The sun., 1900-09-16
ssbtssuto Street. nnsts.nib Street and Sixth Hv.uu..
GOT A POST OFFICE ROBBER
MARTIN, WHO BROKE JAIL IN
ROCHESTER,, CAUGHT HERE.

Implicated with Topeka Joe, Who Has Jsst
Broken Jail In Richmond, Va, In the Rob
Der! Of the Peninsula Bank At Williams
bsrG, ya.-wn Go Back to MonIes County.
Charles Martin. alias Michigan Red. one
Of the most notorious bank and Post Offioe
robbers In the East, was arrested here at mid
night on Friday by Post ONCE Inspectors Jacobs
and James and Pinkerton Detectives Dough-
erty and Rogers. The inspectors and deteo-
tives have been on his track for some time
but 1t was not until Friday evening that they
were successful In finding him. The Post
ONCE authorities want Martin for completely
IN the robbery OF the Post once at Nunda.
Monroe county. on Dec. 2s. 1902 The Pinker-
ton men were In the employ OF the Fidelity
and Casualty Company Of this city which was
anxious 10 apprehend Martin for his part in
the robbery Of a number OF banks In Maryland
and Virginia whose safes and bank vaults
were insured or protected by the company The
bank robbery for which Martin Is particu-
larly wanted and In connection with which
he has already been practically Identified was
that OF the Peninsula Bank at Williamson burg.
Va, on May "a last
In the robbery Of the Post ONCE at Nunda
last December Martin and companion blew
open the safe with nltroglycerine. in the use
Of which Martin Is an expert. and carried away away
an exciting chase Martin was captured. He
was taken 10 the Monroe county jail In Roches-
ltTI lTOn NIllcn ne escaped dlleT week. hlVtT
his escape from Rochester he went South and
engaged II Is pretty we'll assured, In safe
blowing In Virginia and other Southern States
The robbery Of the williamsburg bank was
an especially bold undertaking. The bank
was entered by a band Of armed men on the
night OF May "a 1900. and $500 cash was se-
cured. The nitro-slycerine explosions awak-
ened persons living near the bank and when the
robbers finished their work and attempted TO
escape they found the building surrounded
by armed men. They fought their way out,
however. and escaped from the town, but were
so clearly seen that the identity OF several OF
them was established beyond a doubt One
Of those identified was Martin and Pinkerton
detectives have been tracking him ever since
One Of the other men implicated Joseph Rapley,
alias Topeka Joe.' was arrested by Pinkerton
men at Portland. Ore. on July Is He. was
while awaiting trial. he made sensational
escape from jail on Sept r
Martin has served terms in the jails at Plain
field and New Brunswick. N j, and a two-and-
a-half-year sentence at the Western Peniten-
tiary for robbery and early in 1909 he served
six months sentence in the Onondaga County
sheriff Ford Of Monroe county win take
Martin back 10 Roche ester tonight The prts-
oner aCknow edges that he Ia the man wanted
for the Nunda robbery, and says be wants
to plead guilty and begin serving his term
as soon as possible The Virginia authorities
prison 20 which he IL sentenced. so that after
finishing his term-unless he escapes-he may
be taken TO Williamsburg 20 be tried for par
tcipation In the Peninsula Bank burglary
He Is at present locked up In the Church street
station