The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1910-03-30
GOT RICHMOND P. 0. THIEVES
FE0RT AND CEASE Ar GRAND
CENTRAL WIND UP HUNT.

Trumk WIN Nearly ssa.OOO wersh 81
me stslsa Stamps IN % HAD Been
Traced BrOm RacAmsad ana tire mas.
gA8emsa In ChArge were Detectives.
After . Aeht. . knockout and a chase
In front % the Grand Central Station and
the Hotel Manhattan two men accused
Of bsing tho Richmond. Va. post once
robbers were captured last night and a
third got away. Nearly $4,000 worth OF
the stolen stamps were recovered.
To the spectators around the Wander
btlt avenue side % the station tho fight
looked like an inexcusable attack by a
mSsCalar baggAgemAn upon a respect
able and harmless middle aged citizen
The baGgAgemaa. though. shouted thatghe
was q policeman. - that thCss who were
sympAthixing too strongly with the re-
specaabls gentleman would understand
the Why and wherefore Of things. The
chace after tho other man was joined in
by q crowd which Allied the street.
The Richmond post once was robbed
early Monday morning by yeegmsn who
opsnsd two iron safes. using the method
known a. the plunge and sqUeese.' They
GOT $4,000 worth OF postage stamps and
some 5000 in cash.
Richmond 10 IN the Washington district
% the po~a once inspection service.
Washington put Post oflcs Inspectors
Prank n. Barclay. James n. Robertson
and John {. koOns ON the case. They
found hotel in Richmond where the men
they had reason 60 suspect had put up
for q few days. and found also that the
men had had three trunks shipped on Mon
day morning. two Of them 90 Washington.
one by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the
other by the Baltimore and Ohio. Al
Warrington these were forwarded on to
Philadelphia. The third trunk was
shipped from Richmond to Haeerstown.
Nd. but was trsnshipped en- route to
Philadeiphia.
Al Philadelphia the trunk that had
arrived by the Pennsylvania was trans-
ferred 10 the Baltimore and Ohio and
sent on 10 New York. The other trunk
came on by the Pennsylvania. The third
trunk also 10 supposed 20 have come on
70 NSw YoFk. but the Detectives. although
IL 10 aAid they know where Il 10. have not
told about IL yet and u has not yet arrived
90 Police Headquarters.
When the trunks started on for New
York 10 put the c&ss up 10 the New York
district inspectors also. and Chief In
spector Mayer assigned inspectors Kin
cAid and O'Brisn and asked Inspector
McCaHerty 70 help. Half q dozen Central
oGioe detectives Joined the force % Fed
eral men.
One of the trunks reached New York
by the Twenty ehird street ferry ON
Monday nieht undwus tFAnsferTsd direct
90 tho Hotel Avon. at Thirtieth street and
Lexington avenue. Detectives found that
Frank Chester. alias Charles J Adams.
was Registered az the hotel a. Charles
Hatfield 81 Buffalo Guard was put over
this trunk by the city and Federal men
Yesterday morning inspectors Barclay.
O'BFien and Robertson while browsing
among the baggage At the Twenty third
street ferry house found the second trunk
While they were examining Il Chester
came to the ferryhouse and presented the
check foS tho trunk. The bagEaReman
told him that the trunk had not arrived.
and the detectives finished their examina-
ton Then when Chester had made out
claim blank he was allowed TAI 90 into
the bAggags room himself He found and
Identified the trunk and had IL transferred
q the Grand Central Station. where IL
arrived yesterday afternoon in charge
u Central Once -pOrters.-
Detective Joe DAly in overalls and
jumper became a baggage smaNher At the
Grand Central. Al SD O'Clock last night
small hoy appeared At the baggage
rom with the check for the trunk
He said that q man outside had Just |
given him the check and had told him !
Co get the tnInk-thAt an Antomobile WAS I
waiting outside TO take IL away.
Daily fingered the chsck and told the 4
boy that that was no way to do. The /
man would have to como and got hts own /
trunk and the boy had bst.ar take the /
check hack 70 the man who had given IL |
to him. The boy won't out. followed by /
Daily. and handed the check TO CHESTER.
who was waiting on the Vanderbilt avenue
side.
DAILY asked CHESTER 10 the trunk be-
lonRed % him, and Chester sAid IL did. |
just then DAILY caught sight Of Fred Cum
ningham. q Known pal % Chastsrs. and q
third man. whan hs saw them he
snAtchsd the check and grabbed for
Chester az the same time.
Chester duc&e& and swung on tho de-
tscsive. The pair ellnehed and went
dowa. rolling around on the sidswaIk.
Chester got in q good many punches.
and finally Daily knocked him out with
one on tho jaw.
Cunningham had taken 20 his heals
Kincaid and Bedner went after him.
Tha man BOWED over several p@ysona