New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-08-22
THE ROBBERS IDENTIFIEDyI
Confined from First PnEe.


pretending to be asleep He has big expressive,
brown eyes. a square chin and clean-cut regu-
lar features. His statements however. will
avail him little
THE MANS CAREER.
Gilmore has a long criminal His pict-
ure IS No 1854 in the Rogues' Gallery and his
record has prominent place in Byrnes's Book
of Criminals" 1t is said that at the beginning
of his career he killed a man while committing
burglary down South He was sentenced to
be executed, but was saved from the gallows In
way.
Some time ago Gilmore. with three other
desperate crooks" made attempt to
commit a great bank robbery. The vaults at
tackled were those of the New-York County Ma
tional Bank then at Eighth-ave. and Four
feminist. Gilmore hired a store next to the
bank. and started oyster house The rent
$1,000 year. He paid $1,000 down. His
partners. Jimmy Simpson, "Charley' sanborn
and Billy" Bunker were put to work In the
basement of the house ostensibly as helpers.
Business appeared to become brisk for Gilmore.
in few days, placed small engine in the base
ment which was kept going all the time. The
engine was supposed to be necessity for the
business.
The engine, however, as was learned later, was
used to drill a large hole through the basement
wall into the vaults of the bank One morning
Policeman Keller was passing the bank, when
he heard muffied ticking which he thought
came from the vaults. Suspecting a burglary.
he went to the station for the reserves and the
bank was surrounded.
In the restaurant Gilmore, acting as cashier,
was nodding drowsy when the police appeared.
He became wide awake at sight of the police.
however, and escaped while several officers
were making their way down to the basement OF
the restaurant to see If burglars had got down
there Sanborn Bunker and Morgan were capt
ured and sent to prison.
EXPERIENCE IN IOWA.
In 1884 Gilmore was sentenced to the Anamosa
Qowa) prison for a bank burglary at Des Moines
in which a man was shot by Gilmore. His term
was for twenty-five years. but he was pardoned
at the end Of eight years because Of patent lock
he invented which is used In all the big
prisons of the country. BY means of 1t Of
cells can be opened and locked at the same time
by a single keeper standing at the end Of the row.
Gilmore has also invented a mail pouch now
used by the Government He is said by Captain
OBrlen to be the pal of all the best postofiice
burglars in the country. and is believed to have
planned and aided in the execution of almost
every big burglary committed in various parts of
the country in the last twenty-five years. one of
his partners is Charlie Johnson. alias Thomp
son, who was shot down by Central Office detec-
tives on the night of Barnum's last parade while
he and two others were preparing to rob the resi-
dence of physician in Eighty-fourth-st.. near
Lexington-ave. The three were heavily armed at
the time, and the detectives had to shoot Thomp
son to prevent his using his revolver
Gilmore is now about fifty years old
A BICYCLE SHOP IN BROOKLYN.
Ever since the identification Of the wounded
at the Long Island College Hospital by
benjamin A. Schenck, the Brooklyn police have
been hard at work on the case. Deputy Super
intendent Mackear went quietly about the in
vestigation of the matter, and assigned De-
tectve-Sergeant James Roach to look up the
prisoners identity. Roach has discovered that
the small man who is in custody at Bedford Sta
ton is known as Peter James. and that the large
man is John Jenkins" These two men and Gil
more. also known c. jenkins. conducted an
establishment for selling and repairing bicycles
in Henry-st. near Atlantic-ave.. Brooklyn. and
another in Atantic-ave near Henry-st.. under
the firm name Of Peter James & Co. The man
at the hospital was known as the wealthy men,
Der of the firm.
themselves from their stores for days at a time.
and for the last two days they had not ap
peared at the shops. 1t appears that the stores
used storage places for plumber All
three men formerly lived in Brooklyn, but re-
Gently moved to this city. Gilmore Is pho
tographer by trade. His store in Henry-st. is
only about two blocks from the Long Island
College Hospital.
A POPULAR PLACE.
Chief Detective Reynolds and his assistants
will make a searching investigation to-day of
the headquarters of the gang. which. strange 10
say, are on a busy thoroughfare. and frequented
daily by scores Of cyclists A Tribune reporter
visited the bicycle establishment Of Peter James
e. Co. at No. 112 Atlantic-ave. last night. 1t Is
q large. well-lighted store, on the ground floor
and the front window is decorated and filled
up with bicycle fixtures. Inside there are
large number Of racks containing new and sec
ond hand wheels. At one side is small oak
desk This stand has been occupied only since
last spring Peter James, however, has had a
bicycle repairing establishment just around the
corner at No 31G Henry-st for nearly a year
and a half Both establishments last night
showed every indication Of prosperity. Uni
formed cyclists passed In and out, ana TWO
clerks in the Atlantic-aVe. store were kept Dusy
answering questions and making dates for re-
pairing wheels No repairing was done In the
Atlantic-ave. store it being given over wholly
10 Warcroom purposes. The Henry-st. shop IL
essentially "A repair shop. with lathes, vices eX-
fra fires and a large amount Of sundries. such
as would naturally accumulate at busy es-
tablishment. The firm has done an extensive
business on the instalment plan, and Peter
Tames's reputation in the nelgborhood seems to
be first rate, both as a business man ana ciu-
non The reporter reached the stores just be
fore closing time last night and about dozen
cyclists we're there preparing 10 store their
wheels for the night. 1t was not long. however
before IL became nOised abroad that there was
something wrong with Peter James q Co. The
clerks seemed overanxious to get all the wheels
inside the store and get them locked up for the
niDbt lust how the rumOr got abroad that
,bere was trouble ahead for the bicycle firm Is
not known. but nearly half dozen wheelmen