The times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1890-1903, 1894-08-14
BURNETT SEES BLAIR.
THE BANK CASHIER HAS A TAIN
WITH THE SWINDLER.
lie Did Not CALI the Richmond Mans
Name. but Showed Recognition by
His Face and Conversation.

who SWindled persons In this city and IN
Petersburg a year ago. is Robert -.
Baker. who is now in Jail at Bel Air, Md,
for swindling the Hartford Bank OF S-,liO
by a bogus draft.
Mr. IL. G.. Burnett, cashier OF the First
National Bank, OF Richmond. on which
he tried while here to pass bogus draft
identified him at the Bel Air jail Sunday.
/ saw Mr. Burnett at FOrds Hotel last
evening. and when asked II the man ne
s;&T at Bel Air was the man known mere
as J. Harvey Blair. he said that he was;
that he ate at the same table Win MN
for six weeks and saw a good deal or
him during that time; that IL was impos 81
Bile for him 10 be mistaken, that he Is the
man ard no other.
Mr. Burnett went over from Baltimore
Sunday morning to Bel Air. in Hariori
county. for the purpose of identifying the
swindler. lie arrived at IL O'Clock anu
found the sheriff. who is I'm charge ~ the
jail. away. The sheriff son was n'uDI-
full about allowing him % see the prisoner
until the cashier removed all DOUBT or
his intentions and identity by repeating
the exact words Of letters and teieSrainS
he had written his father.
~ THE JAIL.
The Bel Air Jail is in rear OF the
shorfn's dwelling. and the SEQ Ond uo"r,
where "Blair' is incarceratei IN stone
cell. is reached 10y winding stairway
Within two feet of the head Ot me sldlI .
way is a cell door on the right, I'VE 'D.l
further on is another cell door on 'nc
same side. The latter cell is the one IL
which j. Harvey Blair is kept
On the upper floor Mr. Gtfneit Iountn
q warden, who stopped his approach
until the sherins son told MN from
below that II was all right. 100.
Mr. Burnett asked 10 see baheI'
the name by which he is known III Del
The warden. stepping to the grating IN
"Rlairs" cell door, told him gentleman
wanted TO see him. ..,.l,,,.,,.
What is his namet asked 'ue pu,t,rJen
He declined to give II, said the NdlED'i.
Then / think / had better not see n''''
V lrr Rurnett. Who could distinctly hear
the conversation going ON .,.fT,ioir.s''
from him. at once recognized ~ son
voice and 50 called 10 the sneili sun
| below.
TIE RrcoGNITIOS.
Thinking il best to end the matter
Mr.. Burnett quickly placed hlmSeI l.'
front of the grating m ne cen See
the face and features OF the ~
and standing within foot Oh MN -"
OF &c recognized him as the man I'm
arrest gives so much satlsiac'o" 80
H "H"w are you. Harvey: said me
cashier. How are you, replied tne pl'
oner. without calling 70, G1she,..l, .so,ced
though every lincament 81 ms race 49,. So
rcca..u. ION. Emotions Oh 7"i ~
worry. amusement. ana e g.o. io 9uiok
recognition passed over '''
succes5s,i,o4 ,,oto5 that Mr.. Burnett adj
dressed him by the name which Is ,s sng
/ given name OF the coSuomen ne u,.
| here. while il is also rilu ly . ~" ,,s.I
name. and the cashier studlousE Vim
! IN A., So ad lressing h,m pNIp"-Vs 1r
/ tbot knowledge i'm view ana lot 'i'' '''0
| IN MIGHT have. - In re-
When he acc0sted the prisoner Hr IL,
marked that he was s,' ,'E,, hn did
such things and led such a Iile; .., rris-
What sort Of d IKE. dSN'" '''0
+ oner. 60, ,t,, ,rrnose
ron well, am not H,I' l'' tt
/ Of worrying YOU, StI" '"r ,,'t, wants
/ you don LOOK Ike 81 l'' .i,l.t, ,,J,t IA
| 10 WORRY man. IeilirI t'i''' H., sol
one Of the sweet 9i-iil,9 49,,
with $50 much EN- sl l.i a., 49, i,n~ tall,
/ But | Would me IT, 10" -. al, t'i.,ce to
! with You. bul llil7 ~ nv '''' rrr
] talk now ana my VIC u ~ - t.,.. -
! / not make all "Pp'i" l''O'.' tt. ,,tf,
/ talk with you asker I'M ,r ,.,+ ~, .,, a.
| ne pttfcd lAIouL" ia, ,,.i,b ir,,yn
/ look al the ultlr oman ''' "a ..t+n
! chestnut hair VINO sal IN w o,' hi.i,i i','
! her back To the door anu At- A"~'
! from view. ~ .,.to,,t
"No, ! couldn tdiN anyway "'''''''
/ consulting my c'Iii~tl- .,t,. .,b,+ &C.
! Wv Ell, IepH,u ''- ~, IN iientifv
! all right. 1 Only '"'''- "''' ~
! FVu ,........ ....t..i,f,.. r.,ii.l in q smart
| Inc pti9"ii'. ga. ~; - {, tbon
! way. e''' ''"' '' III Gnu W. 49,
KNOWN A. BAKER.
! .H-,,,, ora Harvey Blair 10 me-" sal /
! ,ho r,ebi.r "th1f is the only name you
! ,r,. l,n,vn to me- bv."
] d. 49, ~ ',. ,l,sr here " raulied the
! t..' No. , ~, ain , word of goodbye
| ~ i'., rsffr.d Glad that the man
| ,,boee .abfmi9e plans of sWindllu- he $50
! narrowly escaped, was behind prison bars.
! and his Ions career oil similar CRIME
| stopper. 3D.. ..,.,.....,,.., ,rr -.
Altnou-h hli,i li "niI '9'l,7 ",i. i, ,,...
! nett ana h't can ms idiH- o' H''hc ''.5
| direct reference 10 lNst P.tFl""7 '.'l "''D
! lance me- showed ih gus ld.'' atli"H9 ail.'
| conversation mat iue ~. 'sHlli'A WAS
| Immediate ana llhnl. iananie. "
BAR "iIe mas hdt access 70 mn
| freely since nus lhcdIc .luoh' "HI lIi7
| TACT IN connection with the insecurity 'l
me Eei ar JAN maKeS M idiiSlt .,''i =
| tul Of hla escape. tie t"Il the SncrlI "l
| Blalrs wonderful personal resources ana
the danger ~ a man VINO was as smart u
| schemer as ne was IN kettlhS away. sir.
| burnett Drllefes thaJ hltlf hdi an ace
| coInpuce mere, ana may nave on" nos ,
VINO. WIN me aid OF ms VIE might easi ~
| escape Dy HctAods known 10 such mlHqs.
Air shares this fear, and VIII try u get
Blair transferred 10 Baltimore whore he
would be more secure.
His trial does not come Off until Mo-
other opportunity for escape
"Hllir" is undoubtedly the most dam
-rr1u, man En- his line OF crime in the
| United States. and his peculiar shrewd-