Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-12-01
PNNEp RoADMAST "a FEET VIDE On L. RodEAWEl
FRANK SHERCL|FFE, ABOUT TO
Be TRIED FOR TRAIN-RODBERy.
CLOSELY WATCHED IN PRISON

tiary. On the way to the penitentiary
at Canyon City Shercliffe escaped
from the sheriff and was not heard
from until he was arrested at Knox
vile, Tenn. The Colorado authorities
are awaiting the outcome of the i'm
pending trial with a great deal of in
teTest, as it is understood that Sher-
cliffe will be Immediately extradited
to the Colorado authorities, in case
he should be acquitted or the charge
in connection with the Northern Pa
cific train robbery.
Shercliffe, alias Cummings, alias Rey-
nOlds, etc, began his criminal career
at the age of seventeen, by robDng
safe in Aurora, H. He shot at the
officers pursuing him but was caPtur-
ed He was convicted at Geneva, Ill,
! August II, 1886, and senLefced to two
years imprisonment ir the Joliet pen
itentiary under the name Of Jonn
! Cummings. He vas discharged Au-
gust 4, 1883.
| According to the statement OF the
police authorities Shercliffe was ar
rested at Gallatin, Mo, under the
, name of Charles Reynolds, chargeu
with robbery, but ne escaped from the
sheriff by holding him up with a re-
yOlver.
His next sentence was one year in
| the Utah penitentiary, December d,
1890. for burglary committed at Og'
den. He later escaped, but was re-
captured and served his term, being
discharged March II, 1892.
Shercliffe will alsC ne remembered
in connection with the diamond roU
berry on a Sioux City g. Pacific train
on November 4, 1892. He boarded
the train at Omaha, and as it neared
California Junction, Ia, entered one
of the coaches and attacked William
lG. Pollock, travelling salesman of w.
/. Pollock & Co., diamond merchants
of New York city. Pollock resisted
and was shot down by Shercliffe and
| robbed of unmounted diamonds val
ued at $4,000. After the robbery
Shercliffe signalled Cne train 10 stoI
and made his escape.
| It is believed that Shercliffe was
fconcarned in the Wachorsch diamond
robbery in San Francisco, on January
ii. 1893, when $4,000 worth OF un
mounted stones and jewelry were
forcibIy taken from show window
4 IShercliffe was arrested at Gilman
Col, on July %, 1898, and burglars
tools were found in his possession
He was later taken to Logan, Ia
tried and convicted of the Pollocl
robbery, and on September %. 1850
was sentenced to serve fifteen yearf
lin the Fort Madison penitentiary. He
was paroled from that Institution OF
November 29, 1900, but was arrested
lin December of the following year or
the charge OF having violated his pa
!. role. He tried TO escape but was shoI
In the heel and was taken back tC
Fort Madison to serve the rest of his
term. He was discharged the iattel
Il oart Of September. 1904
After the Northern Pacific traiT
;, -nbberv in April Sherciiffe was trace'
through several states of the middl'
west, but he managed to elude tb'
police authorities. Until he was locat
+ ed in Knoxville, Tenn. When the Off
} GERS tried to arrest him, Sherclin'
) drew a revolver and shot at them. H
was finally overpowered and grea
{ care was taken to prevent his escape
: At first he fought mis- extradition, Du
submitted when he found that he wa
to be extradited to Minnesota and nc
to Colorado.