Monday 21 August 2023

1584 Thomas Leary

 Thomas Lewis (1855-19??, aka Thomas Leary, Kid Leary). American sneak thief and bank robber.
After a first arrest in 1874, Lewis was arrested again in 1877 by New York detectives for the robbery of the Cambridge National Bank of Cambridge, Massachusetts. However, no evidence was found, and he was released.
A month later, Lewis was arrested for stealing a trunk with $10,000 worth of jewelry from a salesman by arranging for the trunk to be diverted at a railroad depot. Lewis was convicted of this crime and sent to Sing Sing for a term of five years.
In October 1881 he robbed the Baltimore bank.
In 1893 he was arrested for concealing a kit of burglar’s tools–possession of which was a felony. He was sentenced to another five years at Sing Sing.
Perhaps seeking different luck, Lewis went west. He was arrested in Waukesha, Wisconsin in 1903, for his involvement in the robbery of the Eagle Bank. Upon walking out of prison, Lewis migrated to Chicago and he was never heard from again.


- "Dark red hair. Eyes, bluish gray. Complexion, light.https://criminalsrevised.org/thomas-lewis-6/


 

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