JOHN CARROLL

Alias: BARNES, THE KID

Specialties: BANK SNEAK

No: 192 Last Displayed: 2/28/2022

Description:

Twenty-three years old in 1886: Born in New York. Single. No trade. Medium build. Height, 5 feet 3 inches. Weight, 115 pounds. Brown hair, blue eyes, straight nose, slim face, light complexion. Has India ink spot on left arm.

Record:

YOUNG CARROLL is a first-class bank sneak. He traveled through the country with Charles J. Everhardt, alias Marsh Market Jake (30), working the banks. Carroll was known as "Marsh Market Jake's Kid." A number of people claim that this is the boy that used to work with Rufe Minor, alias Pine (1). Such is not the case, as Jake brought this boy out and left him behind him in Baltimore. He is not the first man that Jake left behind. Jake and "The Kid" entered the Citizens' Bank in Baltimore, Md., on October 22, 1885, and did what is called a "turn trick." A citizen, named Jeremiah Townsend, had drawn some money and was in the act of counting it, when Carroll, who gave the name of James F. Barnes, called his attention to some bills on the floor. While Mr. Townsend was in the act of picking up the money from the floor, Carroll snatched $525 of the money from the desk. He was not quick enough, however, as Mr. Townsend caught him and held him until he was arrested. Jake, as usual, made good his escape. Carroll, alias Barnes, pleaded guilty and was sentenced to five years and six months in the Maryland penitentiary, at Baltimore, on October 24, 1885. See Commutation Laws of Maryland for expiration of sentence. Carroll's picture is an excellent one, taken in October, 1885.