The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-19
TRIAL OF Thieves
|. MAY Be Continued
Probable That Case Against
Alleged Robbers May
Be Deferred
THEIR DEFENSE TO BE
THEY WERE NOT HERE;
Government, However, Conhdent'
of Being Able to Connect
Them With the Big Theft
of Stamps

die Fay alleged to la tina most nntns
rious postoffice thief in the world to-
day. and Frank Chester, alias Lltti9s n
Dick" Harris. a confederate OF thono
who have cracked safes In all parts
Of the country. will be taken from
their -saparate-c eris In TING Heprtr
county jail Wednesday morning. ple0~5'
ed In an automobile and hurriedIx
driven to the pesfefIaee building It
Seventh and Franklin streets, thS
safe in which they are alleged to-
have drilled into and stolen frern
sss.2s5.64 In stamps. money au6
checks. ss.
Through their attorney, Mr.. Harry
NJ. Smith. Jr.. they will ask for Nv
continuance. and Judge Edmun6
Waddill, OF the District Federal Cnux4
all probability, grant THU 81
there being another case now IN pFOx
gress and which will not be conciu{
ed by II o'clock OF "Wednesday.
Back to the jail the men win IT, I
taken Immediately after they are 49,
raigned. and the formaiity OF the coak-
tinuance of the charges against them
has been gone through with. GUARD
will be around and about them everx
minute from the time they emermG
from their cells in the jail until they
are safely behind the bars again. AN
inspector will be on either side Of the
two notorious prisoners, and the b04x
of handouts will encircle the wrf11
of both Fay and Harris. or Cunning
ham and Chester. a. the case may 49,
Decay Having Been Hsro. III
II forced into hearing Of fn~s
trial the defense OF the crackaEnan
will be that they were not In the cssH
ut the time the Richmond once -
robbed. The burden Of proof h up04
!! the government to show that tnel
vera hare on the night OF AArnh 1l
than Slve or nix nsn Will ~ 1a11
dnced to eGtabIiSh this fAck ~ 81
The evidence seems 70 ~ sx4119|
against Harris than against F4y
to Identifying them ~ men Who W&E43
In the city. Harry LauterbA0h. el6&
In the ALEXANDRIA Hotel. Ia the naa&e
ment OF which the men are a1ltGx
to have stored the trunks they hasll61
from the station, and In which the
took away the great bulk Of STAN &
viii Identify Harris a. the man wn0l9
he saw In the room. The real eo4A1l2
agent who rented tho room Wall corr
rohorate this testimony and C1kxx Il
Graham. at Murphy's Hotel viii t6l1s
OF how man who he believes Nh
be Harris telephoned from the p0otl
In that hotel TO the Union 6tnao1
where Baggagemaster Seldom recstYe1
the trunhs. ssH
Albert Mayo, a negro drayman NJ
been summoned and has told he 0azy5E
GERS that he hauled two trunks kkQ&5
the Chesapeake and Ohio depot f6
the Alhambra Hotel three days px361
to the robbery. Joe Fowler and h0NEs
Gibson. draymen. who havs satd sneq
took the three trunks from tha 49,
hambra Hotel to the Union HtAels
early In the morning OF the robbe<2kK
have been subpoenaed and Will ~ ~;
court to identify Harris or Fay. 8
| Preparing Testimony.
Inspectors Koons, Barclay and R0tl&SS
bertson held conference TueAd&5s
morning with Detective Scherer. 3|
the Chesapeake and Ohio rAtlr0aM
Inspector AlhArfie and Ehtef lnep4
tor Harrison. OF the Washington utsS
trict. are expected here In th6 4Eo1IS
ing. They will likely be accompanies
by Policeman DAILY, OF New 5lsa5S
who captured the men wnen knl
tried TO take their baggage aNI
from the Central Depot in New Yo&1x III
Attorney Harry NJ. Smith. who Y
to represent the alleged cracksu,na "A
saw Detective Scherer for = few nltis
utes during the dav preceding S
hearing. but the result Of the 1s1
was not made known. Mr.. SSa1eE6l
said, however. that he would
plead guilty for his clients. ana III
was inttmated very strongly that M&s
would ask for q continuance. MI
Wanted at Other Places
In the event OF an acquittal Of H1&H
or HarTtx here AFen Tho ehAfge II