Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1913-05-21

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Ueen directed by one master mind.
In this they were not mistaken, and
by trailing ana reientlessly pursuing
John f. Mccarthy, alias John C. Dan
drell, alias West Philadelphia
Johnny" they learned more from
him when he was finally brought to
bay than they ever had known about
"ycggS" and their operations before.
McCarthN-that is not his right
name, for the post Office authorities,
respecting the feelings OF the bur
glars highly respectable parents in
Philadelphia, have faithfully kept
their promise to their captive and
never rev called it--waS the man they
decided TO get" and get him they
did. He was as slippery as an eel,
had broken jail several times and
once, as has been tol& fed his cap
tors just as they were about to con-
duct him through the gates of Fede-
raj prison.
Mccarthy, while young in crime as
far as years went, had proved himself
such an apt pupil of the criminal
band he consorted with that he soon
dominated it and was the recognized
leader. He took chances that others
quailed at and he invariably made
his getaway" His operations eX-
tended to every State in the Union,
and at flush times New York was his
goal. There he negotiated with his
favorite Fences" for the sale of the
stamps he stole from post Offices, and
these hauls, in the aggregate, netted
him handsome returns. His stamps,
or "stickers." he sold at a discount
OF 25 per cent, and the purchasers
had no difficulty in disposing OF them
at profit to dishonest clerks and
office boys Even unscrupulOus bust
ness men aided this nefarious under
taking by purchasing stamps at these
resorts, thereby saving five or ten
per cent on their purchase.
Mccarthy, after n very successful
tour Of the country, arrived in New
York with his pockets bulging with
bank notes, and set out to enjoy him
self in the Tenderloin. He spent his
money like prince and fell in with
notorious bank burglar, who con-
Vinced him that one good bank job
was worth fifty post office lootings.
Mccarthy saw the logic Of his argu-
ment, for the bank game was not al
together new to him. He had par
ticiDated in several jobs of this sort
while looking over the postal field
and ho figured that the risk attached
10 looting bank, where he was as
sisted by a man who understood the
manipulation OF locks and combina-
tions-he himself being an adept at
safe blOwing-was little if any
greater than cracking a post Office
safe. According to the postal inspec-
tors, in their report to the chief in
spector, Mccarthy soon became quite
as successful in the bank field as he
had been in the other
After his extended stay in New
York had absorbed all his i'll gotten
gains Mccarthy set out for New Eng
land The Windham County Savings
Bank, at Newfane, Vermont, was set
tied upon as the first to be tried. and
when Mccarthy and his associate
emerged from one Of its rear win
dows they had concealed about them
nearly every big and small bank
note that had been stored in it's
strong box. Silver and gold they left
intact, deciding not to burden them
selves with SO bulky a load as might