The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-01-14
DAN MOBILES REFORM DAY.
4 NOTED 'RIUTNiL orr or jan
IND JRIiNG 10 M coon.
Crimes That Mad. Him Fnmous In Europe
rs We'll ~ the United stntes and Gained
him Long Terms In Prison Police In
t,rr>ird In lis Present Good Intentions.

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Him Long Terms In Prison Police In
t,rr>ird In lis Present Good Intentions.
Our uf the most famous bank burglars that
ever lyrl Mark Shinburn, once said that
il a., utterly impossible lr d man who had
sprui the best years %. his lie IN %schcmln%
how l., re- hoid Of other peoples property
E, reform ,inc. rely and to 1--we up 10 lhr
rr,. lu,I us hat he had made. Shinburn ought
T. know lpr after one Of the mos, adventurous
carcrr- rhit any man ever had he made n genuine
ciIort 90 PASS The remaining years 81 his life IN
-. lu,ilu and away from the associations OF his
former day.. tie was over 90 years Of are when
lie made h~,,c0ort to reform, audit was 0firra little
more luan siy months Of his lite OF ~proprle'y that
Piukcrl,n detectives, dropping in to see what
thcr old trend, Shinburn, WI, doing, found him
POLISHING up a set Of portable burglars tools
without any unnecessary delay the screws, In the
suayc Of an I'D charge, were put On the man, and
he is now living out his last days in prison.
The police nj this city mud that famous tlie'
catcher. Thomas Byrncs, ore al present Watching
an experiment in the reform line Of moro than
ordinary interest. The other day there was IL
leased from the State prison al Auburn n man
whose lac. since he wag Old enough to do such
work. nas been spent in crooked transactions
lis is one 81 the first pictures shown To curious
visitors at Police Headquarters, and these same
visitors view Il with added interest after a few ni
tie most n Jtablc modernism the mans carccrhayc
hccu related q them. The picture shows a man
about - years Old. with a face that stands out
prominently amou,, The Scorc pi rough and de
PRAYED cuuu;cnanccS that surround II, ! ~ a
face that seems out pt place IN a RogurS' Gallery.
YET me picture has always been accounted one OF
the most useful and valuable in the gallery, and
certainly no man ever more thoroughly armed
a place there than the owner
The mans name is Dan Noble; he is also known
g. the police Of some cities as Dan Dyson Al
though il is many years since he has figured in
newspapers, his fame is great, and IN his time he
has been known and feared in every country in
the civ .lilcd world. Noble is nov almost o. years
Old, and Is s,.ll a fine looking man, although
across LIS nJsr is an ugly scar. the result FLEEING
hit with q hottie carly in his career. Al his lie
he In, been haDwn rs a man II Exceptional good
nature. and Tie reports Of the men who have had
charge u him IN prison for the past few wears
are that j." &C. the same easy going fellow that he
was when me- entered the institution. That Noble
j. sincere In his intention to reform few oi those
whoknnw him have any doubt, butit iSa question
in the minds NJ many whether he will be- able tn
carry on, hi, good resolutions.
Nobl" :p' intohad ways when Still a very young
man IIr became friendly with men whp were
old in crime At that time, and, being a man II
more than ordinary ability, was readily taken up
by the men and made much use Of number Of
crimes were laid at he door Of thc gang ot which
Nohlr was q modest member at that time. and the
passing away of the older men finally left the neld
Clear ior ~" young or ,pks
\0llr'S first Job of Importance was done with
twouther men, one ma med Griffin, the other Knapp
These three men were credited with the robbery
II le"na!d W. Jerome on Feb. 8, 1867, from which,
it is said, 500 900 was realized. This same
m" shortly ai,crwarl broke into the establish
ment If Bliss Il Co., on Pine street and got away
with many thousand dollars worth Of bonds.
noble and his pals never realized a cent from
this robbery for being closely pursued by the
police, and fearing 10 tc caught with the goods
on them, they turned The bonds over 10 two friends
Phil FUtl"ne and Ned Lyons, for safe keeping.
Thcg" two worthless made up their minds that
the booty was good enough for them, and they
disposed Of tlc entire lu, Of bonds, appropriate.
ing the proceeds and never making an accounting
TO either Noble or his comrades. This is one
n tho few cases Of actual dishonesty among
thieves On record in this city, 1t has rcen said by
friends II Noble that he and his confederaies g.,
c,,n with rur!o1c ant LYONS at last.
Noble sl,cec! rI in keeping out Il tic way
Of tho police until 1871 vhrn he was arrested NJ
OswcEo fr a burglary, Of which he was after.
wa-l c%onyictcl AMI hr was sentenced to Auburn
prison fr i've years. " this institution Notle
met many ii friends. among them Jimmy Hope,
the famous Manhattan hank burglar. and Big
Jim Brady. These three concoctcd a scheme
If csca0r which was carried though ~ucrcss-
rliy. llurc and Brady nut out for the IVES;
as soon a. hey vDr. frc" Bat Noble came tu New
lurr end was O. uccHlrd by trruls rnul tie
uulirc }i~ilagcr vas rcla we'd . utglr. when hc
wcut a|I.arle steamer bound ir England. With
tlr Jerome and lIl~. T~'lNr!lcs end TIC escape
from Auburn t. answer fur. New Nurn WAS nu
p!acr ir \u'lc ami be- knew it, on has arrival
On the othcr ,l'" he was cordially welcomed hv
tr large colony ui american cooks thcEuycr
there. some Of them lr kTCN md those he dldn I
knox knew him and ~ was aI night nyNHN
N,llr', connection with the jerome and Bliss
r,ltc-lc. IN this city. gave him considerable
prestige among &c American l.irycs all al.
ami he had no d~lihcUlt2 IN allyiug himself with
N" best men among them. In les than . year
he was the leader ut them all. lie successfully
plaoucd Ind earned out m'rr %ryhtcrlcs than al
the rest II them put t.g"ther NOZZLE was . man
. great c%yncHu}" aslly. and one who r.'ld
work as veil as plan Johnny Miller ice cap
NAN and Jack PhlIllpS, .gIl cSlIcd American
thieves plguHr! % tlF robbery at the Bank Il
England and needing % man II brains, de mig
uiI activity. t. take change II the sWindlN thew
went f.. \nhl" vita u proposition To- Join them whIcn
hr promptly accepted.
pound Bnpk # England !. ties, and get rid 4
inrm an tie Continent This was Nuilc'o first
experience as o rgrr ,r ruunt"ricl,rr, but he
Iu lr.- i.lu two mouth, "f'rr the pr jr,t Was
tg.Urhri 80 HIM b" AMI liz lai- "crr ,n fr Bl
ru" ur.' Il IN" n.gu" mites. The uuir, woe
admiralty executed ami NOT 'h" sIighH.r NlN
,lItN was experienced IN c',lIns md 81 them
The tr-tuf tur tugus lu"o Ia tnm IpIu I,ud0 -
NJ re- t..lu m iaN IF.. tr-lt y 81 lOInligrH'fN Il. m