BIG CRIMINALS GONE.
SPECTOR BYRNES TELLS WHY
THEY LEFT NEW YORK.
plim l"llol Tlu-m Too t;iM-ly.
I trnMlltiiii lrti-rti VfH Ailvrrt ix-I Ity
I ' Krplt Well Known f'rnokn Itotla
j I iljiouiitry ul in Kur-.
1 llnsix-tir Iiyrns in to )h lK-lievel,
J jih class professional criminals arc a
vpassinfr fj'ii'ration. The inspector doe
not mean by this that hijh class criiii
have ceased, nor tljat tli-y are any less
numerous than heretofore, hut that the
professional who had tin; skill to plan
(Treat crimes and the daring to execute
them is no lomji-i ;i !i .t in'.u.-ii.vl f eature
of city life.
"Twelve years ago," sai'l the inspector,
"there were hold, defiant and skillful
bands of criminals in this city. They
followed crime as a profession. Tl"y
lived liy Kteiliii. l tr.-fe su.iisof money in
the lower part of New York. They wero
to lo seen daily on Uroadway, parading
their ill rol leu gains in diamonds, in fino
clothes, and in lavish expenditures of
money. They scarcely took the trouble
to conceal their method of gaining a
Jivin.tr. In fact, there w;us little neces
sity for concealment. In many cases
they fo carefully covered their traeks
that the law was not ahle to fasten crime
tijioii miy one of them. In oilier cases,
mil these were the more numerous, they
avoided the consequences of their acts
by compromise.
"Theiersot who was rohlied preferred
:to get hack some part of his money
:rather than to take Iiitl i moral ground
land punish the thief. ,S they made New
York their headquarters ami their chief
field of tjxration. These men were,
-many of them, well educ ated, and all of
them clever. Their plans and their ob
ject were on the most extensive scale.
In this way millions upon millions of
dollars were stolen. They worked in
gangs of from four to six. Each fjang
formed a close corporation, and there
was no fear of lwtrayal.
I'.RK.VKIXU l f TIIK PUOFKSSION.
"AlMjut twelve ye ars ago this began to
. change, and has continued to change
ever since. The jtolice officials began to
pursue new methods with the criminals,
and the new methods were successful.
These professionals were brought in and
photographed, and their photographs
were spread abroad, so that their faces
became pretty well known. They were
sent up to the penitentiary whenever
there was a chance for conviction, and
an impression became xrevalent among
them that the old time 'honor among
thieves' existed no longer. They began
to suspect that there were traitors.
Whenever four men came together to do
a job each looked askance at the three
others and each feared that one of the
others might be leaking to the police.
When their confidence was gone the
stampede began. They soon were con
vinced that New York was not the place
for them to operate. They still .made
New York their headquarters, however.
"With this city as a base of operations
they worked the inland towns and Balti
more and Boston and such cities along
the coast. My business then became the
work of following them up there. When
ever a crime was reported from another
city, and the criminals were thought to
be New York thieves, our force helped
to hunt them down. In this way many
of the high class criminals were arrested
here and sent to other cities, where. they
were convicted and sentenced to good
long terms.
"Another field which they could work
with New York as a base was Europe.
When they no longer found it profitable
to work in New York some of the best
of them crossed over and forged and
robbed in England and Germany and
France. I have known these men to
make two trips a year, and to return
each time with the spoils they had gained
somewhere or other.
THE THIEVES OF TODAY.
"We did not lose sight of them, how
ever, but opened communication with
the authorities over there. Sometimes
we got information that a raid was to
be made, and forewarned the officials
over there, so that the thieves were cap
. tared, or the attempt thwarted at least.
"So it has come to pass that the great
professionals, so notorious fifteen years
.ago, are no longer heard of. They are
in other parts of this country or in Eu
rope. Many of them are in reniten
tiaries. Nor have they left any suc
cessors behind them. The men of the
present generation who are criminals at
heart do not pursue professional methods.
There hare been few graduates of late
years into the high class stealing busi
ness, and there will be fewer still. No
one shouH infer from this that there ara
no more professional criminals. There
are thousands of them hundreds in New
York and they are breeding all the time.
But the new criminals are all young.
They are not nearly so dangerous as the
old generation, because they have neither
the intelligence nor the adroitness.
"The professional thieves of New York
are today an insignificant set, stealers of
small things, clothing, a few bits of
jewelry, the contents of a sidewa'k
showcase. When they commit highway
jobbery it is upon a poor man walking
through the darker parts of the city.
But it must be said for them that in
tba little thefts and crimes they are
more daring than were the big thieves
in their great crimes. For the big thieves
were wary as weli as bold, and knew the
.consequences and feared to take desper
ate risks. But these young small thieves
know nothing of the consequences of
crime and so do not care." New York
JSelh.
What H"ar Haa Cost France.
War, without counting the Tunis and
Tonkin expeditions, has absorbed 13,641,
612,008 francs, and the naval movements
3,473,761,852 more. Independent of these
puma we mnst add the expenses on ac
count of liquidation namely, 1,575,633.
933 francs for the replacing of materials
and frtock annihilated during the war of
1870-71, and 98,026,148 francs allotted to
the navy for the same purpose, which
shows that war has cost France f3,040t
10,000 since 1670.--Chicago Herald.
A Drauclitaman'f Dilemms.
In the office of a prominent architect
Ln Chicago one of the draughtsmen is a
yonng man who came here from Troy,
N. Y. Hi: lives at a ix-nsion on Wabash
avenue. One evening during a cold snap
ho had occasion to escort a young lady
to her home on Thirty-fifth street, and as
affairs with them had raw-hed the stage
where it is pleasant to le alone together,
they walked. The girl was well bundled
up, but the young man was not dressed
for extremely cold weather, and when
they reached their destination he found
that his left ear was frozen stiff.
The next day he apnvared at the office
with his ear ioulticed arid bandaged.
His employer noticed his condition and
remarked upon the extraordinary devo
tion to dutv he displayed. The vounir
man was greatly pleased, and for live
minutes quite forgot the pain. After he
had been at work for an hour or so lie
found that his head was irresistibly
pulled sideways by the weight of the
bandage, and that it was impossible to
keep it squarely on his shoulaers. But
he went on with his work.
Next morning his employer was any
thing but gracious and informed him
that all of the previous day's labor would
have to be done over again, for all tho
lines were out of drawing and the houses
leaned perceptibly to tho north north
west. The young man at tempted to draw
the front elevation of a house, but found
that he could not draw a perpendicular
line, and that the horizontal linos would
not lie flat. He couldn't account for
this phenomenon until one of his fellows
suggested that the bandage on his left
ear, which pulled his head over toward
his left shoulder, was the cause of it.
The young man thought the explana
tion plausible. What did he do? Hid
he lie off until his ear got well? No.
That evening he called upon the young
lady, induced her to go out for a walk.
and left his right ear exposed to thf
chilling blast. When he reached honu
he found that he had accomplished his
purpose, ;nd that the other ear was
frozen as hard as a rock. After that he
hail no difficulty with his houses. Chi
cago Post.
Points for Yonnjj Mariners.
A grizzled individual in the attire of a
farm hand prowled along the docks all
day. With all his rusticity of attire
there was a tinge of tar and bilge water
alnmt him that added to his swagger
and stamped him unmistakably as a son
of the sea. His movements attracted
considerable attention as he boarded
vessel after vessel and inspected the
pumps and then whistled for the ship's
dog. His cruise extended from the sea
wall to Harrison street, and it was at
this point that he was accosted by one
of Franklin s runners.
"Want to ship, old man?" he asked, as
the stranger climbed down from the top-
sides of the Lady Cairns.
"Yes, I'm going to sea again," was the
reply, accompanied by the observation
mat rancmng was not wnat it was
cracked up to be. f
"IH get you a good ship,"u:
the runner.
"Well, you needn't bother. I've been
to sea for forty years, and mebbe I knows
enough to pick out a ship for myself."
"What are you looking for?"
"A fat dog and a rusty pump bolt, you
bloody lubber. What do you 'spose I'm
looking for?"
"Come and have a drink," suggested
the runner, who was anxious to learn
tne connection Dei ween a iat uog ana a
rusty pump bolt and a desirable ship.
"Well, lads, I'll tell you," said the in
timate friend of Neptune, "and you
want to remember this, because 't'll be
useful some day. It took me many
years to larn it, but it's yours for the
sake of your kindness. Mark what old
George Palmer tells you when you
want to ship look for a fat dog; that
means the old man is liberal with his
duff and youH be well fed. Look for a
rusty pump bolt, 'cause that means that
the craft is right and tight and the crew
don't have to break their hearts and
backs keeping her dry. If the pump
bolt is worn and shiny look out, lada,
for she's a 6ieve, and your watch below
will be spent in keeping her hold dry."
San Francisco Examiner.
lggested
The March to the Sea.
Among the chief figures of the epoch
of the war probably Lincoln and Sher
man were the most individual and origi
nal. The most romantic and picturesque
of the many renowned events of that
time was the march to the sea. It has
already a distinctive character, like that
of the Greeks in Xenophon's story of the
"Ten Thousand." When the news of its
successful issue reached this part of the
country it served to show the simple and
honest patriotism of one of the most un
fortunate of the Union generals.
Burnside, after the explosion of the
mine at Petersburg, had been relieved,
and was staying with a company of
friends at a country house on Narragan
sett bay. The company were all sittiug
one morning upon the spacious piazza,
when a messenger rode up and announced
Sherman's success. Burnside's delight
was enthusiastic. All thought of him
self vanished. The good cause only was
in his mind and heart, and running to
his wife he joyfully kissed her, saying,
"I know that the company feels as I do,
and will forgive me."
It was the feeling of a soldier as sim
ple and true hearted and patriotic, but
not so fortunate, as Sherman; and it was
the same candor and manly sweetness of
nature that softened Sherman's voice
whenever he spoke of the soldiers of the
war to whom fate had seemed to be un
kind. He is gone, the last of the old fa
miliar figures, some of his old foes bear
ing him tenderly to the grave. And are
not Lincoln, Grant, Sherman, Sheridan,
Porter, Seward, Chase, Stanton, Sum
ner ana tneir leiiows nistonc agures
worthy to rank with the elder Revolu
tionary group dear to all Americans?
George William Curtis in Harper's.
Some Chance.
"What does Miss Brown mean by say
ing she was born just after the war?"
She means the Mexican war 1 re
member her telling the same story in j
'61." Munsey's Weekly.
RAW AS BEEFSTEAK
Baby's F arful Suffering from Skin
Disease Covering Entiro Body
Cured by Cutlcura
M y h-.liy taken very M"k wjien lie was
three months nlil and in : few ilavs lienan
lireiikihK w' -lti'lv'l both of the Inm e
(toctois and they could do oollunt: tor hl'n.
Then we sent for the ties' lorb r i" Ka "
Capitis. Mich., and lie u t r-d li in for two
I II lie u I
vn veie a I tie time;
anil i iii-ii i in u ii in
JrS lit .laeksoii. le :i d -
i or w" a1 ' nde Is
.j.j.i . 1 1 1 I V. I II
,SVlHe:ie. iiflll I hell He
io- wnr 1 1'aii ver.
- in- I li.'il mv luis
Ii.im.I we ha Letter
t - i In- t i i li r it a
i" v M I ll i s an way ;
liii iiol haveai'N i ea
y li e .1 i any
u I, inn in i -si n. ,ii
w.i nenUis IP III -li-
1 1 Ml we ln-jran civin' I hem o liiin lie wa- eli
I irely well, linn li it a si 1 mi 1 1 1 1 il . Ill- h ill'
Infill prowii.j; rijjl't ll, at il w ih unlit ne
w nld always h-hald h 'ail d. I li r. w.i- ii1
a spiil on hi- w hoi- Imry. I:iee. ai il head n'V
lili- iio-.e and rVt'H lull what w i- a raw as lieel-st-ak
o in. hi 'i-ie wa-"i.n! an lhlin; I nt
1 1. lies, and s w eak he enuld i a'se ..eii tier hand
nor head .
.Ml-. I iank r.aiiet;. Wii In Id. Mteli.
CIITiriJKA Hi: - OLY I NT
'I h- new liloml : nil Skin l ur lier K eat
M of "uiiior Ki iii-dii-s. en-aii-t-s t h- h no'l of
all iiii (iitt it ns ami poisonous eh luent-. aid
t nil ! mov s I he CM1 -e. w li ile I I I li I I A . i he
-at .-kin euro, ai .li l il I a S Al- :ne
ii ile skill ' ai.t li. r. e i ai lie i ami
-alp. ate' iest... Iliehair '' I II- lie l"l I -
I' i. If lot Ki I h s cere eveiy M eei i- efileli
ii.u'. Inn in;:. !ea' . i mp "lid Id li l y i-kin.
ealp and h.o- f" lisi-;.sei Ironi pimp es hi
sen.fiil.i II.. in infaney aj-'e, w hen 1 1 e h si
I'liy i iaii- tail
Sold ever.N w heie. l'l iee. U i tu'I HA f 0 :
Soat. L'.'.c ; It kmii v t XT, SI . I' i i at ed l'V i lie
I I 1THI I 'Id : AMI inMic.M.' i- 1" l: ATI "li.
i '.'M ini lor "lluw Iii i 11 re l'l.i d Diseases."
Iti.SlOll.
kin and J-ial. piiritlio an
di 4. KT
he milled liv 1 I n 1 IcA -o.i
!i.IJY
lis.ilulely pine.
Rh?umaiic
UIIU
Iii one m. mile I In- i lit euia A nl i-llnin
Piaster n nev s i li-i.inai ie i-iark
hip. kid e, ehes. al'i mli-Clil
pains and w eal- lie s s I'l ice. -Jae
I f you want and iloll.s J. 1'. Youngs
is the place as lie will close out Jii
stock of dolls regard 1 vss of cost and
unit 1 1 : 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 ir that line of ooods.
1 his is voiir chance "Jac dolls lor
I Dc.
Ha by is Sick. The woefull expn
sion of a Des Moines teamsters
countenance showed his deep anx
iety was not entirely without cause
when he iiiuuired of a clrur-ist o
the same city what was the best
to irive to a babv for a cold? It
was not necessary for him to say
more, bis countenance showed that
the pet of the family, if not the idol
of his life was in distress. "Weerive
our baby Chamberlaitis's Coufifb
Remedy." was the druu ti'ists answer.
"1 don't like to irive tbe baby such
strong medicine," said the teamster.
"You know Tohn Olesori, of the
Watters-Talbot Printing Co., don't
you? Inquired the drufist. His
baby, when eighteen months old,
irot hold of a bottle of Chamberlain
Cough Remedy and drank the whole
of it. Of course it the baby vomit
very freely but did not hurt it the
least.and what is more it cured tha
baby's cold. The teamster already
knew the value of the Remedy, hav
ing- used it himself, and was now gat
istied that there was no danger in
irivinir it even to a baby. For Sale
by F. G. Fricke & Co Druggists.
Monkeys That Fight with Stones.
The Gelada baboons sometimes have
battles with the Hamadryads, especial!'
when the two species have a mind to rob
the same field, and if fighting in the hills,
will roll stones on to their enemies. Not
long ago a colon' of Gelada baboons,
which had been fired at by some black
8oldiers attending a duke of Coburg
Gotha on a hunting expedition on the
borders of Abyssinia, blocked a pass for
some days by rolling rocks on all comers.
This seems to give some support to a cu
rious objection raised by a Chinese local
governor in a report to his superior on
the difficulties in the way of opening
to steamers the waters of the upper
Yang-tse. The report, after noting that
the inhabitants on the upper waters were
ignorent men who might quarrel with
strangers, went on to allege that mon
keys, which inhabited the banks, would
roll down stones on the steamers. '"The
two last facts," the report added,
"would lead to complaint from the En
glish and embroil the Celestials with
them, especially if the men or the mon
keys kill any English." Spectator.
lie Ih Against Cremation.
"Don't you favor this idea of crema
tion? asked the old gentleman in the
horse car of the ruau who sat next to
him.
"No, sir, I don't," said the other man
emphatically. "Cremation and crime
are synonymous terms with me. 1 have
been in the gravestone business long
enough to know that the old f.uihioned
method of burial is in every way the
best." Somerville Journal.
Gymnastic Exhibition
The following is the programme
to be riven by the Turnverein at
the opera house Wednesday, May
13, 18J1:
PART FIRST.
Overture orcneiMxa
Address I'hilip Andres of Omaha
si(ii(r Double quartet e of tne luruvereiu
Tableau, repres nunga gymnasium.
1'uoils auu meiiiuers in uie luntracm
ralisthenics oy' class
7;umr.inUi Kv..i;iii.n Polka. Mnuurka-W Boeck
Mr. and Mrs. Julius re-t-iner oi uiuuii
Vvun.Ui'ii mi horizontal liars.
aieniDers oi me luruveicm
PART SECOND.
Selection urcneu ra
Wand exercises Members of the Turnverein
Sodk uouoie quarieun ui mc iiunirric.il
Club HwingiDf; Otto Wurl
Exercises on parallel bars, .
... ..uemoers oi me luiutncm
T..,nmhil,lui'l.'.intiiiii. I.nmhve
Zither eolo v,- .':rllon, ii;irinlle...L"iiibanl
Mr. Julius Fetner.
,. I a.IIercules,and the Spartan Warrior
Sstatutory c Veiitil o Thesius.
Admission 23 and 35 cents. Re
served seats can be bad at J. i .
Young's.
Brown & Barrett have the largest
and finest stock of wall paper ana
borders in I'lattsmouth. wtf
Will you suffer with Dyspepsia
and Liver Complaint? bhiloh s lt
alizer is guaranteed to cure you. 2
For lame back, side or chest, use
Shiloh's Porous Plaster. J'rice -
merits. For sale by F. G. Fricke &
Co. and O. H. Snyder.
3
Most birds are stoics compared to owls.
and those who cultivate their acquaint
ance know that they have no time
wherein to make their poetical com
plaints to the moon. Poets should not
meddle with owLs. Shakespeare and
Wordsworth alone have understood
them by most others they have been
scandalously libeled.
The most ancient description we have
of a water pump is by Hero of Alexan
dre, There is no authentic account of
tbe general use of the pump in Germany
previous to the beginniug of the Six
teenth century. At about that time the
endless chain and bucket works for rais
ing water from mines began to be re
placed by pumps.
Croun. wlioomncr cough and
bronchitis immediately relieved by
Shiloh's Cure.
The fragrant Heliotrope in bloom
wonderfully cheap at .Moore s Oreen
House.
more
being
tf
"The Fair" has onlj- a few
velocipede's left, which are
closed out at cost.
Hair chains, rings, crosses and
hair work of all kinds to order.
:lKS. A. KXEE.
tf 17'JG Locust St.
Marriage license issued to Mr,
Harris (. Todd, and miss Alice
Brown both of Murray.
Dr. E. L. Siggens has returned and
may be found hereafter at his office
over Gering's drugstore. tf
The ladies of the South Park cir
cle will give a box social at the Bap
tist parsonage, i'lonuay evening.
May 11. Ladies are expected to
briiur a box containing lunch for
two, with the ladie's name enclosed
The gentlemen will have the oppor
tunity oi paying tweniy-nve cents
for a box regardless ot tne shape or
size of the same. Kight reserved to
withhold names until boxes are
purchased. The South Park band
will furnish good music for the oc
casion. Come one and all. d2t
New Millinery Store.
Mrs. C. M. Graves, dressmaking
and millinery. .New goods, new
prices, latest st"les. Store No. 110
South 3rd st. Plattsmouth, Neb. lni
Panssies!
ies: in bloom, of the most
gorgeous colors. They will con
tinue to bloom all summer, too, and
can be selected at Moore's Green
iiouseior irom to ou cents rer
dtf
dozen.
j. .
resiure, siricKeii, ana give you
a luxuriant growth of hair, to keep
its color natural as in youth, and to
remove dandruff, use only Hall's
All watches, clocks and iewelrv
left for repairs atC. II. laiiiipiieu
-evine oiock, rixtn street, will re
ceive prompt attention. All work
guaranteed and done in a workman
like manner. tf
S03
AM
Our Clubbing List.
The Ionian isles produce a loose lace,
nnifpie ratber than handsome. It was
used at first mainly in the churches and
tombs. As antiquity more than doubles
the price the shrewd natives blacken
and mildew their work before offering
it to the tourists, who take dirt as a
voucher for ajie.
J udge E. It. Hoar, the senator's broth
er, is the leader of the Boston bar. He
is past seventy, but still earriea himself
with erectness, and his step is elastic.
He' is the father of young Congressman
Hoar.
Globe-Democrat and Herald $2.25
Harper's Magazine " " 4. CO
Harper's Bazar " " 4.80
Demorest's Magazine " 3.10
Omaha Bee " " 2 40
'oledo Blade " " 2.45
Lincoln Call " " 2.15
National Tribune " " 2.45
The Forum ' " 5.55
Inter Ocean " 2.25
Lincoln Journal " " 2 30
The Home Magazine " " 1 85
Cough ayrup.
Koch's Lymph is good in its place
but no remedy has been put on the
market and had such marvelous
rsales in so short a time as Haller'a
Sure Cure Cough Syrup. We guar
antee it io cure any cough, cold,
bronchitis or sore throat. For sale
bv all druggists.
:9 1'(
The Waehingtton Areuue
GROCERS
a No-
Provision Merchants.
Headquarters for
FLOUR AND
FEED,
We pay no rent and sell for CASH.
You don't'pay any bills for dead beat
when jou buy of this firm.
The
Hand.
best SOFT COAL always ot
DON'T IFOIFtG-ET
AT THE
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Opposite Ilichey Brog Lumber office
Time Table
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11 5 :25 p. m. "20 8 :30 a. m.
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