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George M. White, once
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A colossal system c
extortion, blackmail
aaid wholesale robbery that
mater -the averaje prisoner
3l novice by coTapariroiv.
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ROM the chief of the r.inwi bsnd
of safe robbers who were con-j
vlcted and Imprisoned In 1M eonni
n extraordinary utorjr or ban
robbing and prison life, given ex-
rtuslvelv to the Sunday uraAi.n. ,
According to police record and
prison experts George M. White, the au-i
'hor .f thli record, whi'n operating under j
the name of George Bliss tu at the
head of the great bonk burglar combina
tion in the country. He Napoleonic
In his originality and during. Among
"thorn, he was Intimately associated wltn
Mark Shlnburn, a bank robber of world
wide fame. Under their direct command
were "Fairy" McQulre, "Charlie" Bul
ls rd. "Dave" Bartlett, "Ike" Marsh.
Big John" Brady, Blmmnns and "Sandy"
MeCormack seven of the most expert
crooks In America.
Shlnburn, a German crook, reached New
York In 1861. lived In expensive hotels
and got acquainted with the gamblers
and thieves of the town. One of the
first of the powerful criminals to Join his
band and become his confidential adviser
was George Bliss, toe author of this ar
ticle. First came the robbery In New Hamp
shire of the Walpol Savings Bank, April
21, 1866. Next came an attempt to rob
the bank at Bt. Alban'.. Vt., In 166
Then the Delaware, Lackawanna and
Hudson Canal Company's safe was robbed
of $116,000; but the exploit that par
alyzed the New York police was the rob
bery of the Ocean National Bank of n
million and a quarter of dollars. St .11. It
was the later comparatively small bank
robbing affair up In Barre that caused
White, alias George Bliss, to be captured,
oonvloted and sent to prison.
Bliss was a man of great Intelligence,
amazing resources and Ingenuity. No en
terprise was too great for his genius and
daring. When Shlnburn once broke away
from his guards In prison, riwhed through
an open door and Into the woods, doubled
baok on his pursuer and escaped, the
feat was mad possible hy Bliss. He was
a master grafter. He bointht up detec
tives, saying nothing of high prison or
flolals. He had relays of horses strung
along the road all the way from New
Hampshire to Boston. licked men armed
to the teeth were In charge of the animals
at every point. On these horses Shlnhurr.
rode at breakneck speed to the seacoast
and escaped to Belgium.
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Paid $40,000
for His Liberty.
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Ova Crwict.
wascutofl from the world-sepai d tiv...ijou want anything, give me
tall I loved from wife and devoted friends
Hiand,.rl with shame. I was a helyless con
vict, with the terrors of Drlxon solitude
haunting me night and day.
"I was so crushed that I could scerceK
realire my position. That 1. a Bon of 1 t.ws looking over a lot
Jew Fnsland na rents, trained In the Chris-i that I had turned sald:-
Then. quietly locking the door of the dark
cell he diminneared. leaving me to wonder
whether It was a trick or whettier he was
really the friend he professed.
"A fortnight lator one or the contrac-
of wagon axles
-'You are doing
tian faith, was to wenr the garb of ainrat rate. I'resently we will let you d
convict seemed monstrous. My only con-! more by yourself." Then t knew that a
solution was that my Identity was un-i strong influence was at work In our behalf,
known to the officials and the world I'l might explain that we had already laid
had given a false hanw. 'plans for eecape, but found many obstacles
i In the way. tine day Klntrsland. who had
"rl" "a roitxics. previously served a term In Sing Sing,
remaps uie worst of the prison es-
the word.' J skin and bones. He advised me to use my
Such Is the character ot the Yankee bank ' convict;
robber who was always a gentlemen, sod
nnally reformed, went into business end Is
now a respectable cltiien with letters of
thanks and recommends Hon from the gov
ernment for his services In finding stolon
United Slates Treasury note plates and
tern Is the character and make-up or a
large per cent of the officials and em
ployes. Men without experience or triln
Ing for such positions failing In other
pursuits for lack of ability manage to ob
tain fat positions through political pull.
The greater a man's rascality the greater
the grafter's Influence In office.
"If the reader had seen as I have men
strung up by the thumbs hanging In rows
until blood burst from their skin In their
agony he would get some Idea of the
brutality of New York's Infamous prison
system.
"Such was the condition of affairs when;
We entered Auhurn. We were told in
brutal tones to take off our hats and face
the wall. We Were ordered to clean our-i
selves in a. repulsive bath room ttiat had'
not been scrubbed In months. They gave
us mlsere.ble towels and clothing. Some
of the garments were In r.igs. some too
large, Others too small. Poffeiln? acutely,
with rheumatism, 1 asked the frlvl'-ege of
keeping my heavier underwear and was.
i old 'Shut up, we do the talking here, not;
you. i naerstana you are noming put a
said our chances of getting away from
tint Institution would be far better, and
so we asked our New York friends to have
-insferred to Sing Sing.
"Charlie King, an old friend of Klngs-
lanil. came up, Saying that one of the prl
Influence and be kept off contract work.
It could be done, he said, by getting the
doctor to report me unable to endure the
n.irJshlp of the contract shop. Of course
tho doctor must be paid his prioe. While
waiting for my money to come a deal wiu
made with the doctor to have me asslgnod
to his servlct. Accordingly. I became his
hostler, and later Was employed In the
disi ensary. for this I paid 1300 In cash
1 found my new occupation quite agree-!
able, having but nne horse to care for
during the day. The doctor lived In the
village and traveled back and forth to
the prison daily. His horse was stabled
In the north end of the yard and I soon
had the run of the prison grounds. By
special arrangement and the payment of
more money I ate and slept In the hospital.
"It Is Interstlng to recall Aa Incident
on Inspectors had been approached and touching horse feed. There was no grain
that. at the next monthly Board meeting and Httle hay In the barn. When I asked
an ord.r would be Issued tor my ttanrer 'the doctor about it he told me the man
and later a gambler and politician wouid In charge of the warden's stable would
obtain the transfer of Klngsland. jlve me oats for the horse. On present-
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"While we were hurrying Into our lags I ; '. : . 't ! W . r"- ( . t . v ,
as fast as possible the keeper yelled, 'Are' t t s'" T --wy- ,; '
vou convicts asleep? Tills Is no Fifth I - I i ?TbiL,H ' '
iveniie hrttel. Hurry up and get out.1. ' , ' 4 : t ) X'' "' 1 1 fa '" ? ,:
Huch was our Introduction to Auburn I ?'e v ' iff f '"
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j watching us, taking in the situation, thre-w
'down their tools and eight of them tum
bled aboard before the tug could get clear
of the dock. The captain was fully alive
to the situation and cut loose from tho
nnihniii On the Jersev side of the Hud-
!son these eight men who had come aboard.
escaped, and our party of four were landed
at the Nyack dock and separated. Be
cause the eight men had Joined our party
bulll, with i large hox or space frame
beneath the rear e,it :r enough for
man of my slse to slow himself In. One Sat
urday afternoon In le'erbr my carriage
appeared with a driver In llverv on the
box nourishing his wh p over a aranklng
team of bays. A gentlemen railed the
'Captain' sat on the back s.-a'. The gent le
nt in with oermit t) vln he orison
alighted and entered the office, leivlng the
driver, Charley Osborn, to go to the wr
den's stable asking for water 'or the
horses. The stable crew turned out n rull
frce. and Osbnrr. asked them to sample
some of the Captain's whiskey. The ones
! istler smiled and headed the line for
Idilnks That no one mlg'it see them, ttir
I repaired to the stable office, and In a short
jtlme were ss quiet as lambs, deeply under
i the Influence of the best whiskey money
.ould buy. When all was quiet 1 '.'haneed
I that way, boarded the vehicle, rulsod the
nock seat and disappeared In the chamber
beneath.
"The carriage and whlskry svrred us
well. Uttle d.d 1 think when I bought the
llreoort stables two years berore. at a
coRt or t3a,0UO, that It would be the means
of giving me a swell ride out of Sing Sing.
The carriage remained In the prison sta
ble yard for ten or fifteen mlntMes, while
Owlxirn was disteihulln th nf the
! whiskey among the men. Then at a sig
nal Ouborn says, ! must drive the or
flce and get the gentleman I lert. You
may keep the Jug, boys, ainl drink w hat's
left.' Lying In the bottom of the carnag.
under the seat, 1 could hear all that was
said. The carriage remained at the front
entrance nearly tUleen minutes, with the
driver exercising the horses a bit on the
pavement. At last the gentleman came
out, resumed his seat In the carriage, and
away we went down the macadamised
road for New York.
"My position under the seat was ome
whAt cramped, and t was glad when we
reached .a secluded spot to change my
prison garb for the clothing of a citizen.
there was great commotion at the prison.
A paaelng steamer was hailed and offered j Arter some rapid driving we reached New
a thousand dollars by a prison official i York early In the evening, and again 1
to overhaul us, but the captain declined, I wus under our family roof in West Twen
saylng he did not care to get mixed up ty-flrst street.
In the affair. The wires were kept hot "Four days arter my escape from Sing
in all directions warning the police of Slug a quartet of men In middle life were
neighboring towns and New Yolk cityjseated la a private supper room In Del
deteotives of our escape. The news that ; monlco's. Two prison olllcials, my backer
dozen Sing Sing prisoners were at largeiand myself made the quartet. These State
aroused the country for miles around. officers had come to get the tlo.Wiu contln-
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foiling a vast conspiracy for flooding the Prison. A week later I saw my own ha..'
country with bogus money printed from ( Coat and waistcoat, which they had takm
genuln government plates. i Trout nie, on the person of one of the
This man was know u as Williams, an guards. j
It cost him $40,000 to escape. How he 't: "After they had cut our hair with horse
powerful political lnlluences at work und clippers and raked off our beard with three
nnally rea)d la graphically told. swipes of lather and a dull razor we'
The members of the band had com- wore locked up in cells until the next dty. '.
mltted other crimes and served partial our f&xe was bread and boot leg coflee,
sentences tn various parts of the ccuntry. for supper, with uali, ureud and coffee;
Then tiiey attempted to rob a country for breakfast. '
bank and failed and were captured and; "About nine o'clock In the morning wej
sentenced to Auburn Prison, lu a lew were taken to the front office, and our
dava the leader set about a plan tor es-, pfcdlrree) recorded. W bad been posted
cape. The main thing was to get them- oa the questions likely to be asked, and
selves transferred to ting Sing, which was better our future condition we said we
then the headquarters of political prison were machinists, so we might be assigned
grift under the control and oicuo "(to the same ahp. Hut It didn't worn.
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Dclmoni cos or tke ettl e meTt:
powerful men in New York, deep In poll
tl s and crime,
The Stcry of Escape
Klngsland and myself were turned over
to the contractor running the axle shop.j
and "rail Jim' was assigned to the collar
l c ry tv Oeorse M. With Klngsland I bean work at the
lhe narrative is lJ.. "!bUss turning lashesi under the instruction of
White, al as Will ains. alias Ueorge BU", J. l waji m0 wtul that iney
wno, wun "iaii Jim "J r: ', in
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with attempting to rob th. bank ttt.( on
uuru rnwn. ! oth eurely.' It was a aolenin oooaslon, and
"TU Jim" was tu on y son u Wiou. enough for us. as we had so recent-
try hotel proprietor. Although a brtghti w fcom(- j
toung man unj a favorite at hwne, he was ..,n f(f d4yj an ,ml, oilttJ lor m ident
a natural crook and began his downward occund jj WM preliminary to negoua
Uie svi early In boyhood that on becofn-)U(n fQf essauoe. X eooa discovered.
His of ase he l-ame a burglar ind - M Um , knjw that t
eeivu.1 a twenty eur sentence to Clin-, vl,.Ke,, , wlg to a fivor(Hj
too prison. After serving nve yesus the prlauow becau.s I waa supposed to have
boy was pardoned, through Us UWJOwyi therefore an object of in-
Inrtui-n. , chlerty because of ma youth i and, tere w u) Brarttr,. The kS' er cam to
en;.u:'iK p-ionallty lie prom aid to Unhx-ke4 tne door, saying. '1 have
torn a It leaf and abandon 1.1s old asso- u da ,fo m,
clatea. Then a position was found for him , Urfx how toe blood ruehed,
in a New York bank and he kerned on he t'm an4 , tMdM what 1 was
road ta t roai.-tun and honor. I nfor u-, ' h.d f0 j
tunidl rot'i)' r again and was sent to the'
"1 asiitd lor o ex.auatioo. in a plras-
a:il voice the keeper said,
Columbus tohlo) pruwij. Tor tea years, oriy, " , a dark cell
to make a sensational e-ape and diaap-, e
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as long as'
ood ntwa fori
I Htr.cs. vou A friend of vours la here from New
Klngsland. another bright boy. had- iiv..i. t him nia moriilinf I, i.i . t .iw!
similar record. 1U becaiue a skilful thief, w,,h him ,nl promised te look out for you
but he was loo reckless aud was nnally ami ri)UX pl Klngsland. There are three
taptured and senteuced. Thus the ban4 en-
tered Auburn together aud la that institu
tion the story begins. Uoorge OX. White
lel'.s It:
"it was a beautiful April day when we
boxes o provisions now in the ortioe for
you, and in the morning you will rind a
tlaak ot whiskey. But be careful; don't
let any one smell the liquor on your
breath.' Then, lowering his voice, he
entered the gl.omy walls of Auburn Prts-Idded. I saust not be sewn here too Ions
on. once tn!.U lae structure, a change' Kemember. 1 am jro.tr fn. r. l, and w ill do
came over our dreams. After all my'my best for you. Take my advVe. Ixt!
bravado and Indifference to the fearful none of the keepers or prisoners Into yourj
iimam-ny ui wune, l was now sobered and conndence. Bay niuiing. Keep your eyes
appalled. The siluaiioo unnerved uie, liepen, and you will soon Ut ail rU&l. If
'Tills was cheering news. Indeed. One
forenoon, at the close of the fifth wek
of my Imprisonment, my trlend the keep
er said olllcers had arrived from S n Sin
and arrangements had been l.iada lor mej
to return with them, and he fcdded, aith1
a sniiie, 'You must have good, friends, In-j
deed. I congratulate you." 1 might say,,
parenthetically, that had I known what,
afterward transpired I might have escaped
lrom Auburn a little later, when 'Jimmy'
Hoi and his pais went out, and 1 would,
have been saved a large part of the if'.iw
that 1 eventually paid for tsvaplng from,
j.ng Birtg the secund time. 1 was to dis-l
cover that ttie Sing Sing system ot graft
reached the jioint ot brigandage. It was
simply pay your money or sun. r the ron-y
sequences. Next came two men. with any;
tiuuioer of minor prison officials, all
pecting to be handsomely rewarded be-'
cause of my hue prospects for gpttlugl
away. Graft was la lhe air, and the maul
. 1. .1 ; 1 . . . . . n . . . . w.v-.l.t - . I . '
Wild wun . J""J ".urn I f 1 t'l 1 1 .
"In a few days 1 was sent for, given a
new surt of clothes, and made ready for
the trtn to Sing Sing. Aaother nrln't..
be transferred was a New York couvict. a1
saloon keeper and Tummany ward heeler.!
who had desertel to the toung Democra-y.
His political enemies put up a Job oa liim.
Tney got a thief to drop a watch into his
pucket und the property was found and
he was convicted and ent to Auburn. W e
reached Sing Sing on the night iralu and
had good accommodations In a Skene".
"Soon after reaiun. king S.ng a pilsoner
I had known In the cliy as a stock broker,
who had received a five yeur sentence for
selling stolec ooiios. gave nia some val-j
uable hints oa the ys:em of jtIsoii out
rages there. ne saij tnat contractors
nd prison officials w. re In league to get
the last dollar out of a ci ntiact, and the
men uot uaing a loJ ur worked -o
lug the doctor's order for oats the puw
limn explained his own embarrassment.
"He said: 'We're already short ot feeJ.
I am now supplying half a dozen officers
and contractors .with the grain that 1 am
stealing from ho warden's supply. U -ctuse
of this the warden is making a
kick. However, i suppose the extra horse
will not make things much morse, but
please do uot ask for grain ti supply the
doctor's barn In the villsge. Its bad
enough to feed Ills horse at the prison ata
bloa. We poor convicts are trying to re
form, but If we're txpeclvd to do more
than our share of stealing from the war
den's stable it will be hard for lis all 'round,
and besides we will lose out Jobs.' The
grain held out, however, and It was not
long before we were feeding not only the
doctor's horse at the prison stable but
l we of the doctor s horses In the villsge.
Tn-sfer Co t $1.0)0
"I was lucky to escape contract work,
even at a cost of i. 1 was now living in
the hospital, nnd had leisure enough to
arrange plans for escape. It was necessary
to arrange vim some trusty msn, a per
manent resident of Sing Slug village. Such
a man was found. I paid Vb, and he be
came route agent, carrying my letters back
and forth from the prison. 1 learned that
my transfer (ram Auburn had cost Jl.ujn.
"The next event Was the transfer of
Klngsland. who reached King Smg about
a month after my arrival there. It cost
my pal a nve hundred dollar diamond ring,
and for iart more he obtained the posi
tion of hall waiter.
. tbo.eived that the river front of tiie
prison at this time had no iron fence, us Is
the case now. and tnat many of the prison
supplies and contractors' goods were
shipped by boat the landing bulkhead ex
tending uearly cUs tutire lauth of the
prison yard. Heie was our opportunity AN iWn the Jersey larmer and constables
tor escape by chartering a tug towing all heard taut $j0 reward was offered, Wltn
empty canal boat. Accordingly the licc- each for our party, -the Jersey people
sary 'arrangements were maJe1 ' alUMkly swarmed along the river front, out
"Meanwhile my wife, notwithstanding on" our retreat and after several halr
the strict prison rules allowing only breudth escape we were captured and
monthly visits, wis permitted to hold long dragged buck to Sing Sing. If lhe carriage
interviews with me weekly. A five dollar had been awaiting us in Nyack as we
bill was the magic Influence that procured planned, the result would have been far
uiUlmlu-d visits with no limit on the time different. We were not only captured, hut
she remained with me; so it was easy to the band thiut followed us aboard the
plan for my escape. The said five dollar canal boat and helped to epoll our plan of
iilll was always found between the leaves escape was captured and returned to Sing
ot a book which she brought and handed Sing,
to the offlcial in charge of the visiting ,iorture EtCAotd.
room when she came to see me. This book i ..,, . , , .
. artairs wltn me as long as pnH(,nc.r.hunK up by the thumbs.
"Kinburn
'Well, if we let your man off,' was said.
rlal.S .h i fr? . . .5 1 ih Tit' '' liave to "e ame for the rest of
Calais and their rllticl friend, considered ,he . rlnall a oomroiiil.e was
-u f ni4I.' ",nd w'6' Py0" 10 agreed on. and our punishment reduced to
r.f,. -i'.v.aCCOr?w8' re""1 ai' y Wire, days In the dark cell, with ball ,-nd
wits, with a coH head, to keep them wliliin chttln ftn(1 an assignment to the quarry
reasonable bounds In their demands. King. To work wllU tile 8tono ,ang WJtB
About the middle of June a certain man punishment Indeed,
in New York paid me a visit, and a day vr . j ioon began to realize wluu an old
two Utter 'Personal' appeared In the Naw hne prisoner meant when he said I knew
Yons Hbrai-U, indlcaUng In cipher that nothing of the prison life of a man wltli
the tug might be expected at half-past out money, trlend or a political pull,
eleven A. M., on the day agreed upon, d.-J also discovered that a political pull did
playing a red flag at the bow. Uot last long without big money back of
"When I finally saw e.hat 'Personal' lit. In a few days a fiiendly keeper In
could scarcely contain myself. My heart formed me that myself and Kingaiand
beat as if it weighed a pound. At the Iwere to be went back to Auburn. It re
time appointed the tug appeared, with the quired no prophrt to explain what this
red Mag Hying, and halt an heur later, me-int. It was a bid for graft. Something
with the canal boat in tow, the craft was Iliad to be done at once.
alongside the din;k, but, unfortunatf ly, "Ti make a lmr story short, it was do
there was a strong tide, with a heavy elded that I would have to pay Uto.ooo
wind, Which made it Impossible to get In or g" Auburn. learned that they
t.u proper position, so our escape was lrM! anaious 10 gel us ail out or the way.
of for a day or two. ir,e "tlclal said that If we remained, even
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I Boon snowier x'erei.uiai appearea in tuc , . , , -
Hkkai.ii. and this time It was arranged ",m' ""' ",hi.n m but to pay I
iror a horwi and carriage to be In walling ' ' R' u wre i'nperative-1
In Nvack. to tak. u to Jersey City, on ls;' casn remainder to be'
arrt.l f o.rr in. and before the B,-,IPa.tt .iter wa escapeo.
of our escape could reach Nyack. UnfiM! "Then, after another conferenoe wMh
tunately, this feature ailed. , some officials, the deal was ratined. and
"It waa a clear day In August when tha!? ,on knocked off our ankles. Things
tug. with an empty canal boat lasbed 0'b' ame P"'"1 Vut the prison, and we
her starboard side, steamed In doe to lh herd no n,un ot nl ta All-
prison dock. 1 figured that when once we ,7!?-' . .
wete inside the empty caual boat, we' found ourselve. in favor again and
would be protected against the guns of the our t" veI,y agreeable. Though no plan
guards; but when we got aboard, we found ,0r an immediate esc tpe Was in sight, w
they were too much bewildered and ex- J'J not despair, and 1 turned my wits to
cited to do any effective shooting. Four "ranging for a second flight. Our mail
of us climbed aboard and dropped out of carrying arrangements were working full
:u Into the hold of the canal boat, time, and we could get letters In aad out
and we were congratulating ourselves on of. the prison without difficulty or delay,
our es ape when the unexpected hap- M tarn ly were living in New York, and
pened and proved our undoing. among my livery stable vehicles there was
"As we disappeared into the canalooat. a two seated carriage which I thought Just
a company ot in isoner working nearby the tiling to aid me la escape, I had It re
gent money. To meet this payment for
not sending Klngsland and myi-elf back to
Auburn and allowing us a clear field to
escape from Sing Sing my wife, through
the head of i business linn, placed a
$6,000 mortgage on our residence. In West
Twenty-first street, and the bulance waa
mude up from. the sale of a block of bank
stock.
"It was surprising to observe as wa sat
around the table In Delmonlco's how cour
teous and quiet these gentlemen were out
side their prison fortress. One woula
never imagine them the bulldozing ruf-
StorlJ ,rtte,y kno,n at 81n Blng.
Sto les were told over the win. aad I
cou d scarcely rehe that these mm had
masU.yn'rf,,'tr '" 8m
masters , only f my.)f but of n
pcci'allv'", 1,U,TVnd a"
prtlally the blackmail and the graft Of
.ourse I nun not have been Torcld to
.y the inoney legally. It was a debt of
honor and had to be paid, and I have
never regretted keeping my word. I dTS
not hand the money to the official, direct
ly. It was given to my backer and he
made the payment.
"During our conversation over telmon
leos wine I learned that mv escape had
not been discovered until the night lock
up. Then a half dozen stable men were
questioned, but they were still drunk ana
had to be kept in their cells twenty-four
Work "ff ,hPlr 1 'lPose
that they were the drunkest men know
In Sing Hmg for years.
"1 louiinuel to reside In New York tir
ing openly like any other citizen, looking
after my various business interests wlt iout
molestation. In July, is;;), Governor Dig
grsnted me a pardon at the pe( M1 re"! lest
w V.'.'.','. S,,,, At,""ey General U.-.'.i-ge
H. Williams, then In tieiierul (irant's c . -lnet.
The pardon was granted In ( u.,-a.
eratlon of valuable Information rurniR d
to the Treasury Department In Washing
ton regarding the whereabouts of 'o;Xed
government bond plates that had mad,- t'i
government great trouble, with a loss of
hundreds of thousands of d 'liars t :h.
public. My .ervlee. were considered s i Im
portant that Colonel Whitely, then chief
of the Secret Service, favored! this paidun,
snd he had Instructions from the Solictor
of the Treasury to spare neither time nor
expense In recovering the plates. My par
don I. saia io oe tne oniy one ever granted
by a New York Governor to an escaped
prisoner while still at large and an un
expired term to serve."
I Martin Evans, a Tennessee mllllonuaire,
I lias bought Government Pe.ik. In the Colo
rado Kange. near Pueblo, and has named
lit the Avails mausoleum. He has decided
to reaarve it as the monumental burial
ground of hi. faJiiUy.
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