The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1904-10-23

GEORGE SHINE.
Alias George SChanan. alias George Schios
son. known through the United States
as a dangerous bank sneak.
years, more than twenty years of which
have been spent in penitentiaries and pris.
ons, one sentence alone being for ter
years.
His first big crime was in 1870. when,
with Horace Hovcn. a well-known crimi-
nal, he robbed a bank at Halifax. Nova
Scotia. Ho-en was arrested, but Rice got
away. When Hoven was about to go to
the Penitentiary for the crime Rice sent
back To the bank $4,000 in cash which had
+, been taken IN the robbery. and Hoven was
released. April g, 1851. he was arrested in
Rochester on Il warrant from Detroit
charging him with stealing s1es worth of
diamonds, and upon reaching Detroit was
arrested under a charge of stealing $500
from Fisher. Preston & Co. of Detroit in
July. 1850. A third charge of completely
in the noted robbery of the First National
Bank of Detroit was lodged against him
at once. He was released on bail in SEP
TENDER of that year and skipped out. He
was rearrested in Syracuse in IS and
taken back to Detroit, and in saving him
self on the old charges accused John Har-
ris of Chicago. who afterward served time
for the charges. The DAY Rice was re-
leased he was arrested on a requisiiion
from Ohio. and in Boston. June II. 1885, was
again taken into custody on a request
from Canada fer. burglary.
Rice lived in ST. Louis thirty years ago
and was a river captain. He is a Con-
federate veteran
In Cincinnati he. with Paddy Guerin.
was arrested. Guerin got four years and
Rice was turned loose.
He was arrested in Detroit. for robbIng
q farmer of $500. and later in that year
was arrested in Detroit for the robbery
of the office of the Canadian Express Com
pany at Port Hope. Ontario, in 1888. of
300. for which he served four years in
Kingston Penitentiary- He is character
lied by police and detective records in
general as the cIeverest confidence Ia
hotel worker and bank criminal between
the Atlantic and the Pacific.
SHINE HAS LONG RECORD.
George Shine is younger than his con-
federate. ard does not have SO long a
record. His first appearance in criminal
chronology was his arrest in Chicago in
March. 1855. for larceny. serving a year
in the House of Correction. In March.
1899. he served sixty days in the county
jail at Chicago for assault. and in May
was sentenced at Chicago for four months
for receiving stolen property.
In March. 1894. he was arrested with
Rice in Pittsburg on suspicion and given
hours and a fine of $50. In May he was
in Chicago on complaint of Mil
waukee police. charged with implication
in n chain of robberies in that city.
With Rice he was last heard CT in Bone
L. T, during the opening OF the
Government land. 1t has been generally
understood in police circles that the gang
Of which they were a part were headed
for St. Louis with the intention of max
ing a big steal. |
The description Of the two follows: Ed
yard Rice. alias Big Ed' Rice, alias
P. Brown. white. travelling sales |
man. Bank sneak, 60 years old, > feet "a
inches in height, medium build. fair com
gray hair. blue eyes, gray mus
and beard.
George Shine, alias George Slosson, alias
George Schauen, Brooklyn. y. Y, Ger
~aan-American, white. salesman, bank
sneak. sc years old, 5 feet III inches in
height, 40 pounds, medium build, dark
;hestnut hair. blue eyes, medium dark
mustache, scar on left check. under
eft eyebrow, bottom OF chin and near left
.orner OF mouth.