Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1907-12-14
MILLER is LANDED
is RICHMOND JAIL
Noted Baggage Thief Must Face
Trial In Virginia Courts
TALKS OF his ESCAPE
Was Struggled From Steamer in
New York Harbor 10 Prevent
Any Chance of Rescue BY His
Pals-Weeps on Arrival at
Richmond.

Detectives Wren and Bailey. Police
Commissioner Manning and special
oticer Shercr. OF the Chesapeake and
Ohio. reached Richmond this morning
with Charles Miller. the alleged bag
gage thief Miller was overcome and
wept as he stepped on Richmond soil.
The two detectives and their pri-
soner arrived ga quarantine. New
York. sunday morning on The Lush
tania. after rough voyage across
They were met ~ Commissioner
Manning and Oficer Shercr. who had
papers from the Federal Government
giving permission TO take the man
from tho ship 10 "a tug. $50 that they
would not have 20 pass through the
New York custom house. and landed
IN Jersey city. Tho party tnen took
-re-n Tor Washington. where they
remained until early this morning
when they came orr 10 Richmond
without special incident
Miller was sent 90 jau TO await
officers from Orange county. u is
likely that the grand jury OF that
county Will meet this week
Talks OF Escape.
Miller is stockily built and weighs
about f5s pounds. He has a round.
iorit face. dark gray eyes. and
prominent nose. Extending from his
left ear % fh@ point 81 his chin is a
deep scar. which. he SAYS. he received
when a boy ty falling upon a piece
Of glass tf.s hair is dark brown.
and small r.ur7tache % the same
color IS neatly CURED at each end.
IN his cen last night in Washington
he talked freely ~ hie escape from
s. tho New York police. but emphatical-
- denied Implication IN tho baggage
4 robherios with which he - charged
Il have never been in Virginia in
my life" he said. last year. while
\ driving a cab IN New York. was
8 arrested with two other men and q
4 woman. and charged with committing
i numerous baggage robperics. But
II am innocent OF the charge. and ] hope
4 90 prove IL when / am brought 20
81 trial
81 both OF the men who were arrest
81 Cd IN New York were convicted. while
Il the woman was set free. One or the
ca men sold several valuable gowns which
. were Identified as property stolen from
Il trunk belonging 10 a prominent New
N Yorker. The house, IN which we al
81 lived. was searched and a quantity OF
Is goods was recovered. This fact led
s the police 20 assume that all were
81 equally guilty.
Dash for Liberty.
When taken 20 police headQuarter'
IL and locked Up 7 was put IN a cell VIII
81 man charged with larceny. The mex
III morning when the turnkey brough
our breakfast into tho cell my fellow
n prisoner caught him by the collar an.
tossed him into corner, and We botl
made q dash for liberty. But he wa
N ovcrtaken and returned g his cell
81 was more fortunate. Two days late
M engaged passage on steamer tha
81 sailed at o'clock IN the morning an
escaped tho vigilance OF the detectives
since then have done Europe. trav
81 cling from one country 20 the othe
81 making an honest penny whenever OF
s. portunity presented itself haN
& seen the rulers OF -FOUR countries. taste
Is wines OF nearly a dozen others. an
n hobnobbed with all classes. While
81 London some OF my former friene
81 recognized ma. and when they return
"a eG 70 New York they talked too muc
with the result that the London 81
thorities were notified 20 arrest m
But 81 doesn't matter, I expect 20 be
free man within a month, n everythir
goes right"
The last day over the passenge
had become aware that their interes
ing travelling companion was pr
E oner and many crowded about 20 loo
81 at him. Miller. who was we'll cresse
n and carried a big bundle ~ blacktho
d sticks. resented this. according 20 Z
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