The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-01-30

prisoner for nearly two months, but when
noses were counted one evening it was
discovered that he had escaped. An IN
vestigation showed that the regulation
prison lock on the outside door to the
kitchen had been sawed off and replaced
by another, to which 1t Is believed Prince
had a key. Itwas suspected at the time
that Prince had assistance from the out
side. Prince and his mob were in Min
neapolis during the Elk convention, and
was under arrest for vagrancy at that
time, but escaped without a sentence.
After his escape from the Hennepin
county workhouse Prince never again, so
far as the police know, made his appear
ance either in st. Paul or Minneapolis.
His whereabouts at the time of the Great
Northern train robbery at Carlisle, Mimi,
two years ago, was closely inquired into,
however, as he was suspected of implica7
ton in the job. One of the more recent
robberies attributed to Prince was the
theft of $4,000 worth of seal skins at
Omaha, Neb., Aug. 49, last year. IRE
Omaha police claimed to have secured
positive evidence that the robbery was
committed by Prince. Charles Dennis, ona
of the men believed to have beer. with
Prince when he was killed at Quincy, and
Teddy Monnahan, an old-time crook,
whose headquarters were at one time In
this city Dennis and Monnahan were
arrested for the fur robbery, but Prince
escaped Subsequently the case against
Dennis and Monnahan fell through and
they were set at liberty. Lately Prince
had been making Chicago his home, and
it is remarked that during his residence In
the Windy City towns throughout Hi
nois were getting an lawful game of
expert safe blowing.
The killing of Prince and one of his
pals" believed to have been Dennis, ana
the wounding of his third companion, was
due to the bravado of the trio In revisit
ing Quincy within a short time after they
are said to have perpetrated a $4,000 safe
robbery there. They We're recognized py
a hotelkeeper, who notified the police
The police trailed one of the gang, Who
when accosted, drew revolver. The sus-
pect was instantly shot to death. Later
several policemen ran across Prince ana
the man believed to have been Dennis IN
the barroom of the hotel and called on
the pair to surrender. Prince started TO
run out of the barroom. drawing re-
volver and pointing it at one of the off1-
GERS. An officer promptly sent bullet
through Princes brain, killing him almost
instantly. The other suspect empt1ed MS
revolver at the policemen from the motel
stairway, and, when finally shot down,
with, a : broken hip, surrendered. The
wounded man gave the name OF M j.
Crowley. Valises carried by the three
men were found to contain large as
sortment of burglars tools, quantity OF
dynamite and nitro-glycerine.
Charles Prince, alias CHUCK Prince,
alias LOOMS, was thirty-five years of
age He was born at Rockford, Ill, and
was raised at Des Moines, To-, where his
wife and mother at present reside. When
Prince was in trouble at Beatrice. Neb,
his mother was In st. Paul, endeavoring
to secure aid for her son. Prince started
out to be crook when a young lad. His
evil tendencies advanced him from pet
ty thief to a celebrated safe blower, and
for some years he has been regarded by
police officials throughout the country as
a dangerous and expert criminal.
About fifteen years ago he was con-
victed and sentenced to seven years, I'M
prisonment In Utah, for safe burglary at
Salt Lake City, under the name of
Charles Loomis. On being released at
Salt Lake he was convicted at Round
rock, Tex, for burglary, under the name
of Charles Lyman. but was pardoned
from the Texas penitentiary several years
ago, and since then he lived at Kansas
City, Chicago, st. Paul, Minneapolis and I'd
Des Moines.