The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1913-08-17
Sophie Lyons

He stole suit OF clothes. walked TO
West Albany, broke into a blacksmith
shop, and by fastening file into a wise
worked the handcuff on 1t until Il was
filed through. He went into a saloon In
West Albany to pick up something to eat.
and while there one Of the prison officers
dropped In. Howard slipped out before he
was recognized.
The fugitive walked all the way to New
York, begging or stealing on the way.
Up to the time OF the Concord robbery
Howard had been cross-eyed. He was so
described in the circulars which the police
sent broadcast through the country. Every
one interested In the case was on the look
out for cross-eyed individual, but How.
ard was never arrested for that crime for
the simple reason that he had his eyes
Strengthened as soon after the robbery as
he could find an occulist to undertake the
operation. He spent a lot of money and
underwent untold pain to accomplish this
end, but such was his fear Of prison that
he would have spent moro and suffered
more had 1t been necessary to render him
more secure.
Mark Shinburn, perhaps the greatest
safe-breaker this country has ever known.
was constantly worried by a distinctive
dimple which adorned his chin. He was
wanted by the police Of nearly every large
city IN the country, and the American
Bankers Association was ever on his trail
To conceal the dimple Shinburn for years
wore goatee, but that was almost as bad
as the mark of Identification 1t was In.
tended to hide and made him mark for
most of the authorities who sought him.
To get rid Of this distinguishing dimpls
Shinburn spent thousands Of dollars aud
submitted to several operations. but tell.
tale scars took the place of the d1mple and
readily disclosed his identity,
On several occasions Sh1nburn sought
to escape punishment for crimes brought
up against him by insisting that 1t was a
case Of mistaken identity, but time and
again witnesses identified him by the
dinple, or the scars which replaced It
Albany Jim" Brady was associated with
most Of the expert bank burglars and was
frequently arrested and sent to prison, but
the authorities found 1t easier to catch
him than to hold him. He could break out
of prison almost as easily as he could
break into safes.
Sent to Auburn Prison for burglary.
he soon made his escape. He was rear
rested and sent to Sing Sing for another
crime, and at the expiration of his sentence
be went back to Auburn to complete his
former sentence. Within month he had
escaped again. Shortly afterward the
Delaware authorities sent him to New
castle jail, but he escaped with three
others.
Brady was not heard of again until he
was arrested for robbing New York store
and firing at the officer who pursued him.
For this he was sentenced to eleven years.
After he had served about eight years he
contended that he was entitled to his re-
eleven years was only just beginning, for
he owed the State eight years on his unex-
pired sentences.
But space forbids my mentioning scores
of similar cases tending to show the des-
perate things life of crime leads It's fol.
lowers to commit No one who realizes
the wholesome dread in which every pro-
fessional criminal holds a prison term
could ever doubt the truth OF the PROPOSE
ton that CRIME DOES NOT PAY.
SOPHIE LYONS.