The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-21

the second floor St Clair turned to Mrs.
LIE Roy and said:
Madam, you look delicate. /
wouldn't think OF bothering you Let me
| ring for a servant
Mrs. LIE Roy thanked him for his
consideration. and agreed. II is need
less TO say that the bell was never runs
As soon as Mrs. LIE Roy had gone down
stairs again TIE thieves stripped the
bedrooms OF all their valGibles in the
shape of watches and jewelry. and es-
| capped.
| "A few days af,erward the late Philip
| Farlay and myself arrested St Clair
and 'kidglove Steve as they were en-
tering the old Olympic theatre. They
eacn got five years. Johnny Smith was
another second story thief Of interna-
tional notoriety. but he never happened
| to run across my path.
''As 10 Worth, 1 was the person VINO
arrested him for his first known offense-
That was on May 2, 1862. when he was
about 10 years old. He was suspected
Of having been concerned in the rob-
berry of a millinery store which had
! been opened only on the 1st OF May.
Around his body I found heavy black
muslin bag, which might have been uses
| for secreting goods. and 10, or big,
heavy keys These presumably were
| keys to stores on which he had planned
an attack The evidence against him
was Lot sufficient. however. and ne was
discharged. Soon afterward he served a
| short time in New Jersey. and then dis
| appeared from this neighborhood-
But my mos. remarkable experience"
continued Detective Golden, was in the
| first arrest which LED 70 the first con-
v;ction Of Max Shnburn. His real
name, by the way. IS MAMMALIAN
Schonbein. Former superintendent
Byrnes has pronounced him the great
est criminal ever produced by America.
"On November "a. 1864. the Walpole
| (N. HI Savings bank was robbed of
| $50. 900. Part of the booty was $4,000 in
| government bonds belonging 10 the state
OF New Hampshire. The bank was
| hurglarized in the night, and the thieves
had taken the precautiOn to lock the
doors OF the r:fled vault, only changing
/ the combination. So when the officials
arrived in the morning and found they
could not open the vault they had to
send for an expert. That gave the
thieves time to escape from the state.
They left no apparent clew behind them.
"a month or so past without any pro-
gress having been made. Then one day
Colonel Bellows, the chief Of staff of the
governor of New Hampshire. appeared
at the New York headquarters. He
gave the information that some of the
missing bonds had found their way to
Washington for redemption. They had
come from the Second National bank of
Scranton, Pa. l was deputed to investi-
gate. At the Scranton bank 1 learned
that the bonds had been sold by a nur-
seryman who went about the country
selling trees. 1 found receipted bill
given by this man TO one OF his custo
mers, and so traced him 70 Rochester.
n. Y. He Informed me that the bonds
had been intrus' l TO him by man
named Cummings. He didn't know
where Cummings was, but he did know
that his father lived just outside OF
Rochester. I found the old man, and
introduced myself as a person who
wished to employ landscape gardener
and had heard that his son James was
an expert in that business.
"Old Cummings called out MS daugh-
ter. Sis he asked. where can the
gentleman find James, AT 456 Grand
street, Williamsburg, said the girl.
81 remember it was the morning af-
ter Lincoln's assassination that arriv-
ed in Williamsburg. No. 45s Grand
street was all draped in black. II was
occupied by a physician, who answered
my summons. I knew al a glance he
was not the man 1 was after.
Doctor I said, have You any ten
ants?'
well he said. 7 did have two men
living here with their wives. They are
stockholders, and they left me some
days ago to go down to Washington 10
dispose Of some bonds. They said they
wanted 10 take them down personally
for fear of accidents
lis there any mail for them?' I ask
ed.
"'No; but 4 you cross over to tbs
merchant tailor over there il is possible
he may have some
Il went over 10 the merchant tailor
and asked him the same question.
NO he said. only couple Of news
papers
well said I, they are friends OF
mine and I'm going 10 meet them in
Washington. Give me the papers.
Now. one Of the papers was Scien-
tic American. I posted down to New
York and sent in my card to Mr.. Mum,
editor. I showed him the wrapper and
asked hin where the address on X had
been transferred. He summoned a boy
and told him TO consult the mailing Of
flee. The boy returned With the infor-
nation that the address had been trans
farred to Postoffice box 354, Saratoga
Springs.
81 lost no time. and arrived in Sara
toga about half past p. m. The town
constable was a friend of mine.
Through him I learned from the post
master that the box had been rented TO
a New York broker by the name OF
Shnburn. Shinburn was living with his
mother and his brothers on a farm
which ne had purchased just outside OF
the city.
1 made further inquiries. and found
that Shinburn was a that very moment
at the performance OF the Georgia Min
strslS. which were then in town. So
posted myself with the constable a. the
theatre door before the performance was
ever. had description OF Shinburn
As soon as ne appeared l recognized
him by his long. flowing black side
wniskers.
81 grabbed him az once. Ny friend
slipped the handouts on him from be-
hind MS back He was loigei in the
town Jail. The report flew around that
ne had been arrested as a burglar 4 |