The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-05
Six New York Federal Prison
ers Transferred to Lansing.
Trip From Eastern Prison Is
Made in Chains.
JOURNEY UNEVENTFUL
Marshal John StiebIing Was in
Charge Of the Party.
Desperate Criminals Will Finish
Terms in Kansas Pen.

Leavenworth, April 5-John Stieb-
ling, chief deputy United States mar
shall, southern district of New York,
whose home is in New York city, ar
rived here Saturday with six federal
prisoners whom he delivered to the au-
thorities at the United States peniten-
tiary.
The men are with one exception all
supposed to be desperate criminals and
they have served part of their SEN
fences which are long ones in Sing
Sing prison. They all wore the prison
gray uniforms Of Sing Sing and were
chained together. The handouts had
not been taken off them since they
started on their long journey. With
Marshal Stiebling acting as guards
were VIM. Halper, Peter Koph and
Henry Gibson.
The most notorious and dangerous of
the prisoners was Joseph Fry. He is a
safe blower with record and is con-
s1dered one of the most expert men in
his line in New York. He made the
mistake of opening a safe in a little
postofhce near New York city and is
serving term of seven years in con-
sequence.
Angelo Amico another of the party,
is also a clever criminal He received
long term and his crime was coun-
terfeiting. He was one of the silent
word from the time he left Sing Sing
until he was delivered to the prison
here.
Herman Henze, a handsome young
man who was chained to Fry, was con-
victed Of importing girls from France
for immoral purposes.
Joseph Gulihan is just a plain, dar-
| ing mail robber
Emil Sonner the sixth one of the
prisoners, is the short term man. He
has only IA months more to serve. His
crime was impersonating federal Of
ficer. He represented himself as a
United States revenue collector and
called upon New York liquor men and
blackmailed them out of large sums OF
| money. The officers do not know how
| much he had collected before he was
apprehended.
party however was not any one of the
| prisoners. 1t was Marshal Stieblins
himself. He has been a government
officer ever since 1870 and probably
| knows as many crooks and criminals
as any man in the United States. He
had charge of Banker Morse, the mil
honaire who was convicted of wreck
ing banks and expects to take him to
Atlanta to serve his Is year term in a
short time. He says that he is sat-
lSneQ tndt MOrSelS Ir1enOS Will never
succeed in keeping him out of prison
He is now In the Tonlbs awaiting the
| final action on the appeal in his case
Marshal Stiebling says that he has
| transferred great many prisoners
from Sing Sing to the federal prison al
Atlanta but this is the first time he
has ever made a trip to the west He
| says that the prisoners are always
glad to get away from Sing Sing be.
cause of the poor food and harsh treat
ment they receive there. He says tina
| the federal prisons are models o.
cleanliness and humane methods Of
| handling prisoners as compared witt
| Sing Sing.
| The party spent two days On the
train and the officers did not sleep ane
| were pretty we'll worn out. They viii
spend a day or two in Kansas City
resting before they make the return
| trip.