SIXTEEN
1 “a combination of the artist” Bank of England statement, March 11, 1880, quoted in Horan, p. 308.
2 “be on his guard when dealing” Worth’s Confession, p. 12.
3 “On account of his tendency” ibid.
4 “He might have lived” Eldridge and Watts, p. 48.
5 “came to London” Worth’s Confession, p. 3.
6 “number of dynamite explosions” Adam Worth, p. 12.
7 “the very best of the lot” Quoted in Horan, p. 306.
8 “he feared to leave it” Lyons, p. 53.
9 “thirty or so paintings” Jules Verne, Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1870), Chap. 11.
10 “I’m not what you would” Verne, Chap. 10.
11 “partly on business, partly on pleasure” Chief Inspector J. G. Littlechild, Cassel’s Sunday Journal, Nov. 22, 1893.
12 “a noted English crook” Adam Worth, p. 13.
13 “crystallized romance” Cited in Stefan Kanfer, The Last Empire: De Beers, Diamonds, and the World (New York, 1993), p. 30.
14 “Rabbis, rebels, rogues” Cited in Kanfer, p. 34.
15 “large ostrich feathers” Kanfer, p. 37.
16 “As there were no restrictions” Standard Encyclopedia of Southern Africa (Pretoria, 1971), Vol. III, p. 487. See: “Crimes, Non-violent.” “He opened an office” Horan, p. 308.
17 “While looking about” Adam Worth, p. 13.
18 “looked the situation over” ibid.
19 “an American sea captain” ibid. capture the driver ibid., p. 14.
20 “the horses were thrown” ibid.
21 “created quite a sensation” ibid.
22 “game fellow” William to Robert Pinkerton, Feb. 12, 1902, p. 4, PA.
23 “had weakened and got scared off” Worth’s Confession, p. 6.
24 “decided to remain to have” Adam Worth, p. 14.
25 “£200 immediately” Worth’s Confession, p. 6.
26 “His intention” ibid.
27 “an old gentleman” Adam Worth, p. 14.
28 “took three parcels out” ibid.
29 “pleaded that it was of” ibid.
30 “there was a deep stream” ibid.
31 “The next night” ibid.
32 “The swag” Worth’s Confession, p. 6.
33 “he had been embezzling” Adam Worth, p. 15.
34 “experts from England” Littlechild.
35 “Knowing that anyone who” Adam Worth, p. 15.
36 “seeing the thing in the papers” Worth’s Confession, p. 6.
37 “some article which he had” ibid.
38 “more for the” ibid.
39 “He said that John” ibid., p. 13.
40 “clever, educated fellow” Adam Worth, p. 15.
41 “married to a lady” Shinburn, p. 8.
42 “By putting their goods” Adam Worth, p. 15.
43 “If I had ever possessed” Dilnot, p. 657.
44 “It has been ‘discovered’ ” Times, April 10, 1901, p. 4.
45 “I believe I have found” Anonymous letter, May 5, 1884, AA.
46 “while a gang of men were engaged” Pall Mall Gazette, undated clipping, AA.
47 “seen the thief” Anonymous, undated letter in AA.
48 “custodians of this article” Meiklejohn & Son to G. Lewis, Feb. 16, 1887, AA.
49 “racing frauds” Worth’s Confession, p. 4.
50 “Negotiations can be opened” New York Herald, cited in Esterow, p. 193.
51 “New York.—If the present owner” ibid.
52 “What his precise” New York Sun, May 29, Vol. XLV, no. 271, otherwise undated, AA.
SEVENTEEN
1 “as the first gentleman” Harrison, p. 34.
2 “a pair of the finest” Lloyd, p. 2.
3 “even his heavy losses at” Lyons, p. 56.
4 “a very fine house” Lloyd, p. 2.
5 “About five o’clock on the” C. McCluer Stevens, p. 40.
6 “down the steps leading to the basement” ibid.
7 “the office was plunged” ibid.
8 “Worth, the moment the gas failed” ibid.
9 “had the effect of causing” Midland Daily Telegraph, July 25, 1893, AA.
10 “I made an average” Lloyd, p. 2.
11 “If ever a man in this” Guerin, p. 76.
12 “he loved … to pit his skill” C. McCluer Stevens, p. 38.
13 “Raymond loved his work” ibid.
14 “From year to year the safemakers” Shinburn, Safe Burglary, p. 3, PA.
15 “the burglar kept pace” ibid.
16 “one of the cleverest framers-up” Guerin, p. 297.
17 “It is an odd thing” Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray, Chap. 18.
18 “a mob of all round crooks” I. W. Lees to William Pinkerton, San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1886, PA.
19 “It was a clean job” ibid.
20 “He is still dead” ibid.
21 “grew worse than ever” Guerin, p. 48.
22 “slugged one of” ibid.
23 “It was surely the irony” ibid.
24 “dispute with the baggage man” I. W. Lees to William Pinkerton, San Francisco, Feb. 19, 1886, PA.
25 “twisted the lock off” Worth’s Confession, p. 6. widow who lived with Lyons, p. 58.
26 “He became, in time” ibid.
27 “She was a beautiful woman” ibid.
28 “one of the little girls” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
29 “devotedly attached” William to Robert Pinkerton, Feb. 12, 1902, PA.
30 “standing in fine grounds” The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 28.
31 “under the roof of a summer” Lloyd, p. 3.
32 “he hid it in the chartroom” ibid.
33 “the proceeds from the big” Worth’s Confession, p. 9.
34 “he made a great bluff” ibid.
35 “scared them out of” ibid.
36 “after his liberation” Adam Worth, p. 13.
37 “would have given him” Worth’s Confession, p. 9.
38 “several thousand dollars’ worth” ibid.
39 “At a small cost of a few” Horan, p. 311.
40 “one occasion he walked out” C. McCluer Stevens, p. 43.
41 “Sophie Lyons was a” Guerin, p. 119.
42 “I was walking down” ibid., p. 120.
43 “noted American bank sneak” William Pinkerton to George Bangs, Chicago, April 27, 1913, PA.
44 “We went to have a drink” Guerin, p. 120.
45 “that dinner might have” ibid.
46 “I didn’t say anything” ibid., p. 121.
47 “Thieves came to him” Kingston, pp. 264–5.
48 “Adam Worth” New York World, Sept. 2, 1888. enmity between Worth’s Confession, p. 6.
49 “A friend of mine who” Dilnot, p. 662.
50 “who has been known to me” John Shore to William Pinkerton, May 21, 1888, PA.
51 “have fitted up the place” ibid.
EIGHTEEN
1 “It was nip and tuck” Shinburn, Safe Burglary, p. 2.
2 “The guns leave the Big Man’s” Quoted in Morn, p. 121.
3 “the Pinkertons did more” Guerin, p. 301.
4 “the practice of” Horan, p. 356.
5 “principally constituted” Morn, p. 148.
6 “There are few” Cited in Horan, p. 389.
7 “instinctive altruism” Morn, p. 138.
8 “didn’t like” Horan, p. 369.
9 “Crooks Club” Morn, p. 131.
10 “the Canadian government looks” ibid., p. 121.
11 “he had looked about this country” Worth’s Confession, p. 9.
12 “plays sad havoc” Guerin, p. 301.
13 “fidgety over the” John Shore to Pinkerton’s, Aug. 4, 1888, Document #744, PA.
14 “for uttering spurious” Police News, Aug. 10, 1895.
15 “The urge to speculate” Ga
llagher, p. 72.
16 “gambling and extortion” ibid.
17 “with resources sadly depleted” ibid.
18 “Max and Charlie [sic] after” New York Herald, July 18, 1897.
19 “tired of supporting his old” ibid.
20 “hoped to realize at least” Gallagher, p. 75.
21 “They planned to rob the bank” ibid., p. 74.
22 “To save time rather than” ibid., p. 76.
23 “fired a pistol at one” ibid.
24 “one of the experts requested” ibid.
25 “identified them as notorious” New York Herald, July 18, 1897.
26 “to reunite with the” Bullard, Prince of Burglars, Document #176, PA.
NINETEEN
1 “Worth was living” Adam Worth, p. 11.
2 “One would have thought” ibid., p. 16.
3 “the boy would be sent” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
4 “one of the most” New York Jeweler’s Review, March 16, 1889.
5 “make a tour of the continent” ibid.
6 “Alonzo, in spite of the fact” Worth’s Confession, p. 9.
7 “jumped on the seat” ibid.
8 “in less time than this” Meuse, Oct. 6, 1892.
9 “Alonzo was to be on the lookout” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
10 “got off the van” ibid.
11 “Monsieur Decorty, a railway employee” Meuse, Oct. 6, 1892.
12 “seeing the” ibid.
13 “he too set off after” Gazette de Liège, Oct. 6, 1892.
14 “The fugitive already had” ibid.
15 “hastened to rid himself” Meuse, Oct. 6, 1892.
16 “two blocks away” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
17 “an audacious coup” Gazette de Liège, Oct. 6, 1892.
18 “he was dressed in gentlemanly” Soir, Oct. 7, 1892.
19 “conventional attire” Meuse, Oct. 6, 1892.
20 “the extremely solid ‘Pince Monsieur’ ” ibid.
21 “There is evidence to suggest” Gazette de Liège, Oct. 7, 1892.
22 “If you knew the truth” Gazette de Liège, March 21, 1893.
23 “He refuses to disclose” ibid.
24 “With the loyalty for which” Lyons, p. 59.
25 “this individual had” Meuse, Oct. 6, 1892.
26 “a million francs or $200,000” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
27 “valuable state papers” ibid.
28 “The official value of the papers” Meuse, Oct. 6, 1892.
29 “continued to maintain” Gazzette de Liège, Oct. 10, 1892.
30 “This fellow speaks and writes” Belgian legal circular, Oct. 10, 1892, issued by Juge d’Instruction Théodore de Corswarem, Liège, p. 2, PA.
31 “neither the police nor the detectives” New York Herald, July 18, 1897.
32 “Interrogated on the subject” Meuse, Oct. 10, 1892.
33 “Investigations have been made” ibid.
34 “had got hold of the newspaper” New York Herald, July 18, 1897.
35 “had never passed out of Worth’s hands” Shinburn, p. 6.
36 “lives in extravagant style” ibid.
37 “His policy is to deal” ibid.
38 “known Worth, alias Raymond” ibid.
39 “rather Jewish” ibid.
40 “very fond of wearing” ibid.
41 “It may be said with truth” ibid.
42 “Shore blistered me” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
43 “he expected every day” ibid.
44 “we were not called on” ibid.
45 “To tell the truth he has changed” William Pinkerton to John Shore, Denver, Colorado, Nov. 3, 1892, PA.
46 “I will write to the Judge” Robert Pinkerton to John Shore, misdated Oct. 1, 1892, PA.
47 “I know what your institution” Worth’s Confession, p. 2.
48 “a debt of gratitude” ibid.
TWENTY
1 “Session of 20 and 21st March” Gazette de Liège, March 20, 1893.
2 “Henry Raymond, a well known sporting” World, November 7, 1892.
3 “the man Wirth” Daily Telegraph, March 22, 1893.
4 “claimed to represent” Adam Worth, p. 17.
5 “declined to have anything” ibid.
6 “English authorities” ibid.
7 “word from the” ibid.
8 “admit to his own lawyer” ibid.
9 “eager to see the defendant” Gazette de Liège, March 21, 1893.
10 “lost much of his gentlemanly” ibid.
11 “deprived of the magnificent whiskers” Meuse, March 21, 1893.
12 “This is no longer the gentleman” ibid.
13 The condensed account of Worth’s trial is translated from La Gazette de Liège, March 21, 1893. The Gazette’s reporter misheard Worth’s alias as “Rau,” thus, no doubt, further confusing matters.
TWENTY-ONE
1 “had managed to curry” Adam Worth, pp. 17–18.
2 “He was a constant give-away” Worth’s Confession, p. 2.
3 “He was pigeon for the” ibid.
4 “Of all the dirty” ibid.
5 “There was nothing from” ibid.
6 “never get over” ibid.
7 “result sometime in his” ibid.
8 “rumors reached Worth” Lyons, p. 59.
9 “entertained the Kaiser” The Gainsborough Duchess, p. 26.
10 “mind gave way under” Lyons, p. 60.
11 “they grew to manhood” ibid.
12 “very bitter” Worth’s Confession, p. 8.
13 “would never have” ibid.
14 “The prison treatment” ibid., p. 10.
15 “from the inside” ibid.
16 “When I fell down” ibid.
17 “document furnished by” New York Herald, July 18, 1897.
18 “considerably less than his” ibid.
19 “all officers of the police” Gallagher, p. 73.
20 “Always well dressed” ibid.
21 “working on small banks” Arrest of Shinburn, p. 11, PA.
22 “In his residence was found” ibid.
23 “The arrest of Shinburne is undoubtedly” ibid.
24 “now obliged to use” ibid.
25 “a man quiet in manner” ibid.
26 “lying sick with nervousness” Worth’s Confession, p. 2.
27 “glorious news” ibid.
28 “that news had done” ibid.
29 “A well-known criminal” Daily Telegraph, May 11, 1893.
30 “In a drawer in the prisoner’s” ibid.
31 “It did not seem possible” Sifakis, p. 471.
32 “procured several” Asbury, p. 217.
33 “succeeded in transferring” Sante, p. 211.
34 “SHE WAS ONCE A BARMAID” World, March 21, 1894.
35 “the older daughters” ibid.
36 “was already well provided” Bender and Altschul, p. 24.
37 “squandered … on finery and whims” ibid.
38 “It is the ambition of the New Yorker” ibid.
39 “She had lived enough history” New York Herald, Aug. 25, 1899.
40 “handsome, devilish, Hugh Marcy” Rosamund de Zeer Marshall, Kitty (London, 1945), p. 180.
41 “The velvet caress” ibid., p. 175.
42 “Just call me Tom” ibid., p. 3.
43 “You are by far the most” ibid., p. 260.
44 “Zere iss only wan” ibid., p. 132.
45 “all man” ibid., p. 302.
46 “I doffed my night robe” ibid., p. 304.
47 “a lot of effort went” Julie Gilbert, Opposite Attraction (New York, 1995), p. 299.
48 “speak only in Cockney” ibid.
49 “$3.5 million in domestic” ibid., p. 301.
50 “Paulette Goddard has worked up” New York Herald Tribune, April 1, 1946, quoted in Gilbert, p. 301.
TWENTY-TWO
1 “A Seventeen years mystery” P
all Mall Gazette, July 24, 1893.
2 “a man named Marsend” Globe, July 28, 1893.
3 “a man of business” ibid.
4 “has confessed with” Pall Mall Gazette, July 24, 1893.
5 “they had a clue to the” Undated memo from “McGeorge,” c. July 26, 1893, AA.
6 “in consort” ibid.
7 had given the men ibid.
8 “his principal object” ibid.
9 “Worth has promised” Pall Mall Gazette, July 24, 1893.
10 “He made his entry” ibid.
11 “Nothing is said in the account” Midland Daily Telegraph, July 25, 1893.
12 “Messrs. Agnew, no doubt” Bath Herald, July 26, 1893.
13 “to worship” Sun, July 26, 1893.
14 “had used the dastard knife” ibid.
15 “the story may or may not” Manchester Courier, July 25, 1893.
16 “haunted during sleepless nights” ibid.
17 “unburden his mind” ibid.
18 “As the felon has been” ibid.
19 “in the course of the interview” Globe, July 28, 1893.
20 “fits of laughter” ibid.
21 “It seems certain” ibid.
22 “I still retain the belief” Robert to William Pinkerton, undated letter, PA.
23 “Certain newspapers” Pall Mall Gazette, July 26, 1893.
24 “The firm have recently” ibid.
25 “We could have had the picture” ibid.
26 “The negotiations for the return” ibid.
27 “was never engraved” Engen, p. 20.
28 “There may be some truth” Sun, July 26, 1893.
29 “heard the news with the calm” ibid.
30 “Mysterious men came to me” ibid.
31 “made an application to” M. Worrall, memo, Aug. 25, 1893, AA.
32 “he was Wirth’s associate” Morland Agnew, memo, Aug. 2, 1893, AA.
33 “or by anybody else” ibid.
34 “Nothing could be done” M. Worrall, memo, Aug. 25, 1893, AA.
35 “Undoubtedly the picture” Morland Agnew, memo, Aug. 2, 1893, AA.
36 “There was nothing to be” ibid.
TWENTY-THREE
1 “through the fingers of the” Pall Mall Gazette, July 24, 1893.
2 Even before he definitively introduced Moriarty in “The Final Problem,” the Sherlock Holmes story published in The Strand Magazine and McLure’s Magazine in December 1893, Conan Doyle appears to have been aware of some of Worth’s exploits. “The Resident Patient,” published in August of that year, refers to the “Worthingdon Bank Gang.”
3 “The original of Moriarty” Vincent Starrett, The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (London, 1933), pp. 141–42.
4 Dr. Briggs, a well-known physician from St. Louis, was a close friend of Conan Doyle. His quest for the factual origins of Conan Doyle’s writing led him to establish the “real” premises of 221B Baker Street.
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