The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-06-29
BLACK JACK CAUGHT
Bank Burglar and Thief Ar
rested By PinkertOns.
FOUND IN COLORADO
He Probably Robbed the Bank
of NiCkerSon of $4,000.

with a penchant for blowing bank safes
and robbing postofHces, has been arrested
n Evans, Colorado. by members Of the
Pinkerton detective agency. Black Jack
Is fairly we'll known in this city. All OF
the detectives know MIN. For several
years he has been coming in or going out
OF this city, and although there has been
q reward over his head, he has never
been moiested. He figured 10 some ex-
tent IN the Paddy Shea trial which vas
held before Judge Dale At the March
term of court. Dawson, the man shot
by Shea, swore on the stand that the re-
v0lver which laid beside him when Off
Ger Gamble came in, was put beside MIN
BY Shea and that IL had been left there
by Black Jack" The revolver in ques-
ton was a nickle plated gun. Shea
when on the stand, contradicted the state
ments Of Dawson BLACK Jack" drifted
into town some few weeks after the trial
and made an affidavit 10 the effect that he
had never left a revolver in this city,
nor had he given one TO any person.
BLACK Jacks statement rebucted Daw-
son 5 testimony. He also said in his affi-
davit that Da wson had told him at Great
Bend in 1897 that he had served q term in
both the California and Colorado peniten-
tiaries. Dawson. on the stand. said that
ne had never served a term IN any PEN
:tenciary IN his life.
The story OF the chase after BLACK
Jack" is an interesting one. and shows
the determination and endurance OF the
men who have at last landed behind the
bars one Of the most expert and shrewdest
thieves in the country.
on the night Of December Is. last, the
State bank Of Perry, jefferson county,
Neb., was looted by three men, who sci
eniiiically used ni1rog.ycerine in blowing
open the safe. The portable and useful
booty secured was gold, silver and green
backs. amounting % Slo7, and the burg
lars were shreWd enough to not leave
clue Of any description behind them, and
Il was a blind trail the PinkerJon detect
ives from the Kansas City agency mad
70 take up when the arrived at Perry.
Every. safeblower and burglar likely 10
have had a hand in such a job was looked
I'd and as a last resort the detectives
procured a score or more Of photographs
Of well known = minals and submitted
them TO citizens Of Perry, in the hope that
among them some one would be able TO
nick out the likeness of at least one OF me
thieves who had Ioitered in Perry several
days before the robbery.
L was a happy thought, for among the
very first Of the photographs submitted
was that Of John DAILY, alias John Foley
allies s'Black jack and a number OF
people Immediately recognized il as the
prototype Of quiet, unassuming man W+lo
had vainly sought employment on a farm
After 4 weeks constant work BLACK
Jack" was located in Texas, but before ne
could be reached by the PinRertons ne
had taken 70 the road" Disguised as
t~arn. associaung with tramps eXclu-
sivelv. and living and acting as a tramp
BLACK Jack wandered all over the states
Of Texas. Kansas. Nebraska and Colorado
rIvinr his trade Of thief and rolling Up a
brilliant criminal record
Each recurring robbery gave the Pinker-
tons a clue. for they knew It was BLACK
lack :" work. but not knowing that he
had changed his customary costume OF
broadcloth for the garb Of a tramp, they
were baffied at every turn
Il was by accident that the sleuthS
learned OF the change and tterearter
every railroad depot In the west was
closely watched; brakebeam tourists were
dragged from their resting places and in
sDe-,te1: knights Of the road were Jailed
and Investigated. and camping parties
were rounded up and searched. But. like
q will-o'-are-wlsp BLACK jack eluded
his ,railers. and again finally turned VI
as a farm hand IN Texas.
The harvest fields were visited for
weeks and the search in that direction IS
stIl going on in southern Kansas, bui
now the sIeuths VIII be called eff.
Yesterday Black Jack" escorted by q
squad Of men who have trailed him down
started from Denver for jefferson county
Neb.. and in a snort time iron bars WI
again cast their shadows over d man WHO
has for the past thirty years been one OF
the most active criminals the police Of the
country had % contend with.
While being hunted down from town &C
town and state 20 state, BLACK Jack
came into Wichita during May and tar
ried here for a few days. leaving herr
for some little town in the short grass
district Of kansas. Tire last term thaI
Jack served IN the peDitentlary was a
A1amasa. Iowa. where he was released
in $3.50 He went 70 Kansas cry. where
the P.nkertons found him in The red Ugh
section OF the town. He was photo
graphed and given time 10 leave town
His photograph was placed in the roS'e'
gallery. where. AFTER eight years & Wa
taken from the album 10 cause che arres
Of an expert criminal Since leaving th'
Auamosa peni,eutary It IS said he hal
participated IN over forty Of The most i'm
porrant bank ana postofice bUrslarie.
committed in this country. tt is alleges
that ne was leader Of the sang which
hftrglarized the bank at Nicke-son q few
months ago. A. tina; time the thieve
secured over 5000. Both the Perry, Ne
bank and the Bank OF Nickerson were in
s,,--i aEains, loss by the Fidelity an,
Casualty company OF New York Ci.y. WI
employed the Plnkertons % ferret ouc tn