The Napoleon of Crime (47 page)

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.