New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1896-09-20
SELF-BETRAYED CRIMINALS
FREQUENCY WITH WHICH DETrcrrv..
GET CLEWs FROM LAW-BREAX.
Frs THEMSELVES.
VARIOUS CAUSES THAT LEAD TO DETECTION 49,
SOME INTERESTING CASES.

SOME INTERESTING CASES
Detectives who have had much experi, ncs =.
hunting for criminals declare that In about on. c.,
out OF five they can coun; on the sefbetraya OF -,
person who has committed "A crime. The haun,I,.
fear Of arrest has sometimes driven escaDed -
derers to surrender themselves. Hardened tbia..
frequently betray themselves In their anxietv :.
outwit the police by throwing suspicion on o,h.,s
The desire 10 learn II they are suspected 49,
many criminals back to the scenes OF their cy,r,
and into the hands Of tho police
In the early hours OF q dark and storrnv r,o,,,.
a few years ago. a policeman who was patroi,v
street In West Side tenement house district four
a the sidewalk dying from a stab ,vo,r.
Before he could get the to the police staff
with the aid OF other policemen the man had d,,s
There cew to the assassin Before a..
break the captain Of the precinct had sent On,
dozen policemen in plain clothes to hang around
the saloons the scene Of the murder and To-.
their ears and eyes open. Care had been take, 80.
TO spread the report OF the crime. Presently On. =,
the detectives saw man enter one Of the saIoo,.
and heard him say in an inquiring tone to the ba,
tender
THAT was bad cutting scrape around the come,
last night"
The bartender hadn't heard Of IT, and the ma,
who made the remark was almost ready 10 own s.,
when the detective clapped pair Of handouts a,
his wrists He broke down later and confessed
that he had killed the man in quarrel and he 4.
in prison.
Sometimes the apparent desire TO exasperate N.
police by setting them defiance will lead fug,.
tive from justice TO betray himself \ recent oas.
of that kind that Of Harry KimbalI. A swim
der, who had jumped his bail I'm Chicago and haa
concealed himself from the police in n quiet board
ing-house In Brooklyn. He might have Remained
there in security. but he wanted to make the Chi
cago police uncomfortable by reminding them Of III.
fact OF his escape from their clutches So he sert
letter to Paris with directions to have it rema.led
from that city to the Postoffice authorities in tbl.
country declaring that he well and happy and
safe from arrest. Failing to any mention ~
his letter In the newspapers he other letters "a
London and to New Mexico with similar directors
and statements. Postal detectives traced the
letters back to Brooklyn. and Kimbal was found in
his hiding place, arrested and back 10 Chicago
Tho house of +. w. Kcmbe. the artist in New.
Rochelle, was robbed year ago by burglar who
when he was chased by policemen dropped
the atchel IN which he had carried hts kit OF
''jimmcs" An examination Of the contents Of the
satchel disclosed several newspapers which con-
tanned accounts Of the exploits Of Edward Bannon,
a convict who had been released from the prison al
Charlestown, Mass Detectives OF this city con.
cluded that pride in his nefarious calling had in.
duced the craftsman to preserve the published ac-
counts of his work In Massachusetts and Bannon
the Central Office His identification was made
complete by the drawings which Mr. Kemble had
made of the prints left by the burglars feet on the
freshly painted floor OF the veranda OF the house in
New Rochelle
Detective Sergeant McCauley was sent 10 iryest.
gate SAFE robbery in South-st. a few years ago.
and noticed the marks which had been made By
the bare feet OF one of the burglars on the top OF
the safe. layer of dust had been allowed 70 COL
m tba 70 and .bo
burglar evidently had climbed up and had stood on
the safe to examine the contents of some boxes on
a shelf. The imprints in the dust showed that the
foot had deformed big toe. and when McCauley
saw the marks he said Immediately: Fish DAILY
was one OF the gang anyhow" The detective knew
no other thief with big toe like that Of FISH
Days. He went in search of DAILY. arrested him in
Cherry-st and accused him OF the robbery with
assurance.
You ought not to work at a Job like that with
your shoes off," the detective said and when DAILY
understood the nature of the evidence against him
he owned up and told who his pals"
When Perry the train robber escaped from the
asylum at Matteawan ~ Y. he took along With
him Patrick Mcguire, ~ burglar who was supposed
70 be hopelessly insane Later "A number OF mid
night robberies committed in houses in this
city ana in every case the thief climbed up 10
the rooms OF sleeping occupants helped himself to
what he could find in the dark and walked out ot
thief entered the house of Deputy Chamberlain
campbell and went away. leaving a da pidatei
hat In the hall and wearing Mr.. Campbcls high
hat. Mr. Campbell went 10 Police Headquarters
next day 10 make report OF the robbery and
when he was in the Detective Bureau he noticed a
prisoner who had been brought IN bv Detectives
Reap and Holland. The detectives had found Ma
gure at one of his former haunts I'm the city. and
had arrested him as an escaped prisoner.
Why. that man is wearing my hat that was
stolen last night" said Mr. Campbell
In that way Mcguire identified as the mid
night robber He was sent back II the asylum,
however. instead of being tried for hts more recent
crimes and few weeks ago he WIS pardoned by
Governor Morton
Captain OBrien. OF the Detective Bureau. was
surprised in the Criminal Courts Building last year
when he mistaken by thief for one of the
lawyers who practise 1t the Police Court there.
II was with difficulty that he kept straight face
when the thief said. in confidential whisper: "A
friend OF mine has a violin for which large re-
ward has been offered. and want you 10 act
go-between" Pretending that he the lawyer
whose name had been mentioned, OBrien made
an appointment to meet the thief al the lawyers
house i'm the evening. Detectives disguised ~
iantors and street-sweepers were near the house
when the thief appeared with Red Callahan
little subsequent shadowing enabled the detectives
to arrest the thieves at houses In second-aye ana
In Nirety-nnth-st and 10 recover IN those houses
number of valuable violins which had been stolen
from the music store Of O. h. Dodworth. IN East
One hundred-and- twenty-ftth-st. The estate own
ing one OF the stolen instruments had advertised
Il for rAfrt