The times., 1899-08-06

/ their numbers again" The victim gave
her valuable package to johnson, who en-
tered the bank and left by another door
On another occasion johnson made UP
himself' TO look like the cashier Of an
/ express company Ia New York. At the
lunch hour he entered the office OF the
cashier, passing several clerks without be-
ing too closely observed and walked out
with several thousand dollars. At anoth-
er time johnson impersonated bank clerk
during the lunch hour, went behind the
counter, hung up his coat and hat, entered
the vault and took away box OF cash
and securities. The bank offered a reward
for the return Of the securities and John
son, by representing himself as an attor-
ney collected the reward. He once fol-
lowed the president of a New York bank
into his ofhce. The official laid a package
Of bonds on his desk while he hung up his
overcoat Johnson disappeared with the
bonds. the value OF which was s125, ,0G0
He is also reported to have taken from a
messenger Of the Bank of New York. $751;
$40.
Burke and McCIuskey.
John Burke and Joe McClusky are well
known here. They were handsome and
well-dressed fellows with fine manners,
and were artists in what is known as the
drop game In October, 1856, a depositor
in the National Metropolitan Bank, OF
Washington. entered that bank He step
ped up TO counter and proceeded to count
the money which he was about 10 deposit.
Burke touched him gently on the shoulder
and said. Il beg your pardon sir, but you
have dropped a note" The victim stopped
down and McCluskey distracted $72 from
The pile on the counter. They escaped. A
few days later they attempted this game
at the Merchants National Bank, of Balti-
more, but were captured. The men named
were for a long time associated with
George Carson, and this trio worked" ev-
cry city in the United States.
Billy Burke was also an adept at the
drop" game, but came to grief while
practicing it on clerk who had five thou
sand pounds sterling in checks in the City
Bank OF London. Among the leading
workers of the drop game known here and
whose portraits appear in the Rogues' Gal
lery are "Rufe" Minor, Joe" Howard,
Gus" Raymond, SID Yennie, Billy
Marr and VALLEY" O'Conner.
Among the celebrated shoplifters are Le-
ma Kliensehmidt (Black Lena), and Ame-
liza Levy BLACK Amelia).
In 1888 they were associated with Mary
Anderson, better known to the police
throughout the country as Mother Weir
Their specialties were ostrich feathers
laces and silks. Others in this gang were
Lizzie Meyers and Godalia Berkowitz, who
kept the fence"
Patsy Carroll and John Talbot have
many acquaintances here. In New York
they cut through the inside wall of a jew
elry store and escaped with booty valued
at $4,000. In Brooklyn they got upon the
roof of big drygoods establishment, cut
the skylight, let themselves down by a
rope, chioroformed a watchman and blew
open the safe, taking several thousand
dollars. While awaiting trial in the pris-
oners room in one of the courts in New
York city, they tore a register out of the
wall, entered a ventilator shaft, climbed to
the roof and escaped
The Rogues' Gallery is well stocked with
photographs Of great criminals which are
known here.