Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . on the character and coloring of every com-munity with which they mingle, with the art of accomplishedactors. The prime essential for the success of their schemesis an opportunity for a sly entrance behind the bank countersor for a grab through a window or other opening. This isusually effected by some device, distracting the attention of thebank officials or securing the temporary absence of one ormore of them or hoodwinking them in some way. The two sneaks
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . on the character and coloring of every com-munity with which they mingle, with the art of accomplishedactors. The prime essential for the success of their schemesis an opportunity for a sly entrance behind the bank countersor for a grab through a window or other opening. This isusually effected by some device, distracting the attention of thebank officials or securing the temporary absence of one ormore of them or hoodwinking them in some way. The two sneaks who were arrested in Toronto for swindlingthe Scotch tourist were remarkably expert in every trick oftheir craft and contrived for years to elude conviction for theirfrauds and larcenies, by using confederates as cats-paws to ex-ecute their schemes and providing every cover for themselveswhich slyness and money could procure. They were permittedto give bail in Toronto and leave the city, well pleased to escapefor the amount of their forfeited bail. Next month, Hovan wascaught again in an attempt to rob a bank in Denver, Colorado,. THE BAJsK SXEAK. A SLIPPERY AND SUBTLE KNAVE. i2X in company with his confederate, Sheridan. Hovan was cap-tured while sneaking out of the vault of the bank, but Sheridan,who was standing outside, slipped away unsuspected, althoughhis face was afterwards recalled and identified. AlthoughHovan was literally caught in the sneak act, he did not lose hisinvincible impudence; and his protestations and explanationswere so plausible that he would probably have obtained a dis-charge if he had not been identified. Notwithstanding thisidentification, he was again permitted to give bail which he wasonly too willing to forfeit. It may properly be observed that the requirement of a fewhundred dollars in the form of cash bail from bank sneaks ofthe class of Sheridan and Hovan, is scarcely more than a pettyfine, in its practical effect, which these criminals pay no
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