JAMES TITTERINGTON

Alias: HENDERSON, TITTER

Specialties: BURGLAR, BUTCHER-CART THIEF

No: 111 Last Displayed: 1/29/2016

Description:

Thirty years old in 1886. Born in New York. A driver. Single. Medium build. Height, 5 feet 10 1/4 inches. Weight, 155 pounds: Black. hair, gray eyes, sallow complexion. Has letters "J. T." in India ink on right arm. Stutters when talking.

Record:

"TITTER," the name he is best known by, was born in New York City. He branched out as a sneak thief, from that to a burglar, and then a highwayman. He has served time in Sing Sing prison, and in the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island, New York, for larceny and burglary. He was arrested in Philadelphia on January 15, 1884, and brought to New York City in connection with Willie Farrell (109) and Eddie Goodie (110), for robbing one Luther Church of $2,300, on December 31, 1883. as Mr. Church was descending the steps of the Elevated Railroad station at 111th Street and Second Avenue, New York. Titterington and Farrell were on the stairway, and as soon as he passed down by them they followed, and Farrell hit him with a piece of lead pipe about eighteen inches long and knocked him down. Titter snatched the bundle of money and both jumped into a butcher-cart. and were driven away by Goodie. Titter made a confession after his arrest, and was made the principal witness against Goodie, who was convicted. Farrell pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to fifteen years' imprisonment. Titterington also pleaded guilty, and was sentenced to seven years and six months in State prison on March 14, 1884. His picture is an excellent one, taken in December, 1876.