The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-11

shire House, pretending 10 be an agent i
for a cigar firm. He found out that a /
company building a railroad deposited |
large sums of money in this bank. The /
following Sunday he went to the bank /
and found 1922, 900. He concluded that /
there was danger of being observed II I
ne carried away the money, and quietly /
left the bank.
Before leaving he locked the safe and |
no one knew that he had been Wis |
ttor there until / told the cashier later |
Shinburne had scarcely driven away 1
from the building in his buggy before |
Mr. Tilden came down the street
ShinbUrne told me after l arrested /
him in Saratoga of the affair." and said |
that he had only remained in Saratoga !
TO take the midnight train and secure |
the S232,000- His arrest was mighty
! lucky thing for the Cheshire bank
q &. {:
heard nothing more ofs Shinburne
after his escape until February, 1896 |
/ On the night Of the 26th of that month
he and his gang attempted to rob the
bank at st. Adams, Vt, but they were
fired upon by a strong guard. The
/ burglars dropped everything and ran
/ They boarded train to go to Boston.
Shinburne went to sleep in one car and
one of the jurymen who tried him for
the bank robbery recognized him.
He was Jailed again at Concord Feb.
p He had cOnfederates who cut a
hole in the big wooden gate and filed
1t up with dirt and putty. On the night
of Dec. 3, 1866 ShinbuTne passed the
gate, made flying leap and went
! through the hole head first. His con
/ federates were outside with a swift
/ team.
/ In 1867 he was arrested for the rob
/ berry Of the Delaware & Hudson Canal
/ cOmpany's Offise at WilkesbarTe. Pa.
Here he secured S33. O00 but was cap
] fYIrpI There in he
place, SO the officers engaged two
/ rooms in a hotel, one on either side of
/ the hall. Shinburne was handcuffed to
/ one officer. The other took his clothes
/ and shoes with him. locked the door
/ and retired.
Shinburne. had concealed a steel pen
/ under his tongue. The officer to whom
/ he was handcuffed was tired and went
/ TO sleep Shinburne used the pen to
/ unlock the handouts, dressed himself
/ in the officers clothes. tore sheet into
strips and let himself down from the
/ window.
Some time after that Shinburne was
arrested on lower Broadway for the
/ robbery of q Baltimore bank. The police
! Of that city were notified and Shin
! burne ar iced that he was willing
/ to go TO sey City. So the officers
/ took him I, Jersey City. 2 He was ac-
! companied by his counsel. ex-Judge
/ Stewart Once in Jersey City, the law
/ yer demanded by what authority they
| were taking a citizen through Jersey
/ City without a warrant The officers.
were compelled to allow Shinburne to
/ go free.
Shortly afterward followed the rob
/ berry of the Ocean bank Of this city.
The bank w9s on the southeast corner
OF Greenwich and Fulton streets. The.
/ officials some time before the robbery
rented the basement of the building. to
! William O'ken who said he wanted
/ the place for an exchange office. a few
days before the robbery he sublet the
| back room to a man by the name of
Charles K. Cole.
The gang cut a hole in the ceiling
the floor Of the bank-on the night of
sunday June p. and entered the room
OF MI Martin the president through
this hole They opened the vault. In
side they found q bunch of keys. These
KEYS admitted them to the treasure
chest, and over $1,000, 600 was secured.
The following morning the colOred
1anltOr found a nice mess. In the vault
all the tin boxes were lying on the
floor. The police found that the thieves
had overlooked a bag containing $40. OOO
IN gold lying on a shelf. and $500, 900
IN clearing house certificates.
ShinbuTne left for Europe purchased
the title of baron and bought country
seat with castle.
@ . e,
The money was suuandered. and at
the end Of thirteen years he was com
PEELED to seek aid of his crooked
/ friends. A wealthy fence" of Lon
don grew tired of Ioaning him money
and told him that he knew a Belgian
bank that could be cracked easiI.-.
With a confederate Shinburne enter
ed the bank one night in 1886 and the
two were working at She safe when
I they were surrounded BY police Shin
burne fired at a policeman. but was
! oVerDoWered- He and his partner were
. / convicted. the latter receiving a sen
. tence of twelve years, while Shinburne
/ was given sixteen and One-half FEARS.
I The fence" had given the men away.
, The confederate died in prison
In 1892 an American crook was ar
rested at Liege, Belgium. for attempt
ing to steal $4,000. The authorities were
} anxious to know his Identity Shin
, bUrne, in prison at Niviers read an ac-
count of the arrest and recognized his
betTayeT He wrote to the Belgian
government, stating that he knew the
criminal and would reveal his identity
on condition that he was given his re-
, lease from prison. He was escorted
to the Belgian frontier by the police
and was told to clear out.
, e, . .
ShinbuTne turned up in London
. where he would make occasional trips
! out Of town On one of the trips a
: SfndI Ddlk III scotland was robbed Oi
? $4,000. Circulars were sent to the New
I York police. I was satisfied that Shin
e bUrne mad been at work again. The
4 only way in which the thief could be
f traced was b. means of the numbers
e on the notes.
ShinbuTne was in Jail at Schoharie
= this state, afteTward for attempting t.
L. / rob the First National bank of Middle
i burg. Just before the trial ] met Rob
/ ert PinkertOn, who told me that Shin.
e | buTne denied his identity I went t
- SchOharie and Identified him at once
= He was sentenced to hard labor a
I DannemOra prison.
e While in the jail at Schoharie tn,
j jailer, an old man, brought in his SUP.
d per one evening as usual. Shinburne
a who saw that the jailer had left tn,
- outer door aiaT. ran to the door, Tn,
e jailer's wife was about entering Sht
o grabbed the fleeing man and managed
2 TO throw him to the floor. and then sa
e on him. He squiTmed, but as the lad,
g weighed over $50 pounds he was fast
ened as though in a wise
On Oct 10 next Shin burne's time viii
Q have expired. but as soon as h
r energies he will be arrested by Rober
n PinkertOn, who will take the priSOne
e to the Jail at Concord to serve a tern
r of nineteen years, as it is the custom
t in that state to double the term of
s prisoner who escapes from Jail.
1t There is an Indictment pendini
Y against ShinbuTne- for his attempt +
:. escape from the Schoharie jail, but