Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1906-01-27
James Names Arrested on
Broadway, New York.
Wanted for Famous Bank Of
Liverpool Robbery.
Admits Name Rut Denies All Knowledge
Of the Crime.

New York Jan. 26.-Central office de-
tectives arrested, tonight. man for
whom they declare the police of tire
world have been searching for more
than four years. The prisoner, who
was picked up on the street, by Il mere
chance, is declared TO be James Names
formerly an American book maker, who
is wanted in connection with the IA
NOUS Bank of Liverpool robbery OF
November, 1901. in which the English
institution. through forgery and con-
than 100000. Subsequently $3SO,000 Of
spirary, was defraudcd out of more
this amount WIS recovered from the
conspiratOrS.
While admitting his name to be
James Names, the man asserts that he
is entirely ignorant Of any plot by
which the Bank Of Liverpool was rob-
bed. The local police claim that there
is no question as TO the identity of
Names, who is now 50 years old.
The arrest was made by Detectives
Cain and Collins of the headquarters
staff, at Broadway and AID street.
where they came face TO face with
Names in the midst of a rush hour
IIitlIS. 1Hty Il6u Dul recently DScll
reading of the Liverpool bank robbery
and had been discussing the escape OF
Names, the only person unaccounted
for in connection with the affair. They
had studied the photograph of the miss
ing criminal in the Rogues Gallery and
when they saw. tonight tie man who
they claim answers the description Of
Names, their surprise fairly took them
off their feet.
The conspiracy to rob the Bank of
Liverpool turned upon the weakness OF
a bank clerk, who while drawing a
salary of $3.50 q year, became victim
of the betting craze and played the
races. His accOmpliCes We're sporting
men. several book-makcrs and a prize
fighter by whom he was not only rob-
bed by various tricks of his occasional
big winnings but he was induced to be-
Ecve that he had sustained enormous
losses. 10 cover which he forged contin-
ually the name Of one of the banks
dcpOsitor@ until finally more than $780,
600 had been taken out of the institu-
ton ana turned over to the coterie OF
race track men. The poor clerk, never
protiting Il penny by his crimes, finally
went To the penitentiary for 10 years at
hard labor, a sentence nc is now serv-
ing.
The bank clerk was young fellow
named Thomas =. Goudic. His associ-
ates were ''Dick" Burgc, an English
pugilist. +. +. Kelly. a man named
Stiles, Laurie Marks and James Names,
All book-makcrs. Goudie confessed the
plot and pleaded guilty to charges Of
fraud, conspiracy and false pretenscs.
BurCc and the Book makers. Kelly and
Stiles were arrested, but Laurie Marks
and James Names escaped. Burge was
CCnTICtcd and with Goudic was given
the maximum sentence OF 10 years.
Kelly and stiles, by pleading guilty to
conspiracy to dcfraud, escaped with
sentences of two years each. Marks
WdS last heard from on an English
channel steamer en- route from BCu-
lCSno TO FulkCstune. He did not debark
and it has always been the belief that
he committed suicide by jumping over
board. Names was never traced.
From Purge the police recovered
S150.0Go. Tho authorities subsequently
learned that Marks had $4,000 and
Names $110."G0 to their credit in an
English bank. This money vas seized
and returned to the Liverpool institu-
ton.