The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1900-09-05
BALTIMoRE,s VIEW.

Joe Rapley. alias Joseph 3. Evans, allaS
Topeka joe the noted bank burglar, VINO
up to the end of last May. lived in Bal
timore incognito, proved the full truth of
the poets lines yesterday morning at 2:30
o clock, when he escaped from the Jail at
Richmond, Va, shaking the dust Of that
ancient bastile from his nimble feet, says
to-day's Baltimore American.
AS told exclusively in The American, on
August eth, Rapley passed through this
city in the custody Of Pinkerton detectives
on August It'll, en- route to Virginia to
answer the charge of robbing the Peninsula
Bank of Williamsburg, Va, of $500. TIE
bank was burglarized by a gang of ex-
perts on May oath. The men planned the
job in Baltimore and carried out their
plans to the letter. Rapley's wife was
located at saloon on Canton Avenue and
Anne Street by Detective Tom O'Don-
nell and Pnkerton men. She was watched
for some time, and finally, when she left
the city. Pinkerton followed her to Port
land, Oregon. Just as she aiighted FROM
the train Rapley came to meet her, and
the Pinkerton placed him under arrest He
was hurried to New York and from there
sent to Williamsburg, Va, where he was
fully identified as the leader in the gang
of five who ~ohhe6 tf7a bank
POLICE STARTLED.
Yesterday morning at $50 o clock the fol-
lowing startling telegram was received at
police headquarters from the chief of po-
lice of Richmond
Topeka joe Joseph Rapley, alias JOS
p. Evans, the bank robber, broke Jail
here at $40 This morning. Look out for
him. He used to keep a saloon at Can
ton Avenue and Anne Street.
The telegram startled the Baltimore DO
lice and detectives. and rs pictures OF '',i'o-
peka joe are scarce in the department.
ambitious patrolmen and detectives sought
copies of the American OF August 18th
in order to make themselves familiar with
the countenance OF the man who has al
ready broken jail five times and who
seems to have the knack of getting into
the vaults OF almost any bank in the
country.
.sHow did he get out this timer. vas
the question every detective and ex-
perienced police officer asked. The chance
that the noted bank ropber might once.
more turn his steps to Baltimore, where
he so successfully concealed his identity
for a considerable tina before put every
policeman and detective on his mettle To
get ..Toneka Joe is the ambition Of ev-
erv man on the force who seeks promo
ton.
DID HIS WEE HELP?
How did he break jail at Richmond
without a confederate on the outside is
what is puzzling the ponce ponce lie was IN.
der the closes surveillance, as the Pin
kertons had fully informed the Richmond
authorities of the career of the precious
BIRD who was in the cage. They knsw that
he had broken through other jails be-
fore, lust as if The iron doors were made
Z Of cardboard. The Pinkertons tclG the
Virginia authorities 70 put Rapley :sn the.
strongest jail in the s,ete -, hencS he
M iamz Iransi fa R'chmond he had CON
fe ,ti ta N the outside, the confederate
vas one of Two persons His wife who
sn ,fs ,,nflerith name of Mrs Susie Evans,
IS ass said dli to be q determined woman and as
has reiluts,-
ION 81 Being intensely devoted to '.'Fc-#
,,et,.sIo,s she came all the way
from Portland, Ores. 70 see him at g ich-