The Mathews journal. (Mathews C.H. [Court House]) 1903-1937, 1910-04-28
one OF the three sinners.

suffering from a severe attack Of chill
blains. and that another scribe was
using his gloved hands for earbobs,
sought to infuse a little heat into the
arctic atmosphere.
Gently he chided newspapers for
their methods. Mr.. Smith said IL was
naughty to print pictures and records
OF prisoners before trial-that every
man was presumed 90 be innocent un-
I'll proved guilty, and so forth and so
forth.
The thermometer, at this point,
jumped upwards one degree, and then
climbed still another point when he
added that he didn't blame the re-
porters, however, as it was the pow
ers higher up who were responsible.
Hurried to a Warmer Cline.
The Northern lights. by now, were
distinctly visible in the heavens, and
outside the gloomy crypt could be
heard the merry voices of passing Es-
quimaux and the jangling music of
the sleigh bells attached to flying
reindeer.
And so, shaking a feathery bunch Of
icicles from his Piccadilly whiskers.
the representative of the morning pa
per said: Come, boys. let's be off
the skating is fine"
And SO everybody left-leastwise
everybody but Mr.. Smith and Mr.. Fay
and Mr.. Harris and Mr. Evans for
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Bureau of Criminal Identification and
now head of Chicago detective bu-
reau.
1t should have heen explained in
the earlier part Of this chronicle that
Mr.. Evans was in attendance upon
the interview"
Being thickly embedded in a chunk
Of ice, after the manner of a Siberian
maStadOn, he was overlooked in the
first stages of the Arctic researches.
Mr.. Evans was nothing like so
! amlable as Mr. Smith. His mono
syllable utterances will live in his
tory. Three times during the seance
| ne grunted and possibly four times he
sald yes and no. The public, from
TINS, can draw its own deductions as
70 what he is doing here
On returning to the Office Of Sheriff
hemp, a genial, sunshiny soul the
trnsition from a frigid zone to a tenn
perate cline, threw the reporters into
a profuse perspiration. Each man
thereupon transcribed his notes on a
postal stamp and beat it back to his
office.
Mr.. Smith explained, in the course
OF the interview. that it had been
deemed best not to give out authori-
tauVely the exact hour of the convicts'
departure. He said the marshals de-
sired to avoid crowds. From what he
audeo, however, il may be inferred
that the prisoners will leave tonight
on Seaboard Air Line train.
Gave Each One a Bible.
Outside Of the cell in which the
crooks now languish are three trunks
belonging to Fay and Harris. These
contain the finest of clothes. Fay has
about $160 and Harris about $40. OF
this money some $13S was found in
one of Fay'S socks.
Sheriff Kemp has given the prison
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sented each man with Bible 1t is
not said that these gifts were enthu-
siastically received. The sacred VOL
rmes are part of a supply furnished
~ soners by religious organization.
Even as matters stand today. but
little is known about the convicts
| They are not given to exchanging
condolences with the general public.
Fay, ii appears. has told some of the
Jail officials that he once did time i'm
reformatory, but he has not ampli-
fled that information.
Many Links Still Missing.
So far as this papers information
goes the postofhce robbery. despite
the recovery of $4,000 worth OF
stamps and the confessions of the ac-
cused, still has its missing links.
over $4,000 worth Of stolen prop
erty is yet to be found. Nobody seems
able to place it, 1t is said that even
'4AS AObbtlS 90 not KNOW the where
abouts of these stamps
The assumption is that after the
crime the stamps were placed in va
Ices and hand satchels and that pos
sibly they may have been destroyed
when the chase got too warm
1t may be OF passing interest to
some TO know how the reporters got
their fruitful interview with Fay and
Harris today. Two newspaper men
appealed to certain gracious Fede-
raj official high in authority-one
who appreciates the efforts of the
press and their sincerity of purpose.
This official said he saw no reason
why newspaper men should not have
at least one more chance to talk with
the prisoners.
United States Marshal Smithers was
therefore sent for and asked TO assist
the reporters in getting behind the
bars. He raised the point that if one
paper was accorded the privilege all
should be.
By the merest chance a representa-
tive of the morning paper was found
at his desk at the shockingly early
hour of II, and so the Quartette went
forth armed with Marshal Smithers'
passport, which gave their names and
asked Sheriff Kemp to allow them a
fifteen minutes interview.
This the sheriff cheerfully did. and
what is more. he showed the visitors
every courtesy
But as for the interv1ew-wen, to
tell the truth. Mr.. Smith. il has been
| a pretty hard pull to get a full col
umn out of ii.