Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . pick up anything that caughther fancy for the moment, without any apparent discriminationin the measure of value, or any consideration of the stock oftrinkets which she had at home. In 1869, about a year after her performance at Portsmouth,her husband took a leading part in the great robbery of theOcean Bank in New York, in company with Max Shinburnand other burglars of note. Lyons had a large share of thebooty, but it melted away like snow in the mist. He b
Our rival, the rascal : a faithful portrayal of the conflict between the criminals of this age and the defenders of society, the police . pick up anything that caughther fancy for the moment, without any apparent discriminationin the measure of value, or any consideration of the stock oftrinkets which she had at home. In 1869, about a year after her performance at Portsmouth,her husband took a leading part in the great robbery of theOcean Bank in New York, in company with Max Shinburnand other burglars of note. Lyons had a large share of thebooty, but it melted away like snow in the mist. He bought avilla on Long Island and begged his wife to live on his stolenfortune without dabbling in petty thefts. A son was born tothem, and he hoped that the tiny hands of the baby might holdhis mother at home. But when her baby was only six monthsold, Sophie Lyons was caught stealing in a New Yorkjewelry store. By her artful pretences she escaped with alight sentence of six months on Blackwells Island, but herhome was broken up and her child was put in the care offriends. In 1870, while she was in the penitentiary on the island, her. ;S #
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