Evening star., 1901-02-19
IDENTlFIElAS SAFE BLOWER
DEAD MAN SAID TO HAVE SERVED
TINE At ALBANY.
Mystery Surrounding Two Men Sup
posed to Have Been Run Over
by prain.

! detectives are very much interested In th'
| case of the two young men who wer'
| brought here Saturday morning from th'
! Virginia Midland crossing below Alexandra
| where they were supposed to have beer
struck by a railroad train. One of the mer
| died at the Emergency Hospital Sunday, a:
published In yesterdays Star Severa
names were given by him, among them
John Wiley and Charles Foulke, and the
body has now been positively identified as
that of Charles Foulke, who was sent from
this city in 1893 to the Albany penitentiary
for safe blowing. He was sentenced for
twelve years, and in October last he gained
his liberty, reducing the time by good be-
havior.
Chief Inspector Smith Of the Post Office
Department is satisfied that the body Is
that of Charles Foulke and he Is equally
satisfied that the men were not injured by
being struck by a train. 1t Is his idea that
they were the victims of dynamite ex-
plosion while riding on the platform OF a
car.
Yesterday afternoon Inspector Smith and
Detective Horne visited the Emergency
Hospital and saw the man who gives his
name Howard. He resembles James Nc
Carthy, who was sent to the penitentiary
with Foulke nearly eight years ago. He
has given his name as John Wiley and John
Cummings, and claims he is an iron worker
from IlNclnndU. Inc lnNeSllSdtlOn has not
yet been concluded and some interesting
developments are expected by the post office
inspectors. ....,
Late yesterday afternoon r. NJ. Shook,
who conducts a restaurant at 100 D street
northwest visited the morgue and identified
the body. He gave a minute description Of
the clothing worn by Foulke when he saw
him several nights ago on the street. India
ink marks on the arms of the dead man
fully convince the detectives of the correct
ness of the identification. Today John Lit
tie, who returned from Albany only few
months ago, visited the morgue and also
cousin of Foulke. who visited the morgue,
declared that Foulke is still among the liy-
ing. -...
known as "YeRgmen."
Charles Foulke and the James Mccarthy
mentioned, with several others, graduated
in crime under the notorious George Nc
Cauley, who is said to have led more boys
astray than any other criminal. The gang
was known as the "Yeggmen'' band safe
blowers, the detectives say. The MEM
bers were implicated in the blowing
of the safes at the Arlington bottling es-
tablishment. Nicolai Bros, oil dealers, Lul-
leys junk store and also the house of the
priest at Rockville. Detectives Weldon,
Slater and Trammell We're interested in the
prosecution. A raid was made on house
on Maine avenue, where the crowd was
caught.
Charles Foulke was first arrested when
he was about fifteen years old He was
Implicated with McCauley and others in
the robbery OF the hardware store of An
drew Archer. IL was not until yesterday
that the local police knew of Foulkes re-
turn from the Albany penitentiary. Then
they learned of it by telegraphing to the
penitentiary officials.
Inspector Smith is satisfied from infor-
nation he has received that Foulke and
others have been blowing safes in post
offices in Tennessee, North Carolina and
Virginia. He has learned that the party
split at point in North Carolina and that
one party went to the post office at Emma,
where the desperate struggle took place
which resulted in the probable fatal wound
ing of the assistant postmaster and the
injury of two members of the party of
burglars.
1t is believed also that the man whose
body Is now In the morgue was connected
with the blowing of the safe at Orange, Va.
Foulke and two others, it is believed, were
on their way to Alexandria or this city,
expecting to remain here until after the in
auguration. The third member of the
party, Inspector Smith believes was a safe
blower known as Milwaukee Whitley An
explosion was heard near the Virginia Mid
land crossing shortly before the telegraph
operator in the tower was told that the
men had been injured. The shock, it is
stated, was severe enough to be felt on the
telegraph wires.
"Whitey" Leaves His Friends.
The man supposed to be "Milwauke
Whitley remained with his friends several
minutes before the operator was informed
of the affair, evidently hoping he would be
able to get them away without attracting
attention. When he realized that their IN
juries were serious he abandoned all
hope Of keeping the Information from the
authorities. Shortly after the affair was re-
ported and the men had been sent to this
city on a train the operator found big
revolver near the railroad tracks. When
the train reached the freight depot at Vir-
ginia avenue and 9th street southwest the
Emergency Hospital ambulance was on
hand to remove the injured men to the hos
pital. When asked their names the men
replied with oaths that 1t was none Of the
business of the inQuirers. and the doctor
concluded that in addition to the shattered
of the men they had been drink
ing heavily.
The men were in a stupor when they
reached the hospital, and the patient who
is still under treatment has been on the
verge of delrium tremens. This afternoon
he more rational than he has been at
any time since he reached the hospital, and
the physicians think he may recover
In the pockets of the man who has been
identified Foulke the doctors found
a pawnticket for a revolver, showing that
under the name of Ballary some one had
been advanced 81 in Philadelphia. num-
Der of cartridges. a knife and a watch were
also found on his person. In a card case
two broken rings were found.
The other man, Howard, Wiley or Nc
Carthy. as the detectives believe him to be,
had nothing. and there was absolutely
nothing found either man that would
in any way assist in the work of identiiica-
ton.
1t is stated that the injuries received by
the man are of such a character that they
could hardly have been made by railroad
car. Many bones are broken, but the lac
erations are extremely few. There is Sc
we're cut over the left side of the face of
the dead man and his eyelid is almost sew
cred. One leg was broken and his collar
bone was also fractured. The man in the
hospital has numerous injuries. Both arms
and one leg are fractured
Inspector Smith has communicated with
his agents in other cities and he hopes to
receive some important information about
he men in the near future
Everett Hayden Appointed.
In pursuance of a special act of Congress-