The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-08-13
A FAMOUS BANK BURGLAR.
Now n Pauper in a Public AImsItOuse
in Philadelphia.

where / can spend my remaining days
away from the sight of those who were
companions of mine in crime"
Such was the declaration made at de-
! tective headquarters by James Logue, one
| of the most adroit criminals ever known.
Logue did not make the statement for the
| purpose of evading Imprisonment be-
| cause he was not under arrest. 1t was
voluntary statement, and one which
The detectives believes to be true.
What a remarkable criminal Logue was
when he was in his prime! Undoubtedly
! he stole more money than any other thief
! known; but what good did it do him? He
is now without penny 10 his name, and
| the chances are that he will die a pauper
| in the almshouse. He was admitted to
that institution through the efforts of
Police Surgeon Andrews, who always was
| a good friend to Logue when he got sick.
Old Jimmy came back TO the city after
being away about three years. He knew
that if anybody would help him it was
DR.. Andrews, who has an office adjoining
the detective bureau. Logue, who Is
! whte-haired from age and almost decropit
| from rheumatism, tottered into the doc
| tors office about noon. Such great
| change had come over the once famous
| criminal that DR.. Andrews did not recog-
| nize him at first but at a second glance
he knew who his visitor was.
Logue fairly iimped into the room, and
he did not lose any time in telling of the
| suffering he had endured The old Grim
| inal was broken down completely, and he
| begged the doctor to arrange matters 50
| that he could become an inmate of the
Philadelphia Hospital Il can do that for
you" added the doctor, and Logues APP
| plication for admittance to the hospital
| was soon made out. Jimmy spoke free.
| ly of his career to DR.. Andrews, and then
he walked around TO the roomc of the
detective bureau, where he chatted with
Capt. Miller and several of the detectives
who had at times arrested him. They
| were all glad to see him, and every one Of
them seemed sorry when he learned of
"Jimmys" physical condition. When he
made his declaration to reform they were
| surprised, but they told him that they
! would help him in his declining days.
Later in the day Jimmy" was conveyed
to the almshouse in one of the patrol veg
ons, and he will never have to leave there
unless of his own volition Logue was
always humorous. When DR.. Andrews
mentioned that the trip 10 the hospital
| would be made through the aid of a pa
troll wagon, Jimmy" remarked, "Oh, but
such treat for the rubber necks."
LoSue is 81 years old, but he looks a
great deal older. He has spent more than
one-half of his life in prison, and he does
not hesitate in telling YOU so, either. He
began dallying with or me when he was
on.y 10 years old, and all efforts to reform
MIN then were useless. He was sent to
the House of Refuge at the age mention
ed and when he came out eight years
later he sought the acquaintance of pro-
1essional crooks. He Travelled with them
and was next heard of a St. Louis. where
ne narrowly escaped a long sentence.
when Jimmy" returned TO this city in
1867, he walked into Petry's restaurant
Broad and Walnut streets, where the Ho-
TEL Bellevue stands now. and ordered sup
per- He saw an opportunity and walked
up stairs and stole 81 500 This was the
hrst job he executed alone and and he
soon learned that The more daring a thief
was the more successful he would be.
Logue afterward associated himself with
the Gut Gang" or 'SchuylkiH Rangers I"
who. during Mayor FoX's and prior admin
istrations made things lively in the south
western part of the city Jimmy" is
also credited with being connected with
the robbery at the Catholic Beneficial Saw
ings Fund, Twelfth and Chestnut streets s,
when cash and securities amounting to
$1,250,000 were stolen. No arrests that
meant anything were made and the man
ayers of the saving fund compromised
with the robbers by virtually paying them
900 for the return of the securities.
Logue also had hand in the attempts
made to rob the Kensington Bank and
the Southwark National Bank
1t is also claimed that he was one of the
leaders in the Bennington robbery in the
oil regions. in which affair a merchants
house was entered, the members of the
family bound and gagged and 100000 in
greenbacks stolen and carried away in two
pillow slips. He was one of the gang that
tried to rob the Corn Exchange Bank, Sec
ond and Chestnut streets and the leader of
the gang that broke into the office of the
receiver of taxes when 1t was at Sixth
and Chestnut streets and stole 81 800
Another robbery which Logue is credit
ed with commit ting single-handed, was The
theft at $4,000 belonging TO an old German
saloon keeper at Seventh and Market
streets. This was one of the cleverest Jobs
he performed, for to get into the house
without being seen he found 1t necessary
to Climb down the chimney He also show
ed how clever he was in the Southwark
Rational Bank case. lie rented the unoc-
cupied house adjoining the bank and when
night came he and his pals attacked the
bank, but they were discovered. Jimmy
evidently expected that the gang would
make a swOop for he had a private ac-
! count at the bank and he drew it out the
day preceding the attempted robbery
One of the boldest jobs that L,ogue en-
gineered was the plot to rob the National
Security Bank, Seventh and Girard ave-
nue.. The attempt was made in daylight
one day in May, 1871, when the Germans,
by a grand parade celebrated the enaasg
| of their countrymens war against 49,
French. He and two trusted pals were TO
do the work. but the task was too much
for them. They were detected and Logue
was subsequently sentenced to seven years
in the Eastern ponitentiary. He was en-
gagged to be married 1t the time and while
he stood in the court room waiting to be
taken to the penitent.ary he requested one
of the officers to send for the woman he
loved.
He had succeeded in keeping his criminal
doings from her, but when she found him
in trouble she did not desert him She
WAS Willing 10 rnarrv him -