The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1906-02-10

taken hmm diateIy to Northampton
and put in Jail. there.
Some time previous to this the Pink
ertoHs had located ConroF. who had
also escaped from Ludlow street Jail,
in Philadelphia. and Immediately on
the arrest of Leary. Robert Pinkerton
sent one Of his detectives from New
York to Philadelphia, who was for
r1nate enough to arrest Conroy at one
of his resorts on the same night, and
he was also delivered in jail at North
ampton.
Some months previous to this the
Pinkertons had also arrested Thomas
Doty, another member of the band
ana lodged him in the Northampton
jail.
IN the meantime, Scott and Dunlap,
now in state prison, had. made a con-
fession as against I-eary, the holder
OF the securities and when Iseary
was brought to Northampton thev
wrote him a letter. notifying him that
unless the securities were handed over
to their proper owners, they would
take the witness stand against him and
convict him. but that if he did turn
over the necessary securities they
would refuse to take the stand This
resulted in the recovery by the North
aTnpton bank OF nearly all the securf-
! ties stolen from the bank and its de-
/ positors, this not including, however
! the government bonds and currency
1 stolen at the time. Some Of these Sc
curities had deprecated in value up-
ward Of 500, 000 since they were
/ stolen. The amount of the securities
/ recovered represented 100000; they
/ had been in the hands of the thieves
/ upward of two years.
/ After the securities were returned
Scott and Dunlap refusing to take the
stand against Leary and Doty, the au-
1 thOr1t1eS were eventually Obliged to re-
/ lease them as Evans had also refused
/ to take the stand against them Con-
roy. who had simply been a go-be-
/ tween, ana not an actual participant
! in the robbery, was released at the
same time by order of the court.
The trial of Scott and Dunlap took
place at Northampton in July, 1877, a
year and a half after the robbery.
/ Evans took the stand against them,
his evidence making the case of the
I prosecution overwhelmingly strong.
After three hours elaboration the
jury brought IN q verdict of guilty,
4 and the prisoners were sentenced to
20 years each in the state prison.
+ Scott died in prison, and Dunlap. hav-
! ing been pardoned several years later,
/ removed to a western city, reformed
man, and earned an honest living until
4 his death As for as is known, since
! leaving the penitentiary he never re-
/ turned to his evil ways. Conroy also
+ took to new ways, became honest and
! generally respected by all who knew
him.
RED" Leary came to his death in
4 a curious way. One night in April
1888, he had been drinking with some
friends at a Nell-known sporting re-
sort in New York. on Sixth avenue,
between Twenty-seventh and Twenty
eighth streets. In the party was
| Billy Train an old bunko man.
/ They were all somewhat intoxicated
and inclined to be uproarious AS
| they came cut ON the street "Billy'
4 Train picked up brick and threw il
up in the air. yelling: Look out for
your heads, boys" To this warning
/ 14eary paid no attention, and the
brick came down on his head witt
force, fracturing his skull. He wa.
4 taken to the New York hospital anC
died there, after much suffering, OF
4 April %.
AS for the safe expert. Evans, ht
engaged Inc legitimate business, anS
prospered. In compiling this chap
ter from the records, the writer has
by request changed some Of the names
. of the. parties who since that tim,
have reformed and become respected
members in thee communities wherl
they resides and sthe author has II,
desire to injure them.