The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1900-02-23
BANK ROBBERS IN JAIL.
Sheriff Appleby Thinks He has the Milton
Bank Burglars.

the City Thursday morning with quar-
tette of prisoners that he had secured in
Prairie du CHEN, Wis, and arrested on
the charge of robbing the Bank Of Milton
on the Sd of last November. The men
are James Franklin, Frank Flynn, James
Harris and William Farrell. Two of the
prisoners are well known to the James
vile police. Franklyn, Flynn and Bob
Durgan alias Crowley, were arrested for
breaking into freight car near Sho-
pierre in 1895 and stealing a barrel OF
Whisl1ey, box Of books and a quantity
of silk, which they took to BelOit They
were convicted and sentenced to Wau
pun for year. Later Durgan was ar
rested in New York city by a detective
on the charge Of robbing a bank and is
now doing time in the Iowa penitentiary,
Franklin is known as Toronto jim and
Flynn as old Dad Flynn"
When the robbery of the Bank at Mil
ton took place the thieves made their
escape with the plumber with horse
stolen from that town. They left the
animal tied in front OF Mrs. Sarah SEQ
feln's residence, 302 Milton avenue.
Chief Hogan was notified next day re-
garding the horse and it proved to be
the property Of Benjamin f. Ballard,
blacksmith OF the town. Mr.. Ballard
was notified and came down and got his
rig. He informed the police that two
days before the robbery two men came
to his place and talked about buying
horse and he and his wife described the
men, one Of them being an old man.
The men were in jail at Prairie du
Chen, where they had been since Febru
airy 9Th. The charge on which they were
arrested would not warrant the prisoners
being held, which fact was known and
a number Of officers were on hand with
warrants to arrest them on other chr
geS as soon Us they were discharged.
Among them were a United States mar
shall and post Office inspector, who
wanted them for robbing the mails. A
large crowd assembled at the Justices
office in the town hall to see the fun
which they knew would follow their dis
charge. When they were set at liberty
by the court there was rush to get hold
of them by the several officers but it
finally got narrowed down to Sheriff APP
pleby and the United States Marshal.
The Rock county man came out on top,
and handwriting the men took them to
jail.
The men were under arrest on the
charge of several different Jobs. They
are believed to be the men who blew up
the Deerfield bank safe, and Deputy
Sheriff Burmeister, of Dane county, went
after them. With him went Deputy
United States Marshal e. S. Parkinson,
who wanted them on the charge of rob
bling Il post office in the northern part of
the state. Sheriff German, of Boone
county, Ill. was there, believing them to
be the Poplar bank robbers
The four prisoners who are charged
with robbing the bank at Milton on Nov.
3, 1899, were before the municipal court
Saturday morning. The warrants were
read and the examination was set for
Friday, Feb. 23d, at 10 a. 10. In default
of bail, which was fixed at $1,000 each,
the quartette was taken back to jail
The court room was we'll filled with
spectators. The men gave their names
as James Franklin, Fefty Fitzgerald,
Frank Flynn and II. Tiffin. VIM. G..
Wheeler appeared for the prisoners
GAINESVILLE Recorder.
BOND& RECOVERED.
Fifteen hundred dollars worth of
bonds stolen from the bank of Milton on
the evening of November %, 1899, have
been recovered by Sheriff w. II. Apple
by. The cash value of these bonds have
been paid over by Chicago Jew who
operates pawn shop on Clark street
and who made the purchase of these
bonds at 80 cents on the dollar. The
Chicago Jew is out $3.50 as the result of
his speculation. When asked by Sheriff
Appleby if he could identify the man
who sold him the bonds he said with up
lifted hands and worried look: Il do
business with so many people, gentle
man, really cannot tell. OF course [
would like to assist you if could but |
don't see how ! can These stolen
bonds are the property of Clark Gran
dali, former we'll known Rock county
farmer who now makes his home in
Cartwright, Wis. At the time of the
Milton bank robbery Crandall had to-
tai of 81, $50 in bonds stolen. The largest
bonds called for $1,000 and $500. It was
these two bonds that the shrewd Chica-
go Jew purchased.
Soon after the Milton bank robbery
Sheriff Appleby secured clews that took
him direct to Chicago. There he located
two members of the gang that are now
in Jail here. But he wanted all four
members. SO no arrests were made at
that time, in the hopes that all four men
would be landed at once. The police are
now of the opinion that one of the gang
in jail here sold these bonds to the Chi
cage pawn broker. But to prove this is
another question. 1t is said that the
Chicago pawn broker is not the kind of
a man to disclose the identy of the thief
The bonds were traced by Sheriff Apple
by. who located them by their number
and through their passing one of the
Chicago banks. Sheriff Appleby has
spent considerable of his own money in
running down the four alleged bank
robbers now in Jail here, and for his
skillful work he deserves no end OF
credit.
AN unusually interesting article dis
cussing the so-called Typical Criminal