The Bryan daily eagle. (Bryan, Tex.) 1895-1898, 1896-05-17

lnn 10 work q confidence game on M
nnsunpectlnr keeper OF a Foomins-
house His purpose undoubtedly was -
gain tic freedom Of tho house ~ REM
lne room and then. 4 Is believed ms
Intention vas 10 steal everything ne
could lay his hands upon. This form
n cfookrdncss Is locked upon BY the
mofe expert thieves and swindlers as
eonlsmplble. This man himself says
that he has lost his Strip" and that ne
j compelled 10 resort 10 the safest
moana known 10 get money to keep aim
from arriving
james Grant. alias Graham, alias
Whllc. alias English BILL" and bali
hundred other cosnomens. Is accorded
By ex-chiof Of Police Byrnes. Of New
York. the noioriety Of being the most
expert man ID his line when bis favor
So form Of lhlevery was doing the
ffo1lfsl damage. He Is an Englishman
BY birth and alill speaks with q cockney
acotaf lhai rtnindn one Of the repre-
'~ftnIalIons Of the coaiermongers We see
ohtI|t vaudeville Et1fo to-day. lie has
history worth telling. and his oxre-
tie1cta would make an interesting book.
Grant II Gs years old and admits that
30 has been continually following the
occupation Of a crook since he was 10
years % aFo. OF the ffty-nyo years o.
sis crlmlnal career be has spent thirty
behind the barA Three times he has
been senl to Sing Sing from the New
York courts. once 70 Auburn and several
llmcl 70 the workhouse. The exact
1umber Of times be has been committed
10 penal institutions he admits he him
self does not know. He has met most
81 the thicia or police and detectives In
.ssfern cities face 10 face. and declares
ihhf he has decclycd some Of them.
a few days after Grant was arrested
be vas brought down 10 the central
station 70 be shown up" TO the dclcc-
lives. lie pcrfisicntiy denied bis iden'
.lly until BE- was shown bis picture TAX
fn from tho fogues gallery. and then
ho admitted that be was the famous
bank sneak Tho Photograph was TAX
n 10 Washington. y. G.. only two years
AKA. 70 that The resemblance could rot
b. denied. and he talked freely about
hls experiences. II was much more com
Portable spinning yarns In the nice
warm once than In the dlngy cells be-
low stairs. His line Of conversation ran
10 The difference between English and
American police and prison methods.
and ne gave the officers some pointers
which they admitted would prove val
liable 70 Thorn.
American people think that English
nrn come here because Il Is easier TO
work in the United States than In Eng
land" said he Ia the course Of two
hours talk. 'That Is not the case In
fact. Il Is very much harder 10 work IN
thls country. People are much more
watchlul. moro suspicious and brayel
when II comes TO making a fight fol
the protection OF their property. Tit
nolice are Just as einelent In proper
tlon 10 the numbers and population
Tic methods OF the old country an
what makes II 80 hard over there. Il
England every prison has an expert 4
Identification. or 'bawler out. as We cal
them. attached. lie draws an immcns
talary because Of the work be Is com
PEELED TO DO aud the experience he mus
acquire. lie makes the rounds Of IN
prlaons and courts. and fixes In HI
momo.y the faces Of every ore he neel
and his memory must retain somethia
about each which VIII help him
identity the individual Ia the future
lie has q regular round to make an
the experts or the other prisons follo'
him right around much the same a. eli
. cult Judges do IN this country.
IN England sentences are not ike
nuch on the crime rs the characte
D.. rrin.lna1 Haforo man