The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1900-09-06

fired on by a guard, and they fled. Shin
burne boarded train to Boston, and
went to sleep i'm the car. 1t happened
that one of the jurors who had served at
his trial was on the car. The robber was
recognized. Word was sent TO the police
at the nearest station. and he was ar
rested. A few nights later his confed-
crates cut hole I'm the wooden gate OF
the jail, and Shinburne fled to place of
safety.
shinburne's next enterprise was the
robbery OF the office of the Delaware and
Hudson Canal company, at Wilkesbarre,
Pa. He obtained $4,000, but he was cap
tured. There happened to be no safe jail
In the place, so the officers engaged two
rooms i'm a hotel Shinburne was hand
cuffed to one officer. and the other went
TO bed in a room across the hall from
that assigned TO Shinburne and his COM
panion. The officer to whom Shinburne
was chained went 10 sleep. and here the
robbers luck was with him again Shin
burne had a steel pen concealed under his
tongue. and with II managed 10 pick the
lock on the handcuffs. He dressed HIM
self In the officers clothes, made a rope
OF n sheet. and let himself down from the
window.
ARRESTED FOR BALTIMORE JOB.
The next arrest was for new robbery.
Shnburne was charged with entering.
bank In Baltimore. He made no objection
to being taken TO Baltimore but he
Nayed another of his clever tricks. When
the officers took the robber 10 Jersey City
his lawyer demanded by what authority
n citizen was being taken through New
Jersey without a warrant. The officers
were compelled to liberate the prisoner.
Shinburnes most daring and most sue
cessful exploit was still to come. He be-
gan to be tired of being so frequently In
jeopardy. and he prepared for big coup
that would outdo all his previous exploits.
He fixed his attention on the Ocean bank
Of New York city. Under the name OF
CHARLES X Cole. he rented a small room
in the basement beneath the floor occu-
pied by the bank. With the assistance OF
some confederates. he cut n hole through
the floor of the bank and entered the Of
fee OF the president They gained access
TO the vault and obtained over si000.o00.
This great fortune was sufficient to
make the robber feel that he could retire
from business. He called for Europe.
whore he bought title and castle.
Like the persons in story books he might
have lived happily ever afterward II his
money had not given out. But he spent
his million recklessly, and at the end OF
thirteen years II was necessary to re-
tricve dis fortune. A wealthy crook.
who had become tired of lending the
''baron" money. told him OF n Belgian
bank that could be robbed Without much
trouble and he introduced Shinburne 20
some men who could aid him. One night
IN 1856. when Shinhurne was working on
the safe In the Belgian bank. he and his
confederates were surrounded by the po-
lice. Shinburne was arrested and tried.
He received n sentence OF sixteen years.
The crook who had encouraged the rob-
berry had BETRAYED him. but six years
later. when IN American was arrested In
Iiege. Belgium. for attempting 10 steal
5000 Shinhurne, who was In prison al
Viviers. had chance TO identify his be-
trayer. and at the same time 10 earn his
own release from prison.
Shnburne next went 10 London. and a
number Of bank robberies I'm Scotland
that soon followed were attributed to
him. The man drifted back 90 tho United
| States and was soon arrested for robbinp
the First National bank OF Middloburg
n. Y. lie was sentenced TO hard labor
| In Dannemora prison. While awaiting tri
al at Schoharie he tried 20 escape. but
he was detected by the jailer's WIFE who
knocked him down and prevented him
! from getting away by sitting on him. A:
she weighed over 200 pounds her effort
was successful
When Shlnburne Is released from tho
Dannemora inil he will have 10 return q
| Concord TO paw the penalty OF his escape
| by serving n double sentence, which will
amount 10 nineteen years