The Oskaloosa herald. (Oskaloosa, Mahaska County, Iowa) 1885-1919, 1906-02-01
LONG SOUGHT FOR
CRIMINAL CAUGHT
WAS conNncrnD wfrH FAMOUS
cHfME m LIVERPOOL
10 ARRESTED IN NEW YORK
etory o. Crime Through Which tbs
Bank o. Liysrpool Was De-
fraudsd % Over $500.
600 IN 1901.


clare the police OF the word have
been seafchlng for more than four
years. The prisoner, who was picked
10 on the street by q mere chance, II
declared % be James Names. former.
w an American bookmaksr who ~
wanted In connection with tho famous
bank Of Liverpool robbery ~ NOyem
Der 20, 1901, IN which the English
institution through forgery and con.
gpiracy was defrauded ~ more than
1900 900. subsequently s5s0O00 0f
this amount was recovered from the
consplrafOrs, the bank having sus,
tanned net loss 81 more than s4O5<
900.
Protests Innocence
While admitting his name ~ 10
James Names the man Under arrest
asserted that be ~ entirely ignorant
OF any plot. W which the bank "
Liverpool was robbed and had no part
in tbs affair. After being taken %
headquarters and examined Names
was locked up. Hs viii hare q hear,
ing today and probably win b held
20 await word from tbs English ~.
tt0rftIes, who have been aDprised ~
cable Of the arrest, The local police
claim there II no question ~ 70 tbs
Identity Of Names, who nov II nifty.
FIVE years old and walks 49, though q
victim Of I0eom0tOr atazia. His con-
ditIon, the police declare, aided them
IA identifying him.
The arrest was made By Detectives
Cain ana Collins, of the headquarters
stan, 40 Broadway ana FortyeS@cond
street, where they c&Dss face 70 face
with Names IA the midst o. 4 rush
hour thY0ng, They had but fecsntly
been reading Of tho Liverpool bank
robbery ard had been discussing the
escape Of Names, the only person anac,
counted for in connection with inc
big swfndIe, They had studied me
features o. the missing cTimlaa1 from
a photographs and when tbsy saw the
man who they claim answers the 40
scriptIon Of the persop wanted her
Immediately put him nader arrest
A Notable Crime,
In the history o. Inc crimes o. the
world the conspiracy % rob ne Bank
Of Liverpool win always hold the dls-
tinctlon of being ons Of the most IN
gsnio0s and c0nSelsneeIess ever
planned, The entire scheme TUNED
upon the weakness o. bank clerk
who while drawing q salary Of $50
= year, became victim ~ me betting
crane and played the races. ifs nc,
completes we're sporting men, several
boOkmakers and . pine fighter, Not
only did the hank cIsYk play sntO
their hands through bis l0sges ~ the
race tracks, bot he vas deprived u
the occasional big winnings bs made
through yDms DretSHse, me cieF4
forged continually the name Of one n
the banks deDOslt0rs, until finally
nors than ts6O,0O0 had been taken ogt
of the institution AMI turned 0tsY %
the GOtsrfe Of race track men, Finally
without having DrOhtsd penny hs
went 20 the peD1tentlaFy foF ten
years, sentences he IL non serving
with hard labor.
Tns Criminals.
The hank cIeFk vas q ~ inE fsilOw
named Thomas p, 00ndle, Ils ssSO-
ciztss we're "DScl" f,9rEs, an English
Dugllist5 y, r. Kelly, nsE named
stiles Laurie Mark, and James
Names, as bO0kmzkers, 00n6ie con,
fessed the pIOt and pleaded guilty 10
charges 81 foggsYy, fraud, cl,asDlrzey
and faJse prsteDses "Diekg BarEs
and the t,>,Okmaksfs Ketiy and 1tllss
we're arrested, but Marks and Names
egeaDe6, Bgrzs vas gIvsD ten yezgs,
Kelly ana 8uIes b. pleading guilty %
conspiracy 70 Geffaa1, eseaDSd Win
Sentsnces u two years each, Asrks
~ beIIeyed 20 have committed suicide
BIZ Jumping from an English channel
stsamEr Names was never traced,
Part Of Monsy Recovered,
From BerEe the police recovered
t1G0,000, The authorities sabssqaenC
~ learned mat MARKS bSd ge1y)00 ana
Names tI70,000 10 their credit IN an
English bank, This mODey was sSlzel
and returned 70 me Liverpool lnstlta
ton.
Goadle, 0ace he bal bezgn 70 me
nOne1 a. the rare track, became eSsy
prey IN the hands u the gamblers
with whom be had carried on his
Transactions Ne always Used ffs
name of one o. be bznkss heaviest
1ep0sltOSs but this name never ezms
out, During the Trial Of 0ou1ls 4
eieFk empioysd by the to0kmakeY
Marks, told ths JURY q stoFy % show
how easily the accused man was swim,
sled One ds1 he had waTsre1 hesy.
~ on q race, entrustlng BIS eommfs.
slon % Marks. The horse won and
Jcudss was entitled % t1zE,oo9 ca mo
Zeal That night mo bookuskey sent
4 Telegram % Goudis SAYING ~ had
oeen so and was not in business a
ne race track that DAY,