The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1907-07-16

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through their attorney. Harry Glenn,
and were sentenced to FIVE years in the
pententiary. Judge Witt added six
months imposed upon them in thehPo-
lice Court for their attempt to break
Jail.
Woman Mny be Released.
1t was probably one of the shortest
trials, considering the Importance OF
the case, on record. Edith Allen, alias
Edith Stein. wife of Harry Allen. will
be tried the latter part Of this week.
It Is probable. however. that her
case will be nolle prosecuted. both on
account of her condition and because
positive evidence that she operated
with her husband and his partnertin
| Virginia is still lacking. Detective l..
L. Scherers seems satisfied with the SEN
1tence of the two men. bat he will hard
| ly rest comfortable until they are
safely lodged behind the bars of the
penitentiary, for the two are acknowl-
edged geniuses in their profession
Detective Scherer openly admitted to
Allen that he is clever crook, when
he said to him during a short CONVEX
sation at the jail yesterday evening:
ALLEN. you are smart man, and l
/ give you credit for it,
You are Mistaken was the reply.
= L
/ would not be here now and shadow
4 settled for a moment on the prisoners
face as he gazed at his Wife.
/ To Penitcntinry To-day.
4 Allen and Rodgers will be taken to
the penitentiarya some time to-day,
though Mr. Scheref was anxious to see
them in the penitentiary yesterday, di-
rectly after their sentence. After SEN
, tence had been passed upon them by
Judge Witt Allen and Rodgers were
taken to the office Of the City Sergeant,
where the commitment papers were
. filed. Rodgers gave his name as H.
S Roberts,, alias Lewis Rodgers and
his age as thirty years.
His home was on Nineteenth Street.
New York. ALLEN gave his name as
+ Harry Allen, alias Harry Stein, alias
Harry Vance. His home was in Harri-
sonburg, Pa. Railroad special agents
!, have been on the trail of the gang
, of baggage thieves. of which Allen
and Rodgers and the formers wife are
members, for years. beginning as soon
as the extent of their operations be-
came so alarming as to cause the rail-
roads serious trouble. There are few
: States in which they have not operated
I and few Of the larger railroad COM
: panies which have not felt the loss
9 occasioned by their continued depre-
I, dations.
I The Attempt to Escape.
Two weeks ago Allen and Rodgers
. made a daring attempt to effect thei1
escape from the Jail. They had prac.
I tically sawed their way through al
a manner Of steel bars, but at the las
: moment Mr.. Scherer got wind OF their
= scheme, 4. and he was down on then
= | again How the two men managed tt
secure the saws used and the money
= found afterwards in their possession
= has never been exnlain"h
:, The prisoners held last conference
= with their attorney, Harry Glenn, yes
r. terday evening, and also converset
y with Mr.. Scherer. They seemed to bea
!, no animosity towards the detective
- and talked with him quite freely a
- TO their arrest and conviction. The.
- =, admitted he had gotten the best o
~ them and We're apparently, conten
- With their lot
The Scene in the Jail.
o. When party Of four men, con
is ssting OF the lawyer, detective, rail
30 road official and reporter, entere
lie the jail, they found Mrs. Allen seate
al Just outside the cells of the two mer
he talking with her husband and Rodger.
ne She wore a simple print dress, and he
III hair was plated down her back Mi
" Scherer spoke kindly to them, and hi
en- sympathy reduced Mrs. Allen to tear,
She leaned forward and sobbed con
o. vusively. Tears weled in the eye
a. of the. others as they witnessed he
n grief. Allen watched his wife, bu
ks there was no comfort he could civ
d her. and a settled gloom came owe
cs his countenance.
NJ The woman had followed him ever sim
~ their marriage wherever he had gone Til.
ne had been partners In their successes, al
she was now sharing his sorrow and di
grace, herself guilty woman.
Detective Scherer piled Allen with a &c
quest ions telling him, however, that
IN didn't Wish him to give himself away.
" ~ Will tell you anything can honornbly
ri replied Allen, 'but ! won't say anythir
M about Miller" ~
IA Honor even among thieves" unused one
III the witnesses and Alien, indeed showed tn
w he possessed that strange sense OF honor
~ Long Criminal Record.
"a Alien has u long criminal record, lie II
RI arrested a. number Of times. and has on
@ before served n nenitentiary term. Rodgi
"a also has Il criminal record, as has also Ed
III Allen. The gang of which they are lnel
"a bers la one OF the most noted and feared
M the country. and Mr. scherers capture
III three OF them lis n feat OF which hn M
N wc feel proud, They were wanted by I
m Pennsylvania Railroad, the New York NJ
IA Haven and Hartford, the New York Cent?
III the Southern and the Chesapeake and Oh
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