Albuquerque evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1911-1914, 1912-02-21
{ ENGLISH CROOKS
HAVE HARD ROW
AFTER GETTING
OUT OF JAIL
Story Of Eddie Guerin, Now
Keeping a Small Tobacco
Shop Reads Like Tale From
Arabian Nights.
SCOTLAND YARDS rs
ALWAYS ON HIS TRAIL

London. Feb 20-Tho way 81 the
eX-crook In England is hard. n you
doubt t. 20 10 the little tobacco and
candy store IN the East End of Lon
don. kept by a man who calls himself
Bertram Morton and ask him.
Morton Is Eddie Guerin. who seven
years ago startled the world by his
sensational escape from Devils ISL
and, the lonely fever-riddcn and
shark -sentineled spot Of land of the
northern coast OF South America,
which for so many years was the
scene ~ Captain Drcyfus' martyrdOm.
Since then Gucrin has been trying 90
| live straight. but he viii tell YOU that
society has conspired against him, and
YOU viii almost believe it. Acting on
the theory OF once q crook always a
/ crook" Scotland Yard has been dog
giBg him. His former associates or
the underworld have turned against
him and his every act that could be
construed In the least degree suspi-
clous has been reported TO the author
titles.
/ n Guerln's protestations Of leading
an honest life were true 10 seems
that be would have been trapped be-
fore this Scotland Yard thought u
had him recently. Detectives who
had trailed him "a Glasgow. where
he had gone 90 sell some moving pic
! nre films. which business he has
( taken up as "A side line. arrested Guer-
IN on the charge OF lettering about
/ the Central station hotel IN that city
with intent to steal" but the tesl-
mony didn' hold water. After hear
ing Guorin's story the magistrate
promptly dismissed him. The ex-
crook aid not try % gloss over his
past. but he succeeded IN pcrsuadng
the court that he was sincere ga his
efforts To- live II down.
DO not permit my previous bad
reputation to weigh with you." he
pleaded "DOn't turn me back. This
nseans 50 much so me. | have found
ID very hard 10 reform: do not undo II
Iau challenge Scotland Yard TO
prove that ! have been associating
with single suspicious character
since my escape
So Gaerln is back at his little shop,
and has again taken up this struggle
with scotland Yard still watchlns
him.
GueTin. Ia company With the motor
ious Chicago May" had already
achieved considerable fame as an in
teruatl0nal crook, when he was arr
rested In 1901 for robbing the Amer
lean Express company's office IN
Paris. Condemned 10 penal servitude.
he endured tho miseries % DCVila
Island until 1905. when, with two 9th
er convicts. he succeeded in escaping
by night In dug-out so rough was
the sea that one OF his companions
while stonding up 70 look for the
coast line, lost his balance and feli
overheard A shark dovoured the un-
fogtunate man before Ouerin could
attempt his rescue. Reaching Dutch
Guiana. Guerln and the other con
Wet lived In the forest for six weeks
, then half starved made their way to
Georgetown. whore GuePin found a
friend who supplied him with funds
With which 10 travel 10 New York
The x-convlcts troubles IN his de-
.ralnntion o. reform began shortly
/ or ha ronchgd London .n 1909
Chicago May" whose love for Guer-
N had cooled. happened to run across
him In the street, and promptly be-
? ,rayed him 60 the police. In the sub
seouent eNtradltlun proceedings Guer-
I'm proved that he was an English SUBJ
, feet. and June ~, 1907, ne was re-
leased
The very next evening while h
2 was standing az a corner of Russell
i square, a cab drove up, a man leaped
= out and fired several shots. one ol
o which struck Guerin In the foot The
assnllant was Dutch Gus" Smith,
former companion IN the underworld
who had never forgiven Gucrin TOT
| winning Chicago May" away from
him. Both smith and the woman
! who had been trailing Guerin 90 IN,
cab an evening, were arrested ans
speedily convicted OF attempted muir
> der Dutch GUS was sent np i"'
life and Chicago Mag" for fii'eei
years
Guerln ascribcs most of his suhsc
uuent difficulties with Scotland Yar'
10 the friends OF this pair. "Chleag'
May" whose real name Is MAJ
: Churchill Ia one Of the most notoriou
woman criminals In Europe. strlk
iugly beautiful, her favorite purHul
was blackmail. and q IL said that sh'
drove several OF her victims 60 SUI
y eide She b regarded as sort %
Y queen of the underworld, and ther
% are any number OF her miserable SUB
y lects who are eager now 10 win ne
% favor By getting Guerln.