THOMAS McCARTY

Alias: BRIDGEPORT TOMMY, GEORGE DAY, TOMMY MOORE

Specialties: BURGLAR

No: 87 Last Displayed: 11/8/2021

Description:

Thirty-six years old in 1886. Born in Ireland. Stout build. Sandy complexion, Height, 5 feet 7 inches. Weight, 160 pounds. Light brown hair, brown eyes, high cheek bones. Has an India ink ring on second finger of left hand. Generally wears. a sandy mustache.

Record:

"TOMMY MOORE," or MCCARTY, the latter being his right name, is a well known New York sneak, pickpocket and burglar. He was formerly an associate of Joe Parish. He went to Europe, and on his return fell in with Johnny Dobbs, and worked with him all over the United States until the gang was arrested in Massachusetts. He is known East and West, and is considered a first-class outside man. He formerly lived in Bridgeport, Conn., where he was known as "Bridgeport Tommy." He was arrested in Lawrence, Mass., on March 3, 1884, under the name of George Day, in company of Mike Kerrigan, alias Johnny Dobbs, Dennis Carroll, alias Wm. Thompson (147), Frederick P. Gray (73) and John Love (68), with burglars' tools in their possession. They had just left their rooms to commit a burglary, when the marshal and his officers made a dash for them and succeeded in holding four of them. The fifth man, Johnny Love, escaped from the officer. After their arrest, their rooms at the Franklin House were searched, and one of the most complete set of burglars' tools ever made was found there. On March 6, 1884, Dobbs, Day and Gray were committed for trial in $10,000 bail each. Thompson, who had fired several shots at the officers, was committed in $20,000 bail. Kerrigan, alias Dobbs, and Thompson pleaded guilty, in the Superior Court of Lawrence, Mass., to having burglars' tools in their possession, and were sentenced to ten years each in Concord prison, on July 9, 1884. McCarty, or Day, and Gray stood trial, were convicted, and sentenced in the same court, on February I I, 1885, to ten years each. McCarty's picture is an excellent one, taken in March, 1884.