Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1943-04-11
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'@NNN IL NAoAs
Suspecting disaster, but With
out pausing in his conversation
with fair companion, he
dropped his napkin 10 the floor.
STOPPING as if 20 pick il up, he
deftly drew his revolver and was
just about 10 straighten up with
the gun half-hidden in the nap
kin folds when the quiet voice Of
a fifth man Just behind him said:
No, Shinburn, don't do that.
If there is any shooting, youn
be hurt first"
Shinburn glanced up, recog-
nized Allan Pinkerton, and saw
that the warning made sense, He
rose with a wry smile, asked his
guests 20 forgive his departure
and left with Pinkerton and his
men.
LIE WAS TRIED for the Wal
- pole robbery. found guilty.
and sentenced 10 ten years in
New Hampshire State Prison
He arrived al the prison in the
morning and was assigned 10 the
machine shop under the mis-
taken notion that being good
mechanic ne might be OF use
there
At lunch he slipped a piece Of
fresh bread and a tablespoon into
MS pocket
With the soft bread he took
an impression Of the lock on the
door Of the machine shop. There
he made a key out Of the table
spoon, dropped silently 10 the
floor when no one was looking,
crcpt 20 the door and let himself
out of the shop into the prison
courtyard
II was deep dusk The prison
gate was open but heavily
guarded while a shipment Of gal
vanized iron refuse cans was be-
ing brought in
A pyramid Of cans was already
standing at short distance in
side the gate Shnburn stole 20
the pile and kicked the bottom
cans ont II place
The pyramid collapsed with a
clatter and Shinbprn shouted.
He's hiding behind the cans.
watch him
Il brought The guards on tho
run 20 surround tho supppsaa
hiding place OF some convict try
ing 90 escape The two guards
who remained al the gate were
strainlng 20 see what happened
IN the courtyard and Shinburn
slipped past them
one OF the guards turned just
m time 20 see gray blur sprint
NIX off He fired his revolver
IN warning. then dashed after
Shinburn. He was going at the
top Of his speed, assuming that
the fugitive was doing the same.
But Shinburn had dropped to
the ground in dark patch IN
tho guards path The guard
trippcd over him and fcu. The
revolver went spinning out OF his
hand Shinburn seized II.
When the second guard ran
up, Shlnburn turned and blazed
away at HIM.
Up TO THEN the police and
- We Of Pinkerton Agency
were % divided minds as o.
whether Shinburn was killer
He was, as have pointed out
ordinarily on tho gallant side
toward men as well as women
But there were signs that II
corucrcd he would turn ugly
Now with two guards closing
In on him and Il revolver in his
hand ne went for blood
Fortunately his bullets missed.
or 1t was his first shooting But
he did get away in the dark.
II may seem strange that in
preparing for such a dangerous
l.ne Of crime as safc.crackug.
Shnburn neglected 80 become "A
dead shot with the revolver. In
reality IL was neither strange
nor unusual
If You remember the great
Adam Worth Of this same period
neither carried a weapon him
self nor permitted any Of his
gang 20 do so
Many Of tho most brilliant
criminals tho real "brain-boys
realize that the hunt for a killer
never stops and therefore they
consider a killing as a confess
sion OF failure and stupidity Yet
IT is not safe 20 trust 20 that be-
cause the cornered rat VIII some
times stop at nothing, and the
dim-witted prowlcr is just fool
enough 10 XIII when surprised At
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