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River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21
BAPTIST.

Sunday services begin next Sun
day, August "a, in the Baptist
church. All are cordially invited.
Morning worship at 1890.
Sunday School at noon.
No evening service.
Wednesday evening prayer meet
ing at 7:45.
ROBERT "A. PRATT, Pastor.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21
The 0steopathic Convention

THE FOLLOWING IS A PARTIAL RE-
PORT OF THE AMERICAN OSTEo-
PATHIc ASSOCIATION MEETING,
WHICH CONVENED IN KIRKSvILLE,
Mo-, DURING THE WEEK OF AUG.
FOURTH TO NINTH.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21

He Didn't Like Crowd.
Mrs. Gotrox-Mabel, dear, are you
sure Mr.. Woodby loves you for your
self alone? Mabel-Yes, I'm sure he
does, mamma. He is always SO rest
less when you are in the room.-Ex-
change.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21
worth while

You will be captivated completely.
Everybody likes our roasts. Why2
That's easy. Its because they're al
ways perfect, like roasts should be.
We make no mistakes in meats and
our customers make no mistakes
buying of us.
MODEL MEAT MARKET
VINCENT FAT, PRoPRIEToR.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1913-08-21
LOCAL CHURCH NOTICES
EZEKIEL LUTHERAN

Service next Sunday afternoon at
three O'Clock by Rev. N. L. Blom-
holm
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20
Y. w. C. A. Will Hear
Figures Of Growth At
18Th Annual Meeting

The nineteenth annual meeting OF
the Young Woman's Christian Asso-
citation will be held Thursday evening,
May 22nd, at eight o'clock. Miss Lena
Farrar Of New York will give the adj
dress. Cards of notification have al
ready been sent to all mem bers of the
association and q prompt attendance
is earnestly requested. There will be
an election of directors, as the time
of one-tElird Of the board has expired;
the treas.srer's report will be read and
there is much interesting as well as
important business to come before the
meeting. Mrs. James G.. Ludlun1 will
preside.
Two years ago the membership of
the association included $40 active,
paid-up subscriptions. Last year,
owing largely to Mrs. George Hill and
her energetic committee, the member
ship was increased to 1,134 and this
year there is list of 1,243 names of
members who have added their sub
scriptions to the funds of the associa-
ton.
In 1909 the sum of Sc $50 was spent
for the work of the association. Two
years later $10,779 was required and
obtained In 1912 this amount was
increased to $11,684. and the treasur-
which VIII be read at the meeting on
May 22nd, shows an increase of nearly
$4,000 in the work of the last twelve
months.
The reports of the secretaries, Miss
Macgeorge, Miss Upham and Miss
Holmes will show to some extent how
the tremendous increase in the work
of the association has been made pos
sible.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20
REPLACES
FENCE AT DEPOT
Safeguard Is Restored Following
Recent Fatality at Station

Workmen were busily engaged yes
terday and today at the railroad sta
ton replacing the sections of fence
separating the tracks in front of the
depot which had been removed some
time ago to permit passengers to en-
ter and a1ight from trains operated on
the inner or freight tracks on account
of the regular passenger tracks hav-
ing been occupied by work trains en-
gagged in constructing the concrete
piers along the viaduct which are to
support the steel arches carrying the
heavy electric feed wires for the cleo
trio motors which are to haul the
trains when the identification between
Bridgeport and Stamford is completed.
Tt is rather a coincidence that this
should have been done within a, day or
two following a, fatal accident at the
depot which, perhaps might not have
occurred had the removed sections of
fence been in place at the time. Per-
sons not familiar with the layout of
the depot would start to cross the
tracks through these gaps as soon as
an east bound train came in sight and
many narrow escapes from accident
have been observed. OF course all the
vacant spaces in the fences had ropes
loosely stretched across and signs
reading Danger etc, but these were
generally disregarded by the anxious
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20

program will appear later in these
columns.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20
NAME THREE AT YALE
TO SUCCEED Mr.. TAFT
ON THE CORPORATION

New Haven. May denominations
for members of the Yale Corporation
to succeed Eli Whitney and Professor
William II. Taft closed yesterday, and
the corporation announced that Mr..
Whitney had been nominated to sue
coed, himself and that w. w After
bury, 's6, Of Philadelphia; Vance Nc
Cornnick, '93, of Harrisburg, Pa, and
William A. Rogers, IA, of Buffalo had
been nominated to succeed Mr.. Taft.
They will be voted upon at the June
commencement.
Gifts of s44S.5 in the last month
were announced. The Francis Bacon
estate gave 1851, 900 and the Samuel H.
Lyman estate SIS, 600
The following juniors, distinguished
for excellence in studies, athletics or
other college activities, who were not
tstapped'' for the senior secret socie-
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20

traveller when his train hove in sight
and quicker method OF crossing the
tracks than going down the stairs, I'M
der the tracks. and up another flight
of stairs, was in plain view.
The concrete pier work trains are
still engaged in erecting the piers
along the viaduct. How the passen-
ger trains are to be operated SO as to
come into the local depot on their
regular tracks or whether long waits
and other Inconvenience will result
through the replacing of the fence
sections remains to be seen.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20

ties, have been elected to the Elihu
Club, the non-secret senior society,"
Rufus King, New York; Newbold
Moves. Washington; Curtis Philip
Fields, New York; Russell Cooney,
BROOKLYN; Robert German Walker,
Wesson, Miss; Thomas Holt, Grand
Rapids, Mich; Angus Dun. Albany;
William Harrison Campbell and Ar
thur Clark, Haverford, Pa; Yale Ste
VEINS, Wi1kesbarre, Pa; Stuart john
son, MilIneck, l.. l., and Lindsay Brad
ford. Boston.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20
GANGSTER FACES
MURDER CHARGE IN
NEW YORK COURT

Securely handcuffed to two New
York officers who were sent here to
return the prisoner to that city, James
Sisto, the murderer who was yesterday
captured single-handed by Patrolmau
AL Gou1deu in the very heart Of the
city was taken away on the 4:1s train
yesterday afternoon.
He was arraigned in New York this
morning for the murder Of Daniel Ca
hill, in New York on the night of
March 16
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20
PREPARE TO PLACE FLAGS
ON GRAVES OF SOLDIERS

The Grand Army of the Republic
and the Sons of Veterans have begun
their annual work of placing the ma
tional flag on the graves Of deceased
soldiers. Those committees that have
not received their maps will find them
at C. A r. headquarters and the
flags at the superintendent offices
of the different cemeteries.
The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-05-20

To polish zinc, rub hard with a
kerosene cloth and rub off with boil
ing water.
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Uncle Sans War on the "Yeggs.''

"yeggmen," for he must go ahead,
look the field over, decide what post
Office is ripe for %plucking and What
the local conditions are, etc. But
Mccarthy made it a rule to be on
hand when the Job" was pulled off,
for in that way only was he sure of
his division Of the spoils. He took
no chances OF having his associates
light out and leave him in the lurch.
When the band with which Nc
Carthy operated had amassed a good
sized bank roll from its arduous
trips, all decided to go to Norfolk,
Va, for a little recreation. They
were cornered in a crib on the water
front, and Mccarthy, together with
Johnny Collins, Charley Herne, alias
"Dutchy,," and James Johnson, alias
Portland Ned" was taken to Char
lesion, w. Va, for trial. All we're
convicted except Mccarthy. Two
weeks ago, while being held for the
arrival of a Federal officer at Column
bia, S. c., Portland Ned" made a
sensational escape. There was a mis-
trial in McCarthy's case. He was re-
arrested, taken to Raleigh, n. c., and
convicted there for footing the post
office at Plymouth, that State. He
got a two years sentence, and, with
other "yeggs," was removed to the
Tennessee penitentiary, but he had
only been i~ncarcerated there a few
days when he broke jail and fled.
Mccarthy then came North and
fell in with "Philadelphia Whitley"
Delaware Danny" and a notorious
''yeggman" known as Lem" They
cracked several safes in Delaware,
and when they bungled a little post
office job all were captured. Lem"
got II years; "Whitey' 16B years
and Mccarthy Is. "Whitey' died in
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smuggle it to some nearby town,
where a Chinese fence" was found
ready and eager to bargain for the
treasures.
Gradually working his way North
and East, Mccarthy arrived in Alex
andria, Va, where he became the
guest Of his old friend Portland
Ned a daring and successful
"yegg," whose home at that time was
the rendezvous for washington Wal
ter Kentucky Billy" Connect
cut Shorty" Chicken Biz and
Baltimore Whitley" District of
Columbia Jack" was another celeb
rity sojourning with Portland
Ned" at that time, but Mccarthy saw
in Portland Ned" a good man to
tie to, and they became boon COM
panions.
But as whimsically as Mccarthy
and his associates tripped owe the
country there were many times when
they had hairbreadth escapes from
arrests and only made good their es-
cape after resorting to their revolv-
ers. The men who had been detailed
to run them to cover had learned of
their presence in an Arizona mining
town. The inspectors were in the
East at the time, and they knew their
quarry would have flown before they
could reach them, SO they called on
fellow inspectors in the West to look
out for them. Two Of these inSpec-
tors visited the town, and it was only
a question of a few hours work to
locate their quarry. They were dis
guised as tramps, and, being thor
oughly familiar with the lingo en-
ployed by "yeggmen' they had no
difficulty in joining the band. They
proved themselves such good fellows
that they were invited TO join in the
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single handed, tie and gag him Then
he reioined Red" at the waler tank,
their prearranged rendezvous and
stretching themselves full !Gngth on
the rods beneath a car of % passen-
ger train they were well on .heirWag
to Baltimore before the pr4dicament
of the unfortunate constablC WNsSdis-
covered.
1t was to a notorious ~"crib.sgEin
Caroline street, Baltimore, tha15the
two made their way. Here theiT
stamps, or "stickers," were dispASed
of at a generous discount. and8Mc-
earthly was duly introduced az West
Philadelphia Johnny" to the lights
Of the profession" there assembled.
When the afternoon papers arrived
and all read Of the robbery at Hone
dale and the overpowering OF the
town constable "by six armed and
desperate bank burglars" all partsin
the transaction was modeStly dis
claimed by Red" who magnani.
mously thrust all the glory of She
job upon Mccarthy. From that mo
mem McCarthy's reputation was es-
tablished. He had arrived nnds ne
was fit to take his place with the mos
courageous Of the clan, for any @kid
who, single handed, could hoS tisand
gag a town constable" we" .~enred
well worthy of the respect OF his as
sOciates.
While in Baltimore McCarthTEmet
such celebrities as James Sherwood
alias James Shannon, ali;is FATTY
Chez" John King, alias lanes r..
Brennan, alias John B. StillW"u, alias
"Pennsylvania Swipes;" JoIu Adams,
alias "District of Columbia IaCk ="
Charles Nor, alias Charles Norway.
alias NORWAY Slim" and others
equally we'll known to tn under
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Without Waning He Attacked the Second Detective.

prison. Lem is still doing his
"bit," but Mccarthy, after several
months behind the bars, broke jail
and again got away. This time he
fled to California, stopping en- route
to blow an occasional safe and there
by acquire funds to keep him amused
while exploring the underworld OF
places hitherto unexplored by him.
Mccarthy liked the West and
Southwest, for, as he expressed it,
the. pickings r bigger, the coun-
try newer and the FUN was faster and
more furious in flush times. The
dance halls Of the mining towns ap-
pealed to him, and the girls of the
Golden West were more impression
able. Johnny" always wore fash
ionabie attire, and his manner was
soft, easy and graceful. He found 1t
was Just as easy to break a heart as
1t was to force a safe, and he was an
adept at both. Railroad work was
next specialized On. Safes in railway
stations generally barricaded the
ticket receipts together with the post
Office funds. and in that way McCar-
thy and his comrades were able to
kill two birds with a single "shot Of
soup"
Arizona, California, New Mexico
and Texas paid dearly for MtCarthy's
fun in that part of the world. Not
only did the safes yield readily to
their Soup applications, but they
found freight cars frequently housed
rich shipments of imported silks on
the last leg of their trip from the
Orient to the big Eastern cities.
These were forced Ell route, the silk
dragged in bolts from their cases and
then tossed from the train as it as
cended a steep grade. 1t was an easy
feat to drop from the train, retrace
their steps, pick up the silk and
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drinking bout then in progress.
The fun was fast and furious that
night, and Mccarthy was the life OF
the party. The bellies Of the dance
hall fiocked about him, and his gen
crosby was the wonder of ever the
seasoned miners who at brief inter
walls came to town to blow in their
dust" When one of the newcomers
to the party excused himself on the
pretext OF going out to meet a friend
none gave heed to his absence but
Mccarthy. He, becoming suspicious.
slipped out of the building, Swallowed
his new found acquaintance, and
when he saw that he was heading
for the police station he slipped up
behind him and felled him with a
blow from the butt Of his revolver.
He left his victim unconscious in the
side street. He fastened back to the
dance hall, and without warning at
tackled the second detective, laid him
low and then warned his associates
Of their danger. The lights were
shot out in the dance hall, all who
had money were made to hand it
over to tho "yeggmen", and in less
than half an hour they were on their
way, concealed aboard a freight train
that happened to be passing. They
doubled on their tracks before a
general alarm could be sent out and
were well on their way East before
good descriptions had been sent
broadcast in circular form.
Whenever a point was reached In
the course of the trip East That Me-
Carthy looked upon as fruitful or
promising the band would tarry long
enough to commit a raid OF some
sort before the Journey vas resumed.
Post Office safes yielded the more
readily and the band left a trail of
! wrecked safes In their wake, while
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prison bars he had figured in upward
OF three hundred robberies. For the
most part these were of rural and
small town post offices. He was ever
handy with his gun, and he always
shot to Kill. Caught half a dozen
times, he was readily convicted. but
he invariably managed to escape.
Twice he fed State penitentiaries and
once he escaped from his captors
just as they were about to lead him
through the gates of a Federal prison.
He was finally caught by a country
town policeman in Vermont, and fol-
lowing his conviction and sentence
he was safely put away for a ten-year
term. 1t was while in this prison
that he disgorged himself of the in
formation SO eagerly sought by the
post Office inspectors. Then, too, they
learned for the first time that Nc
Carthy, firing of post office robberies,
because, as he said, they are too
easy and not enough thrills in the
work. turned his attention to the
banks of big and little cities and
therefrom derived thousands Of dol
lars, which he spent with lavish reck-
~lessneSs.
1t was with New York Red" that
Mccarthy left Philadelphia. Both
were out Of funds, and it was a case
of quick action if they were to eX-
tend their field of operations and
join forces with the real shining
lights Of the "yegg" clan. Red"
was not altogether certain of the
gameness and resourcefulness Of his
new found friend, so he decided that
it would be best to choose a small
job first, that he could the better OBJ
serve Mccarthy under fire"
The rural post Office at Hopedale,
Md, was selected as the job where
Mccarthy should receive his initia-
ton into the intricacies Of "yegg-
dom" New York Red" was an
adept at making soup" which, in
terpreted, means the extraction OF
nitroglycerine from sticks OF dyna-
mite he had stolen from a nearby
quarry. This is n delicate and dan
gerous operation and one that re-
quires skill. But it saves the neces~
sity OF buying tho explosive. which
frequently supplies the clew resulting
in the arrest of those who bought and
used it in their nefarious undertake
ings.
When the little safe at Hopedale
had been blown and stamps and cash
worth several hundred dollars had
been procured dawn was Just streak
ing the east as these two emerged
from the store that also served as
the post office. A town constable
stopped them, and while Red" in
whose pockets the loot was concealed,
beat a hasty retreat Mccarthy tarried
long enough to cover the policeman
with his revolver, disarm him, and,
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3FWest Philadelphia Johnny" Breaker of Two
Hundred Safes, Captured After Desperate
Battle With Postal Inspectors; Series
Of Robberies Result Of a Care
fully Arranged Campaign.

the family does not know Of their
sons criminal record.
Mccarthy, as we shall know him
henceforth, occupied a position of
trust with one of 'Philadelphia's larg-
est department stores. He was a
wizard at figures and before he had
attained his majority he was the es-
Establishments chief auditor. it was
noticed, however, hat in his spare
moments he pored over the class of
literature which dealt with crime.
Detective stories he read with avidity
and it was not long before his tastes
~degenerated to the dime novel class
and these stories he bought by the
ream. His evenings were for the
most part spent in Chinatown, from
which Philadelphia's underworld ra-
dates. He drank little, but the
lower the associates he could find the
more pleasure he derived from their
company.
OF course the inevitable soon hap
pened. Mccarthy lost his position.
and from that moment he elected a
life of crime. He at once took to the
road. Before he was finally run to
cover and securely placed behind the
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world and to the police. He also was
introduced at the saloon kept by Mrs.
John Hers, wife of Topeka joe"
her crib" being a popular resort for
"yeggs,' bank burglars, second story
men, sneak thieves and ~pickpockets.
Her husband was a noted burglar and
safe blower and he visited her at
frequent intervals, always arriving
with pockets bullying witch money or
stamps.
After a wild debauch in Baltimore,
in which Mccarthy established a rep
utation as a lavish spender, he, with
Red and n or two others, pro-
ceeded to Petersburg, Va, where
they had been told they would meet
a band which was organizing for a
raid on scores Of Offices in the South,
where 1.-THE pickings" were to be easy
and profitable. Again ~Red" vouched
for the steadfastness of Mccarthy and
after the band had looked over him
and learned of his escapade in Hope
dale they we're ready to admit him to
their lodge.
Delaware Danny" and "Lanky
Lem" Joined Red" and Mccarthy,
and they made a sortie through Viz
ginia, West Virginia and a portion of
North Carolina that threw the post
office inspectors of those districts into
a state Of panic. Every night for a
month one or more safes were blown
and escape was easily effected. The
police and inspectors failed to find
a clew to the men working in their
midst and fresh robberies continued
to crop out at remote and entirely
unsupported points. Mccarthy dem
onstrated his usefulness to the band
SO effectually that they chose him for
the locator" And this before he
had been on "the road" a year!
This is an important post among
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relentless post Office inspectors were
never more than one or two days
journey behind or ahead Of their
quarry, for often Mccarthy decided
that it was safer to double IN their
tracks and thus throw the bulls" off
the scent. When they finally fetched
up at Portland Ned's' place in Alex
andria, Va, each had pockets well
lined with cash and the red light
district of Washington reaped a har-
vest while their funds held out. When
the cash ran low Mccarthy, Port
land Ned" and Johnny Ryan slipped
quietly away to Norfolk, and arriv-
ing at the brothel kept by one Daily,
who also conducted a fence" for the
"yeggs," they r~eplenished their
purses and went South to operate in
a field that Portland Ned" had told
Johnny was rich in possibilities.
Embracing aboard a steamship,
they landed in Charleston, S. c., and
put up with H. Rudolph Rabens, who
conducted a grocery and a noted
dispenSary in King street, as we'll as
running the Star Theatre, connected
with which was a dance hall pre-
sided over by Kate Hamilton, an
OCtoroon. Her home was in Congress
street, which was another notorious
hangout for the "yeggs." Nights of
gay revel interspersed with nights Of
thievery and violence followed, and
SO bold had the "yeggs" become in
their operations that they momenta-
rily expected the descent of the post
Office detectives that they knew we're
trailing them. Rabens was loath to
part with his guests when they de-
cided to move on and operate on a
larger scale, for both Mccarthy and
New were hungry for the big money
and were timing of jobs that only
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netted them a few hundred at a time.
Following q fight among the "yegg-I
men" at a dance at the home Of Kate |
Hamilton M night Mccarthy and
Portland Ned" backed the rest Of
the burglars into a corner, shot bull
lets through their feet and decamped.
Mccarthy, Ned and PENNSYLVANIA
Swipes" hurried to Norfolk, and after
having their pockets refined ST. Days
place they started out for fresh
funds. They operated through Vir-
ginia and West Virginia with such
success that when they landed in AL
exandria 8 few weeks later each had
about $4,000 planted at a convenient
spot. None was SO careless as to
carry all his wealth about his person,
for he w knew when the BULLS
would descend upon him and conis-
cate all his loot. An emergency fund
was always kept in readiness in the
event OF the always dreaded pinch"
and services OF good lawyers always
come high, especially when a "yegg"
is the client.
world reached Mccarthy and his
friends Ned and "Swipes" that the
post office at High Point, N. c., and
another near by were Just yearning
to be relieved OF the contents OF their
strong boxes. or an accommodations
turn of mind in such EMERGENCIES.
they journeyed thither and aeon mu-
lated several hundred dollars each.
A quarrel arose as to who should go
to Murphy, N. c., and look over a
JOB J Il contemplation there, and as
Mccarthy contended that Portland
Ned did not take his side In the dis
pute, he quit the band and tied up
with Charles Blackburn, alias Charles
(Contjnued an s,xth poooA
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