The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-12-23
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L0ST.L| Il:
Men WHO Cracked Safe in New
port News Chased Thousand
Miles and Identified.
MANY SHIPS LOAD U COAL ',','I.
Three Negroes Arrested III New
port News Believed to be Re
sponsible for Robbcrics.
Especial to Tho Times Dispatch,

! ESPECIAL to The Times DISPATCH,
NEWPORT NEWS. VA, Dec. %. Ed.
Callahan, alias j. =. Russell, and his pal,
who are In jail In Mobile, Ala, charged
with safe blowing, arc the men who at.
| tempted to crack the safe Of the New
port News Furniture Company n month
ago unless the police arc very much
| mistaken. Chief of Police Case. OF Mo-
bile. has been communicated with. and as
soon as the Identification of the prisoners
has been established. requisition papers
will be asked for The Mobile police will,
of course, have the first claim on the
pair. and tho local authorities will hardly
be able to claim them until they have
answered for their offerlses In Alabama.
TO locate crooks a thousand miles
away month after an offense, has been
committe,d without rs much as a name
or n description to work upon, seems III
most miraculous, but that Is just what
was done In his case.
| FOUND "A LETTER.
When It was discovered that an un-
successful attempt TO blow the safe Of
tho furniture company, had been made.
the premises Within few feet Of the
safe sergeant Reynolds found a letter,
which had evidently been dropped by
one Of the cracksn1en The letter was
addressed Dear Brother" was signed
MAY" and was written in Cincinnati.
In2the letter the writer called the names
OF several Of her friends and spoke or
her brother as ED. go Sergeant Ray
nolds sent the letter to tho Cincinnati
police. asking that they make an effort
to lea IN the Identity of Brother -,
This was done. and Sunday Sergeant
Reynolds received a letter from Chief
Mllikan,F Of Cincinnati, enclosing a pic
ture OF Ed Callahan, and stating that
Callahan was now IN the Mobile jail
charged with safe blowing.
From. ohile It has been learned that
Chief N1illilsan hrs positively Identified
Callahan by n photograph sent him by
Chief Case
ACTIVITY IN COAL SHIPPING.
The coal business Mt this port Is un-
usually brisk Just. now. There are more
schoor,ars and barges In port than there
have been for months. and yesterday four
bunker steamers and one cargo steamer,
were handled. 1t is predicted that records
will be broken In the import and exnort
trade during tho remaining winter
months. The trade has not been partlcu-
larly brisk OF late.
The Corporation Court will adjourn
Wednesday for the Christmas holidays,
Judge Barham has given a decision. IN the
cas-, OF Einstein Brothers. of Cincinnati
against 7. ". Dyson and others giving
Einstein Brothers possession OF tho Dy-S
son building. rttss!s ~ sst} 3ss
CROOKS ARRESTED.
During the past few weeks there have
been remarka bly, large number Of rob-
t..rles and cases Of housebreaking re-
ported to the police, and. although each
natroman has been instructed to be more
than usually vygilant, hardly Satur-8
day night passes without bold piece
Of work on the part of the crooks. To-
day three negroes, who an, believed to be
responsible for a large part Of tho work,
were landed behind the bars
The negroes are John Booth alias
"Shorty'': Richard Herring, alias Soup"
and Frank Spicsr, alias "Old Folks"
They were traeed by q ring, which was
taken from II. w. Lenz's grocery store
last Tuesday. A hole was cut in the
back door OF the store the bar was
raised, and the robbers helrad them
selves to everything they wanted. The
cash drawer was rifled and u gold ring
was taken with the cash..
Tho ring was disposed Of. and in time
canne into the hands of Sergeant Roy
nolds and Detective Robinson. As the
result, the three negroes were arrested
to-day.
The cases were. continued n week, and
II Is thought that by8that time the police
will have evidence enough to convict
ths prisoners on several charges Of house,
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