The Washington times., 1920-06-22
Former Pal Labels
McHenry as Desperate
Thief Without Honor


ranging from petty theft to MURDER
a recital Of his lootinE residences ana
business establishments. OF mis- Shoots
ing TO death . policeman who had
cornersd him. and his failure To rec
oxnI1e the honor code among thieves
was dramatically told today by Tor
msr pal in crmissi Court where the
youthful slayer of Detective sersetnt
James Il. Armstrong Is on trial for
his life. . -. ... -,
seldom in the history of the Dis
trict courts has there been revealed
the inside story OF the methods OF
opera tions of the underworld as that
unfold, d by I'd ward ]. scanion, thirty
two years old, former Confederate
OF McHenry,. who was brought on
writ, of habeas corpus by the Govern.
ment to testify at McHenry's trsi
from the Washington county, Me-
tail, where he 10 serving . nve'yeAr
prison sentence for robbery
CALLS MeHENRY rDARiNS,-
,I am serving my present prison
sentence for McHenry," declared the
convict, who admitted that he had
spent half his life in prison and who
punctuated his testimony with the
jargon of the underworld, to the
amusement OF the spectators that
crowded the courtroom. y ~
"McHenry pulled the jobs which
was convicted and sentenced for
the witness. "He was one OF
the most daring, shrewdest, and most
thieves i ever met, spd
have been associated with a number
of criminals. McHenry was born
leader OF thieves. sort OF master
mind, despite his youth. Ever ready
with his gun, he would shoot TO XIII
IL anyone got in his way.
II was with him for five months.
During that period he robbed a score
of garages and automobile accessories
shops. buried the loot. and at other
times took II to a "Fagin" just outside
of Boston. He got but little money
for his daring, and more than once
was scared almost speechless by the
jams he got into. But his gun was
always out and he succeeded in max
ing his getaway because the police
and others who were anxious to cap
ture him were afraid of their lives
afraid he would make good his threats
to shoot to kill"
This stretch of crime related by
cSdHioH W as ouTinS ouiy' AUS uS'' wy
tember and October of last year.
MET HIM IN PRISON.
81 met McHenry on Boston Common
in July, last year" said Scanlon. 81
had, however, first met him in the
Maine State prison. where, both OF us
were serving prison terms for robbery.
when saw him I said. Hello, Kid
Brown That was the name i knew
tr-, = fxlI I~x.T a
Leo Gallagher. He got me to go with
him to Brighton. Mass. telling me he
knew where we could make a rich
haul. I said I would go along under
condition that we would split up the
loot fifty-fifty.
Reaching the place, McHenry broke
in, loaded up a. automobile with thou
sands of dollars worth of accessories
and tires. We drove the car out of
the garage and he took the stuff to a
fence We got $50 for the stun. but
McHenry kept the car, later selling it.
81 got a little leary' of McHenry.
but he upbraideds me by declaring.
Aint you got no nerve? 1t takes
nerve to pull this stun.
when We returned to Boston. Nc
Henry suggested we stick up a Chink.
We went into the laundry shop and
McHenry pulled his gun, but the
Chink did not throw up his hands and
McHenry tapped him on the head. He
went under and McHenry opened the
cash drawer taking about $75.
CAUGHT ROBBING GARAGE.
. "McHenry took me to a place out
side Of Boston, where he had buried a
lot OF automobile accessories. tires,
k kodaks, penknives, and other articles
which we dug up and sold to a
fence
81 feared McHenry was too reck-
less and that we both would get shot
In some OF his escapades. spoke to
him about the chances he was taking.
but he smiled and declared If you
want to succeed you must be a game
guy, always pull your gun before the
1ther guy
Then he told me of having been
caught robbing a garage. He said
he proprietor. caught him redhanded.
He said he pulled his gun, threatened
70 kill the man, and ordered him to
get into a car. He said he kidnapped
he proprietor and drove away from
he garage with the stolen car and