New-York tribune., 1905-06-18

has served onlv one year. so clever are his methods
He has been more severely punished by lying in
jail awaiting trial or appeal for the time thuS
spent aggregates three years.
His father at one. time 2 banker at Dan
ville N Y. He graduated from vfamton College
near Utica, with high honors, and took up the
study of law. He had a successful career in the
West and at one time served satisfactory term
as Mayor OF Duluth. While he always employs
clever lawyers. it is his intimate knowledge
of criminal law that has enabled him so often to
defeat the ends Of justice.
"His latest and most effective swindle has been
raising bank drafts. These have been purchased
at country banks for small amounts and Slbse-
ouently raised to larger amounts A S. draft could
be raised to $500 and $l5 draft to $4,000. The
gang always took great pains to obtain the conf
dence of the bank which they intended to sWfndle
His daring is shown by his last escape from off,
GERS of the law This occurred last September,
when he escaped from fast mail train on the Lake
Shore and Michigan Southern between DInkirk and
silver Creek N Y. He captured by Pinker-
tons engaged by our association, on the roof of his
home in Danville
OF late the Bankers Association has been paying
particular attention to ''Yegg" safe burglars who
have been operating extensively in the Eastern and
Southern States Most Of OF these these '.'YeggInen" have
their headquarters In New-York and their opera
tions against country banks fill In the time when
the Central Office detectives make New-York too
warm for their comfort
The detectives of the association recently got
this State and sixteen in the South. some Of which
they were concerned in twenty postofice burglar
les but the government took no hand in their ap-
nrehenson. Their system TO send gay
cat pathfinder or locator" who acted adj
vance agent for the burglar troupe. The "Yeggs''
followed with nitro -gyoerine. blowing off safe
doors getting away with currency, silver, gold
and stamps but paying no attention to notes,
bonds securities
The First National Bank Of Chanplsin. N z;
the Briscoe and Tupper Bank. of Churchill, n. Y.
and postofices at Harrison and Tannersville were
the sufferers in this State the receipts being some
5000.
The detectives disguised themselves as "Yegg-
men and went into the Bowery, where they loafed
around day after day. picking up stray bits
of Information from this ''Yegg'' and that which
finally enabled them TO locate the trio. who had
returned to New-York to blow in, the results of
their trip There arrest on last New Year s
Day. tho prisoners being Casey, the gay cat Of
low alias 'Buggsby." the powder man. and
'Iaruilton jack Kennedy not long out OF prison,
the stick up strong man of the outfit, whose
duty ii was to intmidate intruders while the safes
being blown up.
De Ford Is wanted for number of attacks on
members of the Bankers Association and the pro-
lection committee is particularly eated over his
capture. He looks like prosperous young business
man, having anything but the appearance of a
safe cracker. When arrested he well dressed
and loaded down with diamonds. The police can
always recognize him from scar which resulted