The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1899-10-01
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others, while doing picket duty. 1niee
years later he was arrested IN New AolN
for having stolen trunk from an expires -
wagon. and upon trial was sentenced TO
three years hard labor in Sing SING prison
After serving eighteen months or MS
time, Abel made his escape from the stote
ouarries by means of drain whlch us
charged itself inside the railroad tuhhel,
and he succeeded in reaching some cauai
boats at a distance of a few miles, ana IN
one of them he concealed himself. "A tug
boat drew the barge with the escaped
prisoner to New York, and fortunately IL
moored in a lonely dock on the west slue
of the city. which enabled Abel, who was
stin in prison garb, to creep in the dark
ness unperceived to the house OF frleIo'
VINO supplied him with other clothes.
"Once having embarked upon career
of crime. AbeI-who was Joined by MS
brother-broke into the office OF trans
mort company in New York ana Ioreeu
amen the large double door of the sate,
which contained $4,000 in gold The money
however. was locked in an inner compart-
ment. and the thieves failed to oreaK 1t
open before the appearance Oh ody"s 9a3
IN the same year the gang Whlch mao
grown up around the master-mind ropped
the safe of an insurance company IN Mas
sachusetts of a sum $4,000 A couple
of wears later Abel with two others, ROD
bed a Boston bank of S450,W0 IN uhteu
States bonds, in the following manner
one of the trio acquired BARRIERS shop
next door TO the bank. He pretended 70
seu natent medicines. The thieves made
a hole in the party wall, which was COW
cred I'D in the daytime by false vans
coting. and when they reached the IRON
lining of the bank vault they began 10
cut through 1t with specially mace tools
one Saturday night-in order 70 work AZ
the lob continuously until Monday morn
har d
the boiler plating, with which the vault
was cased a hole large enough 10 permit
Abel TO pass through It, having nrst STRIP
ned himself to the skin. He slipped
through like an eel, burst open the Ilti
boxes of the customers of the BANK, anu
the strong boxes which ne found, anu
possessed himself of the securities, with
which the thieves decamped. By this
time it was Sunday morning, and Abel
elated with success, proposed to return
that night and break open a safe CON
tanning $500 600 in bonds and coin, put ms
companions did not care 10 take the rlsh
involved; besides, the bogus barber de-
clared that he had thrown away the Key
of the shop which gave access TO the
partially despoiled vault. 1t was TINS ar
fair which led Abel to cross TO Europe
where. in Germany, he disposed of the
stolen property One of his associates
opened an American bar in the Rue Scribe
Paris. but having taken TO Drink ana
camping, he lost the greater part of his
money, and mortgaged his bar TO Abel,
who promptly elected him and entered into
possession himself
at was after the Franco-Prussian war,
while Abel was still Darkeeper, there
came one day TO the Rue Scribe dia-
mond merchant, who carried IN MS case
stones to the value of 2OOOOO francs. Abel
purchased several gems of him and rec
commended the dealer to his customers. i'm
wiling him To call from time 10 time, which
the unsuspecting man did not fail to do
in quest of American customers. JoD
was then put up to steal the diamond
case belonging to the merchant, and with
that end in view, a transatlantic TIMER VINO
bappened to be in Paris was induced 10
walk away with the case, while Abel stall
ed the man Off at the other end OF the
counter. The sneak thief simply took the
case from the dealers elbow and stepped
ont of the place with il. and the owner,
on turning round, was amazed TO ma that
il had disappeared. Abel assured him
mat no ono had entered the bar and de-
,lared that the dealer had not his case with
him when he came In. The dealer was
not the owner Of the goods, but was sell
ing them on commission for fhe account
of a large jewellery house In Paris. He
was arrested and imprisoned for some
weeks. Abel was himself called several
lines before the JUICE INSTRUCTION., out
lr held fast TO his story that tho dealer
Jrad never brought Tue missing diamonds
into his bar on that particular day, and
Inc victim at length grew so confused
mas he could not say with certainty that
he had taken the case at all into the bar
in the Rue Scribe
some months later Abel sold out ia
Paris. and returned 10 New York, where
he lfsposed of the stolen diamonds Opera
lions were then attempted in Jamaica
which l will not detail, and then came
robbery of 10000 francs in Egyptian and
spanish bonds, effected by a gang, Of
which Abel was the chief, upon the mail
from train between Caais and Paris
1T Is an extraordinary thing. that Abel
who may be regarded as the most success
glar Of his day has not during the whole
course OF his career served more than two