The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-29

office. From the box at Eleventh aHa
Main streets he pulled in again at
2Sl O'Clock and a, 4:46 A. ID. he
was back at Eighth and Franklin and
pulled in from the same box that he
used at 2:o6.
Sergeant r. E. Brown was the street
man on duty after one O'Clock Mon
day morning and the signal ONCE
records shows that he pulled in at
1880 from Byrd street station. One
hour afterwards he was using the
police box at Twelfth and Clay streets.
and at $3.50 A. NJ. he was at Thir-
teenth and Cary streets. At 1880 he
pulled in from the box at Ninth and
Leigh and at $40 was at Fourteenth
and Main streets.
From these records OF Sergeant
Brown 1t can be seen that he was
all over the territory surrounding the
post-ofiice from l O'Clock until 8
o'clock in the rS.rning, He saw no
wagon leaving the post-office, nor did
not notice any suspicious person leav-
ing on any train before o'clock in
the morning.
However. the theory of the detec-
tipes lis that the men who did the
post Office job knew the territory that
| has to be covered by the policemen.
and that when Roundsman Smith was
| on Broad street. for instance, the
| principal work was done on the safe.
| One of the three robbers-it liz gem
orally thought now that there were
| three of them--could have been on
| the watch all the time for the officers.
The police In every city have been
notified TO be on the lookout for the
thieves. The following letter was sent
| out Tuesday afternoon by Chief of
| Police Werner.
"On Saturday or Sunday night.
! March rs or 81. the vault In the
| United States post-office In this city
was forced open and robbed OF be-
tween s58,e88 and 100000 worth of
stamps. mostly two-cent stamps.
! These stamps were In ten-pound. pack
| ages. They were hauled away In q
wagon. and. / am satisfied, will be
| shipped from this city In trunks. and
| will probably be brought to our cit,
for the purpose of division and dis.
position. Watch all baggage and ex-
press Offices and all suspicious persons
| coming into your city, or any persons
| known to your department that may
have been in this city when the rob-
berry was committed. Thanking you
In advance for any Information, ] beg
| to remain"
! Detective Seherer, of the Ghesa
peake and OHIO railroad, mas interest
cd himself In the case, and has as.
signed several OF his special men IL
several neighboring cities tn be OF
the watchout for all kinds of baggage
II being one theory that the stamp,
were taken away from here In on,
OF the trunks.
More than one hundred and fift,
kilograms were sent out of Richmond
yesterday. and Tuesday there were
also great number to go to othel
places asking for Information.
by the process of elimination
Pinkerton men. assisted by the Fed
eral detectives. will have two or thres
safe-crackers under arrest before tn
week is through" said police au
thority Tuesday.
Detective Gregory. who is the chic
of all the Federal sleuths. has beer
put on this case. j understand, ant
he will be here In a day or so. II,
knows just who could have done tn,
work, and he will find out which on,
of the criminals had an opportunit,
to be in Richmond at the time,
predict that arrests win be made IL
half a dozen cities within the mex
Ave or six days. but no arrest will b,
made in Richmond"