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2 “a big lunk head” Worth’s Confession, p. 4.
3 “Bullard, alias Wells” William to Robert Pinkerton, Feb. 12, 1902, PA.
4 “tennis courts, a shooting gallery” Lloyd.
5 for £600 a year The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 25; also London Evening News, April 9, 1901, p. 2.
6 “international clearing house” Lyons, p. 46.
7 “the most remarkable” Adam Worth, preface and p. 6.
8 “Crimes in every corner” Lyons, p. 47.
9 “One robbery followed” Adam Worth, p. 6.
10 “the West End was full” Guerin, p. 302.
11 “There were some men” Worth’s Confession, p. 13.
12 “An unwilling photograph” Adam Worth, facing p. 6.
13 “a crew of twenty-five” London Evening News, April 9, 1901, p. 2.
14 “This last exploit” Lyons, p. 56.
15 “Inspector Shore agrees with me” Horan, p. 295.
16 “To be respectable” Herbert Spencer, Exeter Hall lectures, 3 (1847–48), 364, cited in Houghton, p. 184.
17 “Now that a man” John Ruskin, Pre-Raphaelitism (1815), cited in Houghton, p. 187.
18 “expected to be honest” J.C.F. Harrison, Late Victorian Britain, 1875–90 (London, 1990), p. 42.
19 “It is only shallow people” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891), Chap. 2.
20 “costly furniture, bric-a-brac” Lyons, p. 45.
21 “he was a man” George Dilnot, Master Minds of Crime, p. 659, AA.
22 “lived like a prince” Lyons, p. 56.
23 “He became a student” ibid., p. 58.
24 “ten racehorses” London Evening News, April 9, 1901, p. 2.
25 “he employed a staff” ibid.
26 “When he had money” Adam Worth, p. 23.
27 “Anybody with whom” ibid.
28 “throughout his career” Milton Esterow, The Art Stealers (New York, London, 1960), p. 184.
29 “It’s just as easy” Charles Kingston, Remarkable Rogues (London, 1921), p. 260.
30 “If you want to get on” Horan, p. 302.
31 “They pretended to be” Houghton, p. 395.
32 “I hope you have not” The Importance of Being Earnest, Act II.
33 “A man with brains” Adam Worth, p. 23.
34 “there was always a way” ibid.
35 “It was his almost unbroken” Lyons, p. 47.
36 “could thank God Almighty” Worth’s Confession, p. 5.
37 “What he says is true” ibid.
38 “How much flattery” ibid., p. 7.
39 “to relentlessly hunt” Horan, p. 362.
40 “with an unyielding” ibid., p. 190.
41 “uppermost in their” ibid., p. 403.
42 “a good mixer” Frank Morn, The Eye That Never Sleeps (Indiana, 1982), p. 131.
43 “water cure” Horan, p. 247.
44 “open war against the” Cited in Clive Emsley, Crime and Society in England 1750–1900, 2nd ed. (London and New York, 1996), p. 168.
45 “I think my poor” Sunday Times, June 23, 1957.
46 “victim of the richer” ibid.
47 “by support of The Claimant” Harrison, p. 155.
48 “I don’t care whether” cited in Sunday Times, June 23, 1957.
49 “maintaining his guise” Horan, p. 295.
50 “he would change his” ibid.
NINE
1 “the biggest coward” Worth’s Confession, p. 12.
2 “microscopic scrutiny” Horan, p. 300.
3 “a small black moustache” I. W. Lees to William Pinkerton, San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1886, PA.
4 “He has a very nervous” ibid.
5 “Chapman had been trained” Eldridge and Watts, p. 176.
6 “Bullard was, like all thieves” William Pinkerton in Illustrated Police News, Sept. 22, 1888.
7 “through the principal” Eldridge and Watts, p. 176.
8 “Jail meant nothing to us” Horan, p. 296.
9 “I have had but bread” Howard Adams (Sesicovitch’s alias) to “My dearest Alima,” Jan. 29, 1875. Quoted in Horan, p. 296.
10 “unwavering loyalty” Lyons, p. 47.
11 “never forsook a friend” Adam Worth, preface.
12 “in the guise of an American” Kingston, p. 265.
13 “that it was he who took” Worth’s Confession, p. 3.
14 “while passing through Asia Minor” Adam Worth, p. 7.
15 “The only thing that Reilly” Worth’s Confession, p. 3.
16 “which money ‘Little Joe’ ” Adam Worth, p. 7.
17 “needed money from her” Letter from Robert Pinkerton to Larry Hazen, printed in New York Tribune, April 29, 1878.
18 “was possessed of” ibid.
19 “a scheme had been” ibid.
20 “her death at the hands” William to Robert Pinkerton, May 12, 1902, Document #2454, PA.
21 “the first and second fingers” Pinkerton to Larry Hazen, 1878.
22 “served his full sentence” Adam Worth, p. 7.
23 “With Raymond’s cool” Lyons, p. 46.
24 “ ‘How’s Kate?’ would be” Horan, p. 301.
25 “an old sweetheart” Guerin, p. 298.
26 “Had this woman become” Lyons, p. 47.
27 “He never forgot” ibid., pp. 46–7.
TEN
1 “natural refinement” Hart-Davis, 1956, p. 127.
2 “15/20 for Beauty” Cited in Derbyshire Life, Sept. 1994, p. 35.
3 “very handsome” Magazine of Art, p. 369.
4 “her youth, figure” Walpole, Letters, vi, p. 186; see Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan, p. 3.
5 “early disposition to coquetry” Mrs. Mary Robinson, Beaux and Belles of England, p. 298.
6 “one of the most showy girls” Whitley (1928), p. 397.
7 “Hurt not the form” Peter Pindar, “Petition to Time in favour of the Duchess of Devonshire,” Magazine of Art, June 1901; also Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan.
8 “I could light my pipe” Brian Masters, Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire (London, 1982), p. 36; Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan, p. 3.
9 “The slaves of fashion” Whitley (1928), p. 398.
10 “Oh Lady, nursed” Dictionary of National Biography, p. 1256.
11 “he had handed the Duchess” See Loan Collection of Pictures, Art Gallery of the Corporation of London, 1892, No. 92, NG.
12 “When people of rank” Masters, p. 123.
13 “drinking daily since” Whitley (1928), p. 400.
14 “irresistible queen” Bell, p. 64.
15 “the most brilliant” ibid.; also Loan Collection of Pictures, NG.
16 “Before you condemn me” Masters, p. 69.
17 “Then the best-natured” ibid., p. 300.
18 “The beauty of the subject” Herbert L. Satterlee, J. Pierpont Morgan—An Intimate Portrait (New York, 1939), p. 351.
19 “Her protean beauty” Esterow, p. 183.
20 “Artists and connoisseurs” Robert Kempt, p. 97.
21 “the handling appeared” ibid.
22 “in the voluptuousness of the figure” ibid.
23 “originally a sketch” History of the Duchess of Devonshire by Gainsborough, anonymous and undated, AA.
24 “the head was painted” The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 6.
25 “who had known both” Lord Hawkesbury in a letter to The Times, quoted in The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 15.
26 “There thus arose constantly” Times, May 8, 1876.
27 “So much interest has” ibid.
28 “the solid surface of” Pictures in the Collection of J. Pierpont Morgan, p. 7.
29 “this is simply one” Times, Nov. 13, 1901.
30 “The answer is that” ibid.
31 “The Doctors, though they differ” Times, May 8, 1876.
32 “The majority” ibid.
33 “created such a
sensation” ibid.
34 “the doubters were put to the rout” Kempt, p. 97.
35 “The sale will long” Times, May 8, 1876. See also The Art Amateur, Vol. XXIX, Sept. 1963, p. 80, for an account of when this record was broken.
ELEVEN
1 “lived at the rate” London Evening News, April 9, 1901, p. 2.
2 “a damn fool” Worth’s Confession, p. 13.
3 “He has generally” I. W. Lees to William Pinkerton, San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1886, PA.
4 “rose cheeked girl” Horan, p. 298.
5 “Joe courted the lady” Guerin, p. 48.
6 “they settled down” Horan, p. 299.
7 “like a human tiger” Worth’s Confession, p. 4.
8 “turned on him” ibid.
9 “To prevent detection” Adam Worth, pp. 7–8.
10 “a man of good position” Undated account in Duchess of Devonshire file, PA.
11 “the application for bail” ibid.
12 “was at this time” History of the Duchess of Devonshire, AA.
13 “employed another agent” ibid.
14 “portrait of the Duchess” ibid.
15 “that it was owing” ibid.
16 “the interest in the sale” Times, May 19, 1876.
17 “You remember that landscape” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, p. 33.
18 “Then and there the idea” Worth’s Confession, p. 3.
19 “would go to an acquaintance” Adam Worth, p. 9.
20 “a clumsy thing” Lyons, p. 49.
21 “All England was talking” C. McCluer Stevens, p. 39.
22 “princely gift” Ron Chernow, The House of Morgan—An American Banking Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Finance (New York, 1990), p. 41.
23 “the connection was enough” Letter from J. Spencer Beck, printed in New York Times Magazine, Aug. 21, 1994.
24 “Mr. Junius Morgan dropped” Satterlee, p. 352.
25 “he had to consent” ibid.
26 “absolutely secret” ibid.
27 “It is in the nature” Laurence Sterne, Tristram Shandy, Book II, Chap. 19.
TWELVE
1 “double his usual amount” Rodney Engen, Pre-Raphaelite Prints (London, 1995), p. 20.
2 “Being inhabitants of Bond Street” Times, May 27, 1876, p. 12.
3 “is said to have given” Times, April 10, 1901, p. 4.
4 “all over the known” Adam Worth, p. 10.
5 “the hue and cry” The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 21.
6 “in no way answered” Worth’s Confession, p. 3.
7 “an accessory after the fact” Esterow, p. 187.
8 “had the picture” Worth’s Confession, p. 3.
9 it had been burned The Art Amateur, Vol. XXIX, Sept. 1963, p. 80.
10 “No one who knows the high” ibid.
11 “wise ones had it that” The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 7.
12 “I have a very good clairvoyant” M. Mortimer to William Agnew, May 28, 1876, AA.
13 “No doubt you will” Anon. to William Agnew, May 27, 1876, AA.
14 “Could they not have” Daniel Berman to William Agnew, May 29, 1876, AA.
15 “I shall not take a fraction” “Australia” to William Agnew, Aug. 6, 1876, AA.
16 “Now Mr Agnew you must come” ibid.
17 “A woman will do” ibid.
18 “Sir, Although unknown to you” Marguerite Antehuester to Messrs. Agnew, Boxhill, May 26, 1876, AA.
19 “The interest, not to say anxiety” Midland Daily Telegraph, July 25, 1893, AA.
20 “impresarios paid the leading” Esterow, p. 201.
21 “accomplished a task before” New York Sun, July 26, 1893, AA.
22 “at most of the public ceremonials” New York Herald, July 18, 1897, AA.
23 “the Gainsborough hat” New York Sun, May 29, 1894, AA.
24 “a large curling red feather” Conan Doyle, Case of Identity, in Vol. I, p. 407.
THIRTEEN
1 “furnished rooms on the upper floors” Bender and Altschul, p. 22.
2 “an influence peddler” ibid.
3 “dissipated” William to Robert Pinkerton, Feb. 12, 1902, PA.
4 “a sort of semi-assignation house” ibid.
5 “at one time considered” ibid.
6 “Adam told me he always” ibid.
7 “Gents”
8 “E. Chattrell” to Messrs. Agnew, New York, June 10, 1876, AA.
9 “does not appear” Robert Pinkerton to Superintendent Williamson, Scotland Yard, New York, July 13, 1876, AA.
10 “Our impression, on first reading” William Schaus to Messrs. Agnew, New York, July 22, 1876, AA.
11 “the best managed hotel” Worth’s Confession, p. 10.
12 “which was greatly frequented” ibid., p. 9.
13 “He felt sure it was one” ibid., p. 11.
14 “found in the letter box at” Note written by J. M. Worrall, Letter from NEW YORK to Messrs. Agnew, Dec. 15, 1876, AA.
15 “Gentlemen: We beg to inform you” ibid. Note that this letter as well as the previous letter (signed “Edward Chattrell”) both refer to the “advertisement” resulting from the theft, a peculiar expression which strongly suggests the same writer.
16 “New York, Letter received” Times, Jan. 2, 1877.
17 “a longer piece of the upper” New York to Messrs. Agnew, Jan. 22, 1877, AA.
18 “in order to facilitate matters” New York to Messrs. Agnew & Son, March 6, 1877, AA.
19 “The Picture is over here” ibid.
20 “New York. Am waiting to hear from you” Times, March 26, 1877.
21 “the penalties for the crime” NEW YORK to Agnew’s, May 22, 1877, AA.
22 “I have vainly” NEW YORK to Agnew’s, May ?, 1877.
23 “NEW YORK, No danger to you” Times, May 31, 1877.
24 “Finding that it was impossible” NEW YORK to Agnew’s, Aug. 8, 1877, AA.
25 “I really cannot suggest” NEW YORK to Agnew’s, Aug. 21, 1877, AA.
26 “It seemed evident that he was not” New York Herald, July 18, 1897.
27 “a fin de siècle scoundrel” New York Sun, July 26, 1893.
28 “a white elephant” Worth’s Confession, p. 5.
29 “Feasting his eyes on” Lloyd, p. 2.
FOURTEEN
1 “perfected herself in the arts” New York World, March 21, 1894.
2 “baptized in the local church” Historia de familias Cubanas, Francisco Xavier de Santa Cruz y Mallen, Vol III (Havana, 1940). See also Arzobispado de la Habana, Sección de Dispensas de Amonestaciones, Legajo 36, Numero 106.
3 “when he heard that his father-in-law” New York Herald, Aug. 25, 1899.
4 “Every transaction in which” ibid.
5 “proved veritable gold mines” ibid.
6 slave trade Document #175, PA.
7 “one of the wealthiest” New York Herald, Aug. 25, 1899.
8 “The Terrys owned houses” Bender and Altschul, p. 23.
9 “with which he went into” New York Herald, Aug. 25, 1899.
10 “distinguished for his business ability” ibid.
11 “Young Terry was infatuated” Lyons, p. 46.
12 “She was pretty and fascinating” New York World, March 21, 1894.
13 “His conduct as a prisoner” Eldridge and Watts, p. 54.
14 “insulting postal card” Illustrated Police News, Sept. 22, 1888.
15 “stating that the Manhattan Bank” John Cornish to George Bangs, Boston, Nov. 23, 1886, Document #197, PA.
16 “his ill-gotten gains soon” Eldridge and Watts, p. 54.
17 “fingers so sensitive” John Cornish to George Bangs, Boston, Nov. 23, 1886, Document #197, PA.
18 “while pennyweighting” William to Robert Pinkerton, Feb. 12, 1902, PA, p. 3.
19 was arrested and sent Illustrated Police News, Sept. 22, 1888.
20 “greatly to the consternation” New York World, March 21
, 1894.
21 “exceedingly happy marriage” Lyons, p. 46.
22 “who had grown up” William to Robert Pinkerton, Feb. 12, 1902, PA, p. 3.
23 “permitted Kate’s daughters” Bender and Altschul, p. 23.
24 “Returning from a shopping tour” New York Times, June 15, 1888.
25 “the tone of which indicated” New York World, March 21, 1894.
26 “She wrote a reply” ibid.
27 “sitting smoking and drinking” New York Times, June 15, 1888.
28 “Mrs. Terry, as soon as she entered” ibid.
29 “in the course of which” ibid.
30 “complaining that Mrs. Terry” ibid.
31 “a person of bad character” ibid.
32 “a similar cross-examination” ibid.
33 “Her marriage to Bullard” ibid.
34 “The court experience” New York World, March 21, 1894.
35 “afterwards went South” New York Times, May 7, 1891.
FIFTEEN
1 “being the perpetrator” Adam Worth, p. 11.
2 “While in prison he sent” ibid.
3 “could not control it” ibid.
4 “Gradually certain facts leaked out” ibid., p. 10.
5 “back at the old stand” John Shore to William Pinkerton, in Horan, p. 308.
6 “He became such a ‘bugaboo’ ” Adam Worth, p. 11.
7 “to get even with him” Worth’s Confession, p. 4.
8 “Shore was in the habit” ibid.
9 “keeping a brothel” ibid.
10 “called the Rising Sun” ibid.
11 “He said they had gotten” ibid.
12 “he had got tired of waiting” ibid.
13 “had Supt. Shore treated him” ibid., pp. 3–4.
14 “I told him I thought” ibid., pp. 4–5.
15 “would never have amounted” ibid., p. 3.
16 “This robbery was perpetrated” Adam Worth, p. 16.
17 “From time to time” ibid., p. 10.
18 “for a bagatelle” Horan, p. 305.
19 “not out of the vaults” Worth’s Confession, p. 12.
20 “refused to have anything” ibid.
21 “Phillips demanded that the picture” Adam Worth, p. 10.
22 “suspecting treachery” ibid.
23 “a fighting man” Worth’s Confession, p. 13.
24 “commenced to abuse him” ibid.
25 “He jumped up and struck” ibid.
26 “pulled off” ibid.
27 “denounced him for striking” ibid.
28 “looked to him like Junka” ibid.
29 “they never met again” Adam Worth, p. 11.