WILLIAM SCOTT

Alias: KIRBY, SCOTTY, W M CLARK

Specialties: PICKPOCKET, SHOPLIFTER

No: 183 Last Displayed: 1/31/2023

Description:

Forty-six years old in 1886. Born in United States. Married. Marble-cutter. Stout build. Height, 5 feet 6 1/2 inches. Weight, 183 pounds. Black hair, brown eyes, light complexion. Generally wears a dark brown mustache. Short nose, with scar on it.

Record:

"SCOTTY" is an old professional pickpocket and shoplifter. He is well known in New York and all the principal cities in the United States. His picture adorns several Rogues' Galleries. He has served two terms in State prison in New York State, and three in the penitentiary on Blackwell's Island, N. Y. He pays considerable attention to funerals and fairs, and sometimes works with a very clever woman. He was arrested in New York City for shoplifting, and sentenced to two years and six months in Sing Sing prison, on April 17, 1879, by Judge Cowing, in the Court of General Sessions, New York City. He was arrested again in New York City for picking pockets, pleaded guilty to grand larceny, and was sentenced to four years in State prison at Sing Sing, N. Y., on July 12, 1882. His sentence expired on july 12, 1885. Scott's picture is an excellent one, taken in May, 1878.