The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-03-30
Inspectors and Detectives
Have Local Evidence With
Which to Convict
POLICE HAVE FOUND n
NEGRO TRUNK HAULEG
Excess Baggage and Shipment g.
Three Trunks on Two Tickets
Lead to Capture-Thieves
Trial Here. s'

With the capture of Fred Gs,1ins
bingham and Frank Chester, aff&4et Il
plunderers of the Richmond pcGt4
Office, the recovery OF two trunks con- q
tanning $4,000 worth of stoi61
stamps, the probable arrest Of thru
man and the recovery Of anOf63HS5
trunk in New York city. the myxtGxX
surrounding the pfilag1ng OF CashtoE8s
Marriott's Office early Monday moxn~
ing has been largely solved.
Activity on the part or the poSx6<
fice inspectors, Chief Scherer. Of tn
Chesapeake and Ohio detectives. a1i1 Il
the local police has not waned. how
ever, siaee the welcome tidinEs ef t&4 Y
alleged thieves arrest after d stEuTEx
gle In the Grand Central Station M q
New York was received. zas ~
Many Local Clues. Bs
The inspectors and Captain NO.
Mahon's men are gathering nm Al IN 3
local clues 30 az to weave . stron94
net around the daring cracks1Eo u
The recovery OF the stamps, and164
an up-to-date set of burglars to6A8
in the trunks and fastening owne&4
ship Of the trunks on Cunningkax2
and Chester furnished sufficient e&t~
dence for their being held for th
Richmond authorities. They WILL ~ n
missioner in New York and hsld x0
the Federal authorities here. IT,
their arrival In Richmond thu nj VI
oners Will be given q hearing bo&QT&s
Commissioner Brady and remAu1& aS
to jail TO await grand Jury inyx
ttgation- The grand jury will pxUnq
bly, meet early In April, and the uFf15S
oners will be tried before tha Unit1f
States Circuit Court In the naxnns
building where their bold aud hrm8Gu
robbery was committed. few daV1lM
after the indictment II returned. q
No trouble Is anticipated In cGN~
victing the robbers The stampe Mmen
burglars kit will be prinA facie Sx
Idence against them. Harry LANA E
back, clerk at the AIhamhTA Hn<
who cleaned out . basement NJ
| Tor one OF the thieves. declared NJ
nesdAy that the description G4N0
Chester tailed with that Of tho
to whom the room was rente6. =
who put two trunks In Il. oetanoqN
for the New York Novelty CompanSSf
Hand Print ON wall
Another bit of evidence has b16UN
found at the Alhambra Hotel. ii -
| the impression of a mans hand -.
the wall. The impression was m6d&
with dust covered hand on the ya1S
low wallpaper OF tho basement ronxr q
u
of no two men are alike, and tk0lS
| sieuths doubtless will skin the $780,
OF the wall and compare Il with ASTEs
Ink impression of Chesters hand. " X
addition to these evidences, the o10ut
will have pieces Of yellow papa
stripped from the wall by tho th1GS
to wrap up the stolen stamps. Pyn&&
of the wallpaper are said 70 h1P%%
| been found In the trunks already 81
covered. &ss
Still further evidence axainsf SN
prisoners will be given BY Bert Gl1
| son. negro driver for the Rich1n1
Transfer Company, living ~ - WG
Canal Street, and Joe Fowler. hAlS1
on the same wagon. 9saaa
They have admitted to Chief Of ~
tectives Mcmahon that they called
the ALEXANDRIA Hotsf at o'clock
day morning and took three txuuM8
from the Franklin street baaenn6 81
room, the compartment rented L. NJ
Chester. and hauled them to thu H3f
Street Station in time for them ~ &lEa
weighed and loaded on the 1850 txa1r
going to Washington. sS8s
II was the shipment OF fhH9
trunks Weighing $40 pounds. 4N4
pounds In excess OF the weight
lowed on two tickets, that led u lJ$
capture of the thieves. s. IS
When taken to the station by E6y
Ter and Gibson, the trunks
weighed by Thomas Carter On9S 4
the trunks weighed 255, another IA
and the third tipped the bAam
1875 pounds. The excess ba4IIS1
charge was paid by Chester ana u
trunks were shipped to washing u
Escape Almost ImpOSsah1c, 8f2
Two men travelling with tn<~1#
trunks. on which there VS.
pounds excess baggage charge. xCm4a
comparatively easy to apprehend AZ
pecially so long as the trunks Wu&3
In the charge OF the railroads. NM G.
the hearty cooperation OF the ~ -
road officials and baggAxe mAG1
and the New York detectives n
post-office inspectors found their eG
simple one. In addition to u13f
ing wits with Uncle Sans shftlS
inspectors the robbers Wer6 H. ~ I
rounded by q trap-flled net ag&f
they could not cape 80 lone o.
had any intention of having fHI
to do with tho plumber they ha2k
daringly stolen while SIX men
in the poat-office. Ss$
Gibson Fowler. the negro -
who moved the trunks from
| d @. station to the Alhamhf&
Harry Lauterback and Thomao
will be called as Witnesses to
~ the owner or owners uE tho
| and to testify a. to the MN
lions In Richmond beforo -
the post-office robbery
The inspectors. several AZ
are still In Richmond, anA RI n
I police are pushing oy&x
trunk. which Chtef In9p4Sep
son and Inspectors AobeSt
and Barclay have l0cato
York. LAutsrback dscIaxn
| trunks weFe In the AlhaSHE
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