Show MOST DANGEROUS CRIMINAlS WHO VHO CANT CAN'T BE CAUGHT Murderers and Swindlers Swindlers Swindlers Swin Swin- Still at Large of Whom Whole Nation May Well Beware Continued from Pago Iago gO 1 I Magazine Sec Section lon at Then tho the transatlantic liners began to try vainly to protect their Impetuous passengers from giving ing up their cash at draw poker to Chappie Chapple Doc Doe Owens and Big Ble- Frank Frnnk a combination which In In the tho card room pf ifa a great great always proved In Invincible In In- PEEVED PEE ABOUT IllS HIS VALET For seven yc years rs indictments had lad been bargIng over er Moran In connection connection con con- with th the Eastern Gra Grain n c company corn com m pan pany swindles In fn Philadelphia his partnership there hero with William Clark and W W. v. v B. B Chapman having rc resulted in Chappie's Chappies disappearance from froin his lila fu favorite field of ot action not only b because causo ho he h had d overstepped the feK legal l line hue but hut J particular venture followed to too closely on the he heals b of ot hl his brokerage partnership with wHit the notorious I. I Larry Summerfield which was exposed In 1 ll 03 His ills adventures li in fn the Interim pungent and profitable le took him bErn east to Europe and west to Calif California and the they lauded landed him In the tho clutches of lh the law In Philadelphia on the charge of of- using using- the mailer maila to de defraud do- do fraud during February of 1910 His Uis ball was was' 1500 He Hc Jumped It lit But the life thief J sot got ot him in Chicago a a. few months later haled him back to Philadelphia and put him him- under new bali bait on the theold old charges He was wal quite peeved that he had bad to leavo leave his valet behind him In Chicago as being likely to prove n n. supErnumerary supernumerary In Jail in Philadelphia It looked as though the famous Chappie was slated to get al all aU that was coming to him now that the United 1 States State postal Inspectors had him where whore they wanted him and ho he pleaded guilty too But when Judge Holland had h heard ard the case claar clear as It was Chap- Chap plo pia Moran oran walked out of at the court courtroom courtroom courtroom room free an as air having paid merely a 8 50 fine and some somo in costs Ho had turn turned d on his former asso- asso elates clates and put ut at nt tho the disposal of at the authorities aut information on which they I I rell-Ml rell for or the arrest of his one time con confederates fed e rates i They dont don't know now where Chappie Chapple Is nobody else knows except Chappie Chapple for It Is a 0 1 gUe guess s that when he Inaugurated d his next enterprise his name would be neither Chappie Chapple Moran nor Charley Chancy Clark which Is the tho one ho he rec received at his hili christening BAD DAD MEN EN AT LARGE But the bad man Is usually thought of oC in the sense of or the tho man dangerous to and nobody ever accused Chappie Chap Chap- plo pie Moran of being a killer kUler Well there are plenty of at those bad baa men at large larse too Nobody knows known Big John Laler Law Law- l her ler r Is lH In fact It would be bo hard hald to provo harder provo harder now than over that over that he hewatt was watt guilty guilt of or tho the most sensational crime of all Imputed to him the holdup holdup hold bold up at Narrows In Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Pennsyl Pennsyl- vania vanla three e years cars ago Yet John Law- Law her Jer alias Showalter and antl really christened christened chris chrls- Tom Ton Lewis missing Lewis missing all this time I need need suffer no reflection on his reputation reputation tation through that flaw in the general I in Indictment iii c tm en t. t He lIe was a Pennsylvania gun fighter reared in the vicinity of but known and feared for tor hundreds of miles around Pursued by one posse ho he stood them off oft and fought like lIko a ademon ademon ademon demon until a well directed shot among tho the voll ys poured upon him got ot him In tho the throat and made him a hospital subject with excellent chances chance for Cor tho the local morgue But the mans man's Immense vitality pulled him through Complete disappearance followed his re release release re- re lease and the railroad police the regular regular regu regu- lar police and many detectives know knew tho the sensation of wondering what now new work vork he ho would cut out for tor them than They knew when a a. lone bandit with witha a couple of at revolvers held up BP the tho Pittsburgh Pitts Pitts- but burgh h express of the Penn Pennsylvania railroad railroad railroad rail rail- road at end and carried carrle away a heavy load of Of- monc money which tho officials officials oHI- oHI averred was composed of ot nothing bUt bin brand new Lincoln cents mistaken n by tho the robber for gold pieces it was Just such a a. daring trick as S Big John would turn and the chase for him covered the entire east enst T The e persistence and range of that quest c can n be comprehended when It is known that his movements were traced tracol Into the tho backwoods of Virginia Vr- Vr ginia where he had been heen seen In compan company com corn pan pany with a notorious crook known as New York Blackie But Hut couldn't be bo bullied Into betraying his pal MADE A A. MISTAKE They gave up the quest at 1 lust last st st. L Law Law- w- w lor br had made good hi his getaway and good It remains until this day He may be holding up trains In the tho southwest he mn may be bo dead shot in some brawl But certain It is Is 18 now that another criminal who proved even more dangerous dangerous dan dan- than he ho In Ja dead as a a- doornail killed In tho the very act of at a crime such an as wa was wag attributed to Lawler and as surely the bandit who committed the theone theone theone one for tor which Big Ell John was vainly hunted That moro more y ner desperado who single handed took toot those Lincoln cents centi from the treasure car at Lewistown was a little Swede who little moro more than a a. year ear after the tho enterprise In Penn Pennsylvania turned up back of the tho flag with which hd ic had stopped the tho Colorado Midland express with two to re revolvers ro- ro both blazing at Ho had the train at his mercy and the crew covered ere o But ho he turned his head Just Once and at that turn tho the engineer Frank Stuart sm smashed that h head ad Into a pulp with a a. great chunk of or coal Superintendent B Bearce of the Pinkertons Pinkertons Pinker Pinker- tons tont who had been unflagging In his resolve to clear up the tho Lewistown mystery mys ms tery had hail the tho corpse of tho the mysterious Swede photographed and took the likeness likeness like like- ness to a woman who hoe while the man manhunt manhunt I hunt In Pennsylvania was In had seen Acen and talked with the robber rohber She identified It positively positive as the bandit bandit banut ban ban- dit ut she saw The Tile caso case was complete Within a year the tho most dangerous criminal at large although his name was as nev never r known had met the fate he was tempting and the born American-born bad man was wis to Ill ll surmise still free freeto I to pursue his career throughout the ecu countr country n try SEEKING G WILLIE LEON IF Still free Cree too Is the tho Chinese murderer murderer mur mur- derer dorer Willie Leon to whom the tho authorities authorities author author- flies of New v York lay the appalling death of ot pretty prell Elsie Elic Sigel In that he ho trespassed over tho race line Une Willie Wlllie Leon sud suddenly enl leaped into a notoriety such as never er never attached to many a killer who was Infinitely worse than he His crime left heft a family exposed to the tho most mast shocking notoriety and a a. ayoung ayoung young woman a n. dismembered corpse corps over which the law has tins ever or called vainly for vengeance Althou Although h I his color and ana his hits features made him conspicuous except except- in the tho pi ices frequented fre fre- by his brother Willie Willie Wil Wil- J lie Leon Leou succeeded In disappearing as asIf asIt asif If It tho the earth had swallowed him up There are detectives who still maintain that In view of the ramifications of underground passages In the Chinese quarters that Is precise what hap hap- pencil The murderer of 01 1 Elsie 1810 Sigel Is still at large harge and nd still a a. danger to any tny white woman who may come como In contact contact contact con con- tact with him If It she lacks hacks the tho circumspection circumspection circum circum- and the caution that brought pretty pratt Elsie to her untimelY end But the tho slim guilelessly guileless smiling young oun murd murderer is only a killer on oc occasions oc- oc as ns compared with the j of Chinese gunmen g whose profession ItIs itis It ItIs Is to act net as ns murd murderers for tor the various tongs which employ them In their feuds Every large elt city has Its crews crew of these gunmen all nil rend ready to shoot up upa a district at the word of command l an-l every little while especially In New NewYork NewYork York they do shoot up a district Of ot all the tho g genuinely dangerous criminals at large whose Identity Is unknown to tho authorities these are arc probably the mOst moat numerous and the mo most t con conci- conci conscienceless cl In their bloody practices The Tha sole trait which makes them somewhat less fearsome than their records warrant warrant warrant war war- rant Is g that their murders are directed against their own countrymen But Dut with the passage of ot time tho the craft has b become come less apprehensive of at capture and not a few whites have paid with their the lives the national penalty for tor tolerating tol tol- to- to craUn orating murder wherever It seems dif dl- dif dif- convict the mur mur- to capture or TONG KILLER HARD TO CONVICT As a a. a J. J rule a tong long killing simply goes down In police history as one Impossible impossible sible of oC solution to a jurys jury's satisfaction satisfaction satisfaction tion the thc Ironbound secrecy of all an tho participants excelling only In a degree that of or Mana Maua conspirators and surpassIng surpassing surpassing surpass surpass- ing Ing- IngIn In lii every eQ respect tho weak kneed loyalty to pals of ot tho the treacherous as assassins assassins assassins as- as associated wIth tho the gamblers of Ned York Probably bl as dangerous to the ordinary ordinary nary native-born native American citizen who lives lIes his life lIfo free tree from any such criminal crim inal entanglements as any of these classes Is the missing long-missing murderer of old Major Wilson the book dealer IMler of Walnut street in Philadelphia whose killing has remained an an unsolved un- un solved solved and and virtually an mystery to this day dav Probably the tho work of ot a burglar who had no compunctions In taking human life lite It Jt mo may have been paralleled again and again elsewhere by the slayer who vho beat heat out the old oldmans oldmans oldmans mans man's brains In the floor of ot his quiet store storo that rain rainy evening years ago Yet tho the murderer seems to be less lessof lessof of a living JIving menace than the swindler r rIn In tho United States Slates The Tho names of oC ofEd ofEd Ed the tho brilliant partner n n the modern gold brick game garno associated associated with George W. W Post Doo Bag Baggs Bagga s tile the old crook who alone can work as well as those two stars of of rascality together and James Burton See Scott t t th the tho 0 tate International al Insurance grafter for whoso whose photograph there are aro detectives detectivE's willing to give some lome vcr very sincere thanks thanks these these gentlemen of nimble wits all seem eem to possess the tho mysterious carpet carlet of at Bagdad or the tho ring of About them still clings the cloak of Invisibility that prevents longing jailers Jailors from gloating over or their plump and prosperous look lag ing forms They The will jump a a- ball bail bond as aM readily us as a newsboy skips a gutter sutter and It may ma- mabe be a a. perfectly sound bond at that with the sacrifice of cash genuinely In Involved In Its forfeiture JUST JU JUMP r THEIR BAIL DAIL They can afford it Mr Scott for tor example posed for tor a number Humber of nf years year as ab an all a agent ent of London Lloyds Lloyd's and Is believed to have reaped out of Insurances fraudulently placed with unsuspecting prospects 1 lived In affluent splendor at Wynnewood Wynnewood Wynne- Wynne wood Manor near Philadelphia while gathering thousands from heIrs helis to worthy dead persons who were foolish foolish fool tool ish enough to believe he had money be belonging belonging belonging be- be longing to their deceased relatives When he was waa arrested he and nd Post Poet jumped lumped their ball bail and were willing to let It go Ita at that But Dut Post was waH recaptured and got 3 years In the Atlanta Ga prison As for or he ic Is probably under another of ot his many aliases earning earning- a month at at his old game or another Just as ef of- of f- f And cheerful old oUI Doc Baggs wherever he i Is Is Is 18 doing the same It Is pleasant and comforting comforting- to think of or tho the dangerous criminal who KOCH goes oes uncaught as a being who Is re reformed reformed ye- ye formed and living the tho simple life hauling bricks or pushing pushing- a pen lIen But every little while when some somo new turn tells the tho detectives of tho the country tbt j the tho brick Is another gold one that hu baa jj been put over or that some orne fine tine r aT- i ar-i hand has pushed a 11 gun Instead of ot a pen at an express messenger tn j thi-j y promptly tor forget t their theories and an speculations an and begin beg to hunt for tor forcer 1 ce cerr tain tam restless energetic persons whoa who descriptions havo have a clo close e resemblance resemblance re- re v re-v semblance to that of Big Tom Torn Lawler or James Janios Burton Scott or white white- haired cynically smiling smiling- old Doe Doa And one time out of ot ten the B system leads leade then them to It the other nine times their quarry gets away |