Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1908-05-31

why. so it does said Williams
When did the burglary take place.
The detective told him. and Williams
innocently remarked that 1t must have
been just at the time they were together,
and the detective after a moments re-
Election. agreed that this was so.
Escaped by Clever Ruse.
His suspicious were now thoroughly
lulled. but Williams was not content. He
never showed the slightest sign that he
knew he was suspected. and when his
friend was leaving he suggested that he
should go with him and look at the scene
of the burglary. When they entered the
room he at once commented on the small
ness OF the hole in the ceiling. He must
have been very little chap who got
through there said Williams.
"Oh. you could get through" said the
detective. his suspicious returning. TRY
it,
Williams drew up a table and swung
himself up, but he stuck fast in the hole
thanks to the extra clothing with which
he had equipped himself. and the de-
tectives last suspicious were set al rest
When he came out of prison after his
first sentence Williams had learned much.
one thing was the danger of carrying
BURGERS tools at night That is a crime
| in itself in England. and he determined
after he always conveyed his criminal
outfit in broad daylight to the neighbor-
hood of the house he intended to enter
and concealed them there, hiding them
again when he had finished his job. to
be removed at a more convenient season.
An example of his versatility and re-
source is given by the story of success
full jewel robbery which he carried out
at a peers house in the West End of
London. He went to the house at 2 a. -,
dressed m
and having secured his tools from IA hid
ing place he forced a window which he
had previously learned was not pro-
tected by an electric burglar alarm. Then
he went to the closet where the electric
batteries were kept and with syringe
he sprayed a strong acid on the wires
until they were all eaten through and the
alarm put out of action. After this he
ransacked the house at his leisure, and
with his pockets filled with jewelry he
calmly opened the front door and stepped
out.
He stopped on the step to light cigar.
and as he did SO belated servant came
up the steps. He looked suspiciously at
the strange gentleman leaving the house
at this hour, but Williams equal to
the occasion. Hello. you are late he
called '.they are just going to bed" and
haiiing cab he jumped in and drove
| off in safety with the jewels.
Betrayed the Second Time.
1t was in the West End that he met his
waterloo He had entered a house and
| had just pocketed large quantity of
Jewels. when what he described as a
nasty little yeIping terrier woke up
and reused the house. Williams made a
dash for the door. but contrary to all
precedent a policeman met him at the
foot of the steps. He drew his revolver.
firing as he ran and hit the policeman
in the leg. He continued 10 fire wildly.
with the idea of frightening the police re-
| Inducements. which came up and some
| of his shots struck d postman who was
pa ssing and killed him
Williams escaped. and for six months
the police secured England from one end
to the other for him. Then he was be-
trayed by a man he had befriended and
who was tempted by the reward of $1,000
which was offered for his capture. He
was tried and sentenced to Imprisonment
! for his natural life. 1t must be explained
that there are two kinds of life sentences
| in England. The ordinary life sentence
| is always commuted after twenty years.
but Williams is the only natural lifer"
who has ever emerged from the prison
gates alive, and the story Of how he ac-