money TO keep him
from starving.
James Grant. alias Graham, alias
White. alias English Bill" and a half
hundred other eognomens. Is accorded
BY ex-Chicf OF Police Byrnes. Of New
York, the notorlcty OF being the most
expert man In his line when his favor
lie form Of thlevery was doing the
greatest damage. lie Is an Engllshman
By birth and stlli speaks with a cockney
accent that reminds one Of the repre-
sensations OF the costermongers We sec
on the vaudeville stage to-day. lie has
history worth telling. and his cxre-
licences would make an interesting book
Grant Is G5 years old and admits tnat
be has been continually following the
occupation Of a crook rlnco he was 10
ycarH Of ago. OF the hiiy-nyc years u
hla criminal career he has spent thirty
behind the barA Three tlmea he has
been sent 10 Sing Sing from the New
York courts. once 10 Auburn and several
tines 10 the workhouHc. The exact
aumber OF times he has been committed
10 penal Institutions he admits be him
self does not know lie has met most
Of the chiefs OF police and detectives In
EASTERN cities face 10 face. and declares
that he has deceived some OF them.
A fow days after Grant was arrested
he was brought down TO the central
station 10 10 shown up" to the detoc-
liscs He perslstently denied hia lden-
.siy until be was shown his picture TAX
en- from the rogues gallery nnd then
he admitted that he was the famous
bank sneak The photograph was taxi
en- in Washington. D. C.. only two years
ago. g, that the resemblance could not
be denied. and he talked freely about
hls experiences. Il was much more COM
Portable spinning yarns In the nice
warn oflce than In the dingy cells he
.oa stairs. His line OF conversation ran
to the differences between English and
American police and prison methods.
and he gave the officers some pointers
which they admitted would prove val
nahle 20 them.
American people think that English
men tdme here because Il Is easier 10
work In the United States than In Eng
land" said he IN the course OF two
hours talk. THAT Is not the case. In
fact. Il "a very much harder 10 work in
iLls country. People are much more
Watehful. more suspicious and Drawer
whea Il comes TO making a fight for
tho protection Of their property. The
police are just as Efficient In proper
ton to the numbers and population.
The methods OF the old country are
what makes Il so hard over there. In
England every prison has an eKper, IN
Identification. or 'bawler out as We call
,hcn. attached. lie draws an Immense
salsry because OF the work he Is COM
PEELED 10 do and the experience be must
acquire Tic makes the rounds OF the
prisons and courts. and fixes In his
memory the faces Of every ore he sees.
and his memory must retain something
about each which viii help him to
ldcniliy the individual In the future
lie has a regular round TO make and
the experts OF the other prisons follow
him right around much the same az cir
cult judges do In this country.
In England sentences are not axed
" much on the crime as the character
Of the criminal Before a man Is