Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1897-09-02
WITHOUT A CLUE
Police Discover No Trace Of Missing
Messenger,
PILLAGE OF COLLECTOR DAVIS SAFE
It is Believed Hawkins May Have
Gone to Canada.
REWARD OF $500 OFFERED

Thomas varick Hawkins is about as far
from here as a train could get him. re-
| marked Collector Davis this morning, re-
| ferring to the bold robbery committed
Tuesday afternoon. He may be in Can
ada now added the collector, "or he may
be on his way to Cuba
The collector said that so far as he knew
| the fugitive had not left a single clue be-
| hind him. He had hoped the man arrested
| in Fredericksburg yesterday would prove
| to be Hawkins, in which event he would
probably have had the money on him, but
a dispatch received late yesterday after
| noon made it evident that the suspect was
| not the man wanted, both his eyes being
sound
When the first message was received
from Fredericksburg Collector Davis and
Inspector Mattingly were summoned to
Maj. Moore's office, and the arrest was dis
cusSed. The message made the officials
| feel confident that their man was in GUS
tody, but u second message caused little
doubt, although Inspector Mattingly did
not change his mind about sending a de-
tective down to identify the prisoner. The
Information was given that when an Off
Ger started to make the arrest the colored
man ran and was pursued a mile before
he was overtaken and apprshended. When
a third telegram was received stating that
there was nothing the matter with the
prisoners eyes, the officers gave up the
hope they had, and an officer was not sent
to the Virginia town.
The Reward offered.
Some comment has been made on the
action of the officials concerning the
amount of reward to be offered. Just be-
fore the receipt of the Fredericksburg tele
gram it was given out that the amount
was $500, but at the time the news of the
arrest was announced it was also stated
that the reward was $3.50, and this was
stated In yesterdays Star. When. how
ever. the department ad several hundred
descriptive postals printed, the original
reward, 500, was offered.
The descriptive circular sent out reads
as follows:
Headquarters Metropolitan Police
Washington. d. c., September l, 1897.
$3.50 REWARD--Look out for and arrest
Thomas Varick Hawkins colored, bright
thirty years old. no beard. shoulders in.
clined forward, carries head to one side
when talking forehead high and receding
bad front teeth. long arms. sight of left
the larceny Of 5000 from the office of tax
collector of the District of Columbia, on
the evening of August 81, 1897
VIM. G. MOORE,
MdJoF anu Supt. POLce.
Scattered Far and Wide.
AS soon as the cards were received from
the printer they were sent to the police
authorities in all directions These, in ad-
dition to the scores of kilograms sent out
yesterday. it is thought will post the de-
tectives in every section of the country.
Because OF the distinct marks of identifica-
ton, the local police officials think that
uou cho
with but little delay, unless he is under
cover. All day yesterday and last night
the detectives worked on the case The
fugitives house was visited several times
and well searched, the officers having an
Idea that Hawkins might possibly return
Tor something, as SO many others have
done when endeavoring to elude arrest,
but he did not return.
The usual flood of clues have been re-
ceived by the police from all sources
Several persons have appeared and claimed
positively to have seen Hawkins One of
them declared he had seen him in the Bal
timore and Ohio depot yesterday morning.
but this man, the police say was mistaken,
Tor the depot was watched all day. What
the police place the most reliance in is
the statement that he was seen in the Bal
timore and Ohio depot Tuesday night
about 7:SO o'clock. There seems to be no
doubt that he was there, and it is believed
by some Of the officers that he took the 8
o'clock train for New York. Others. how
ever, do not believe he went out on that
train. and have an idea that he took
southern train and started for New
Orleans.
The Defective Eye.
Hawkins defective left eye, as already
stated, will be the means, the police think,
of Identifying him, but some friends be-
lieve he is smart enough with 80 much
money in his pockets to undergo an opera
ton and have glass eye substituted for
the one which now attracts so much at
tention. This. 1t is said, Is possible to be
done in a short while. and he would prob
ably not have great amount of trouble
In procuring the substitution by some sur
geon who would keep quiet for a consid-
GRAFTON.
Hawkins. although married man. was
fond OF the society of women to the neg
lect OF his wife. as was stated in yester-
days Star, and persons who knew him
say he spent much of his salary in the
section south of Pennsylvania avenue
where there are SO many disreputable
houses. 1t is also stated that he was soon
to have been named as the correspondent
in divorce case now pending before the
court. His name having appeared in this
connection SO often, Inspector MattIngly
this morning was Of the opinion that per-
haps woman had gone with him. and he
instructed his detectives to ascertain If
any of Hawkins female friends had dis
appeared.
went to the house of the woman In whose
divorce case 1t was stated Hawkins would
soon have figured. and he found the woman
at home.
Possibly In Canada.
1t was learned this afternoon that Haw.
kins has relatives in Canada, and this
strengthens the belief that he has gone
there. where he may be able to get under
cover and avoid being arrested. The Of
ficers have learned where those relatives
are, and the Canadian authorities will be
asked to look out for him. Should he be
caught there he may be arrested on q
charge of bringing stolen money into that
country. This may hold him until extra
dition papers could reach there. Wher-
ever he is found 1t is thought he will make
a legal battle and will not return until he
has fought every feature ef the case.
While the detectives seem certain that
Hawkins has left the city, some of his
friends today expressed the belief that he
is still here. Since the murderer Dorsey
Foultz has been at large and,was supposed
at several times to have been pursued by
the police Hawkins manifested an ,,n,,rncI