The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-21
Fay and Harris, Sentenced on
Two Counts of Indictment
Against Them, Receive
Fate Unmoved
LEAVE FOR ATLANTA
BY END OF THE WEEK
Great Crowd Hears NotoriouaE
Crooks Admit Their Guilt and
Take Their Medicine StoicaL- u
ly--,Ilaagse W adtfiiffi ffthiIks ~
Penalty Light for Such
Offense.

heating guilty to ths rTufCtUEuf
charging them with robbiug the fstch-
mond post-office on March IS, EddtN 4
Fay and Richard Harris. two OF tina 4
most notorious craftsmen in the
tinted States, were sentenced ~ Il
serve ten years each in the Atlantis
Federal prison and to pay ilnes " \
$4,000 each by Judge Waddiii. OF thAN
United States District Court Thur1~
day afternoon.
tate stoicaiiy, but their faces wenI ND
trifie pallid.
After sentence had been pronouncS(4
Attorney Harry Nj. Smith, who w34
engaged to represent the prlsonef6
asked that they should not be tak0A
from Richmond before forty-eiGhE
hours had elapsed, because they had
certain clothing and business matters
to arrange" The court agreed -
this, and instructed Marshal Snifb1~
ers to remove the prisoners to tmAs|
tail. and within the next three days
transfer them to the Atlanta psntrcn-
tiary.
Maximum Penalty.
In sentencing the prisoners on -
third and hfth counts and suspen6~
ing sentence On the first, second ana L
fourth counts. Judge Waddii Ma01
it plain that he was not Responsible
for the ieniency of the law, which
limited the terms of imprisonment w.
ten years ss
He imposed the maximum peuAltSess
provided by the United States mr. thN
two offenses charged in the third aM@s
fifth cog nts--broaking Into p0Ng@a
office and robbing = no~t-oftice- SaS
tence on the other counts was s1s
pended by Judge Waddtii becAn
they were so similar to the two unN
which he did sentence the prisca41yH
and because the crime charged -
them was also charged In thu th1r6
and nth counts
The plea of guilty, marking the @nft B
Of one OF the most notorious, dAF1nM
and htgh-handed postofiice robbera9m
In this country and the theft Of t1Sa#
largest amount of money ever felon
iously taken from postoface sa3a1
came somewhat In the nature of nN
who have kept in close touch with IT,
case S2'
Rumored Plea Of Guilty.
Long before court opened II wn9
rumored that plea Of guilty would
be entered. This. however. seemed toss
be contradicted by the regularly o.
Derby and legal way in which the
prosecution and defense counsel 6on~
Quoted themselves, and by the fAcE
that on Tuesday Mr.. smith refused q
plead guilty for his clients In courts
unless the penalty was fxed a. IT,
years.
The culmiantion Of the famous CO.
which threatened to be Of severa& Il
days' duration and be waged on tech~
nieal grounds, came after the yolafu~ 81
nous indictment was read to the pr1G
L. l.
The prisoners had stood twenty MI
minutes with downcast eyes, istenlnG
to the reading Of the indictment, a.
were asked to plead. MA
Conference Is Short. S
Attorney Smith asked that he ~
given ten minutes to confer with HI
clients. This was granted. AT thu
expiration of three minutes he and
the prisoners re-entered the court
readiness to plead. sss;
You have heard the eindfctm0n4
against you. how do you plead r. aak@S
ed Clerk Brady.
Eay's face became white. He naox~
ed his feet nervouslys His left hand \
went to his face, and he rubbed hi
cheek. In Il low voice he sid
Guilty" a
Harris twisted from side to side ana 4
eyed ME-. Smith. His eyes lo0ka1x
askance moment and hasitafaTf
about replying. n
Both of you plead guilty.. Entd
Mr.. Smith. looking at the prisoners y
Looking or through the eaateSm
window OF ths court. Harris rspltea
guilty"
And how about yeu?s asked Cierlf 81
Brady, addressing Fay. whose pla6
he had not heard.
4 plead guilty. replied EaE
Sentences Passed.
The prisoners then sat down aH@
Judge Waddill called for the stAtu6&
book After examining the HFaKung
providing penalties for such offe1x
and comforting with Assistant nt
trict Attorney Taliey, Judge Wa4
dill commanded the prisoners
stand up.
Attorney Smith said he had 061
ono request to make. That was
the prisoners not be removed 1E01
Richmond within forty-eight hox
The court acceded to this reque6
Have You anything to ~
why sentence should not ~ UY
Brady ST. IA
Il have nothing To sAy.~ -
somewhat feebly and nsrvuue
Harris remained mute hnl4
shook his head IN tha hxuAs5xN
Judge Presses 8euteuCoI SsXz3
You have been errn4Gn1d r.
Indictment and pleaded gu&lkys
Judge Waddili. addre11ztw NJ
nssers. The aad1AAnAAaA -
counts. The court u11I n1S1G1&
on the third ana dfk1 N4X11
third count charging zotG1l
Ing into tbs post-Oflce ~ n
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