The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1922-11-02

N'f "Heh MI BOris and Its guests
was Dhsklng at the little tables OF IN,
oouieVards, the distinguished AmerI
Guns planned a more spectacular an,
rcher haul. Around the corner from
the cafe de Ia Palx, the busiest and
most famous corner In all Paris. and
IN the very shadow of the greot
opera house, were the offices OF the
Ainerican Express company.
WIN them now were Kid McManus
young Eastslder who had ascend.
eu from the prosperous stnte of a
new York saloonkeeper to the com.
panlonshlp OF Eddie Guerin. ond
Dutch Gus Miller, a notorious Ger.
man-American criminal.
Their booty from the express rob
Dery consisted OF only 10000 francs,
then worth about $1,000. They had
overlooked or had been unable 10
break the larger safes.
| Ihe four accompllces left Paris on
dinerent days. Kid McManus went
hrst and reached London, but was
later arrested for another crime md
spent seven years In a Canadian penI.
tentiary, emerging mental wreck.
! Dutch Gus Miller and Chicago MAY
were arrested as the, left on differ
ent trains. And on June l3-"thir-
teen was again to figure as an un-
lucky number for hlm--Eddie Guerin
was arrested just as he reached the
French border and brought back TO
Paris.
Chicago May was sentenced to five
years OF penal servitu1e. Dutch Gus
and Eddie Guerin were each sentenced
to Imprisonment "at hard labor" for
life.
As the sentence was pronounced
Chicago May threw her arms about
Eddie Guerln and kissed him long and
passionately. Eddie was affected.
But he learned later that II was she
who' In order to gain a lighter sen
tence for herself had given the in
formation which led to his arrest.
Guerin and Dutch Gus were shipped
to that penltentlary which Is the hor.
ror OF French criminals-Devlrs Is
land, that CHASTITY strip of land of the
coast OF South America I'm French |
Guiana, where tropic sun beats
down mercilessly on steaming clay |
and pestilentlal swamp.
But then came the most sensational |
episode In all Guerins sensational |
career. From Devils Island" the
hopeless saying is, mo man ever es-
capes."
But Guerln escaped
fsgtA gs. |
he effected II has never been told. In
all probability II never Will be. The
accepted version Is that Pat
Sheedy, New York's famous gambler
and patron Of art" who had con
celved a real liking for Guerln, gave
or collected n fund OF some $4,000
which was sent secretly to Guerln on
Devils Island, and used to bribe his
Guerin reached New York I'm the
Early summer of 1905, just four years
lfter the court in Paris had sentenced
lin TO Imprisonment for life. He was
'een at his old resorts. In the autumn
ne revisited his boyhood haunts In
'hicago-and then he dropped out Of
light.
Charley Smith Appears.
Two years went by before the po- I
Ice found him troublesome again. BY I
his time, Chicago May had completed
er fve-year term In a French prison !
nd had gone back to London. where |
he had rented a fiat ih Cover street.
q the sedate Bloomsbury neigr5or- I
ood, and was back at her old game, q
was said, Of blackmalllng wealthy s
dmirers. But now It was no longer l.
'ddle Guerln who acted as her male q
ccomplice In the business. II was a S
lender, curly-headed young American, =
'ho sometimes gave the name OF q
ablne Jackson ami sometimes that
Charley Smith
Eddie Guerln suddenly reappeared
! London. With him was woman n
nown as Emily Skinner Who passed /,
; his wiie, ut times. n
Guerin had been In London for at n
asst six months before their old "a
larrel broke out violently. This was q