The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1899-04-25
rs,l. Walla jvindlers Have .
Vorld-Ws Reputation.
o,,,ee ae1|,DfHT'f'es THEM.
L. =. r. Gray ana }. !.
II Have had Reeos1D-
1 PsItee Of Large Cities
woman Who PlaaaeA
Tom O'Brtes, Ounko
x,.s, -. French re.si Os's.y

5palsee Reed has discovered the
- inc busao men who swsEdled
p Royce. Of Dixie, cut Of S.taG
.ssSWsIla fxo weeks ago by the lot
| - and IT, confident that they VIII
,,sn arrest before many days. Less
- xponsh ago they were IN Seattle
~ shpolioe know them well
- tineslers arc none other than John
60. ana John X. Green. two Of the
- confidence men In the United
s..s.SFbe.r identity WAS established by
1919 descriptions ard photographs
--.Ae,wsen Chef Reed and the Wzlia
E.uao,tce When the frat story OF the
1919 Wa printed Chief Reed took his
- m descriptions Of the men and fol
1919 70 a successful conclusion. He
- arrested In running Gray ard Green
xxwsoecaGsa they had given him trouble
I. aalie. They spent some time here, bur
eserI ot,<ysd MS Instructions TO get ouf
" Il city. and went to Walia Waila,
rAns money came easy.
Thrssscc departments OF the large East
- nes win be surprised TO hear that
f1r.yi At his old tricks again. Even the
pinkIons had lost track OF him, IL Is
"a There was an impression tn the
r.s1hst Gray. who was king Of the bInko
aaNIpplanted him In the affections Of his
Nous vile. known as Annie Gray. was
~ Instead he was serving a term In
tEpenlsentiary al SaIepe. Or. for beat
"A farmer on, Of few thousand dollars
Hwas released only a short time ago and
I'D forces with Green. who Is known
u tho Atlantic 10 the Pacific ocean as
crooked Aou.hS' Green.
Detectives c. w. Wappenstela. Cudihee
~ Meredith know something about the
eoords OK Theses persistent and At the same
tme skilifaI swindlsss. II they had kept
VT Of Seattle they would not have placed
themselves IN a position that may result,
IN their arrest. One thing Is certain. Chief
/ Heed has connections In the East which
Vii make 1t Impossible for Gray AMI Green
e Iva In the United States they MAY
svste arrest by going 10 some foreign
sounfry. bat II they ssay ia this country
hey will fall sooner or later
Gray - an interesting character He Ia
veH educated. a clever eonysrsat ionallst
and assumes an air Of responsibility. PEG.
Hs WHO we're not infor ned On the ways
u the buHko man would be easily deceived
b him. Hs has always been sneresxfsi!.
but not 20 the extent Of h.s rival. Tom
QBrisn. who b the center Of oae Of tho
ncst romantic love stories and sensational
pfsson escapes ever recorded oBrien bsaf
0rAy IS a money maker: h seok his wife
away rim him. IL ss sad, ard nos al par
kes interested In this lite drama come he
tore tie public again after years OF separa-
Non.
nescaed From French Penal Co,ony
Released from a Pacific coast psulgsatiars
Me lshand. II h alleged. gathers texethe~
gieh money as he car ana starts after
AsTffe She, on the other hand. hires
.sean yacht and plans. Ii il 81 4. The
etpc OF the man she loves. Tom osBrier.
I'm The French penal colony. where Cap,
Qyfus II prisoner. II cost go 0op 10
9Ty nuf the plan. bat. according 10 the
emissions of o'BFients Intimate friends
J got away. The suppoa ,isn il thai he
ias taken To South America where the
Trench cannot reach him.
y brien dare not come hack to the
United states. because the New York au-
thorities want him 10 serge out 4 TIN wears
sentence He has accounts to settle In
ether states az well. All facts considered
ne Is entitled To the appesiation OF Amer
ea'S most notorious and slipper, rrsmlrai
Through all his dare devil experi.urex rha
tove OF Annie Gray may be traced. sus in
no Instance does Ii ecne cut more prQna,.
ssntff than In the daring ess ape from the
French penal cosons. under the very nose
Ct a French sunboat. about April 5.
Several years ago D'isrien was convicted
N New York Of swindsing Rufus W. Peck.
81 Albany. out Of ss.ape. This was the first
ume his jnnusnee and money Rad failed
end II went against o'Brien. Teen he re-
sorted 10 the haheaa cerpas He Was to
k taken before the United States csar.
- Utica. Hts taiier took him 10 a haie,
and slept With him for safety. The next
morning o.Brien was gene He went
Straight 10 Paris. He ala nor have coed
Eck a. a hookmaker. One day NJ. ..ief %
eorrow norey from KID Wadter, an.
.4x,t.. ~
fnsed. and o'Brsen shot Wadieil lead An
he Gray Immediately left her handsome
NeS York establishment and went 10
Pals. She secured enisaen. counsel ana
sfnt snensy freely She was verv hand
sosie oBrien's neck was saved fronA tho
EsEiiount. bat ne WAS sentenced ID lie
fnprl snsment N the penal celony.
Il Is said that pretty Annie Gray irsu,e
stately eonneneet TO plan oBfien,s es-
csssc. Last pe>emher her house on rerts
sxth srfet. New York. IVES sold under a
noriHge. II rs said that fkDAnoney origi
nEliy derived from tire mortgage wa usoI
n rFrls 20 save o'Hrien from ,hs ga.hoiins.
aaa afterwards 20 rescue hira from the
esnsi colony, Mrs. Gray's plan was =, hire
STAIN yacht. which wonAa pass tfs island
Were = hriea was ceafnei and pick him
Y large sum Il money. said Ia b. sssl-
=. was raised. Eight fine ieok!ns taakn
len Went To New Orleans 20 perfect she
ian by securing yacht Their presence
sarfsea Chief Caster and he arrested the
nttfe Gang. Tee frSi OBJECT OF Their visit
Vas net learned. bat the arrest hraks up
she plan for the time he;us. II was broken
% again At the time a report was rtrca-
ased "a the effect that an attempt was 10
made ~ aeersic Capt preyfss.
Aaaie Gray and Her Husband.
II URfien has really escaped. ani there
Acnss 20 he ma reason 20 douos <. the OF &
Eal pan WAS used. The captain az the
asesas s0' "a. f, is said because ne ran
aznger of using his boat - Rrica's friends
eek Sa.sA wlsh them.
TIE three PEAL islands are fsfteen miles
''pnl Cayenne. . the coas, Of S2uth Amer.
"a lsNtfs Island IS set apart for Drey-
Nas TAt f'resch guasssaf, nuseurtste, IL
saeas.e3 between Rsval island ansa 81.
seepA lsSnA Il Has supposed that escape
ns lTpsSssh.e. hpi e'Brten's friends learn
"a 'aas 9ie-. was 4 point OF the southeast
wore 4 - Joseph which WAS sheltered
s7n asseTNas.on of The Kuuhoat II wsaid
" pcssael Tor 4 steamer 4. approach this
Fsat n1aes cover ~ darkness segxa a boa,
ssse- a.sa pick ~ o2Tsen. Rus O'Rrsea
vas q Re-ai isiaHd. j, Is said that he
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