Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1906-01-27
LONG SEARCH ENDED.
James Mares, Bank of Liver
pool SWindIer, Arrested.
FUGITIVE FOR FOUR YEARS
The Lure Of the Great White
Way
COAXED HIM INTO THE NET
Robbery One of the Most Ingenious
and Conscienceless Ever
Carried Out.
30AXED HIM INTO THE NET

After a world wide search of four years
duration. the lure of the great white way
coaXed James Names the American book
maker implicated in the nillon-dollar loot
ing of the Bank of Liverpool, back into
the waiting net. Names was arrested yes
terday afternoon at Broadway and 42d
street, New York, almost on the very spot
where he began his gambling career many
years ago.
By coming back to the tendeerloin Names
had done exactly what the Scotland Yard
men and Pinkertons felt sure no would do.
When the sleuths found their quarry's clev
erness and vigilance more than matched
their own, they decided to wait with that
patience which has made Scotland Yard a
terror to evildoers.
While admitting his name to be James
Names. the man under arrest asserted
that he is entirely ignorant of any plot
by which the Bank of Liverpool was rob-
bed, and had no part in the affair. After
being taken to headquarters and exam
med, Names was locked up. He viii have
hearing today, and probably will be held
to await word from the English authori-
ties, who have been apprised BIZ cable of
the arrest
The New York police claim there is no
question as to the identity of Names, who is
now ffty-fiye years old and walks though
he were victim of locomotor ataxia. His
condition. the police declare, aided the men
in identifying him.
A Startling Theft.
The Bank of Liverpool theft was one of
the most startling in the history of Eu-
rope, and ranked as a world wide sensa-
ton. 1t was operated in 1901 by band
of American conspirators and the entire
scheme turned upon the weakness of
ha pla -11a
of $3.50 year, became a victim of the bet
ting craze and played the races. His ac-
complies were sporting men, several book
makers and prize fighter. Not only did
the bank clerk play into their hands
through his losses at the race tracks but
he was deprived of the occasional big Win
nings he made through the crookedness of
his crooked friends. Thomas P. Goude
was the bank clerk in question, and his ac-
completes were Dick Burge, an English
pugilist; F. T. Kelly. man named Stiles,
Laurie Marks and James Names, all book
makers. Goudie confessed the plot and
pleaded guilty to charges of forgery, fraud.
conspiracy and false pretenseS. Dick
Burge and the bookmakers, Kelly and
Stiles, were arrested, but Marks and Names
escaped.
Stiles, by pleading guilty to conspiracy to
defraud, escaped with sentences of two
years each. Marks is believed to have
committed suicide by jumping from an Eng
Names Alone Escaped.
Names alone escaped.
Scotland Yard Wed with the Pinkertons in
the hunt for him. Powerful forces sought
to throw the sleuths off the scent with
stories of suicide. but the man-hunters re-
fused to believe and the search went on.
The great cities of England. France Ger
many and the United States were visited.
The local constabulary and police were
warned to be on the alert for the man. But
he always escaped. Detectives and Scot
land Yard men paid stealthy visits to the
haunts of the gambling and sporting frater-
nifty of the various cities, but Names had
always just gone.
Yesterday Detectives Kahn and Collins of
the headquarters staff were walking up
Broadway They had learned that Names
had come back to New York, and We're on
the lookout for him.
Nearing AID street and Broadway they
saw a familiar figure. Five years and a
world wide chase had not made very much
difference in Names face and features.
Kahn and Collins walked up to him. and be-
fore he realized it they each had him by an
arm. They told him he was under arrest
Names never ffinched. He neither admitted
nor denied anything. He walked quietly
along with his captors to headquarters.
where he was searched. The police found
enough in his pockets to convince them they
had the right man. Men who knew him be-
fore he went abroad also identified him. But
not even then did Names lose his nerve.
Nothing to Be Said.
you gentlemen are doing this he said
quietly when the detectives questioned him.
You could not possibly expect me to assist
you. You say you have me, and there Is
nothing further to be said"
He was marched to cell and locked up
and the Liverpool authorities notified by
cable that the long hunt was at an end. An
answer is expected asking that he be held
until the proper papers for taking him back
to Liverpool are made out.
Goudie, once he had begun to lose money
al the race track, became easy prey In the
hands of the gamblers with whom he had
carried on his transactions. He always used
the name of one of the banks heaviest de-
positors, but this name never came out.
During the trial of Goudie a clerk en-
poyed by the bookmaker Marks told the
jury story to show how easily the accused
man was swindled One day he had wa
gered heavily on a race, intrusting his COM
mission to Marks. The horse won and
Goudie entitled to Sl25,oO0 en- the deal.