The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-21
fay S BROTHE
EXAMINES s JAIL
Detectives w a tch in g
Suspected Pal of Post
office Robbers.
TRIAL CALLED
TODAY AT NOON
Mysterious Stranger, With Like
ness to Prisoner, Seen in Court
room and in Vicinity of Place
Where Cracksrnen
Are Closely
Guarded.

Eddie Fahey, with half-dozen
aliases. who is variously called Eddie
Fay's brother. cousin. and pal.
IS declared TO be In Richmond and
there is a possibility that there are
with him half a dozen others who are
holding themselves ready for a flash
and blaze away Jail delivery If the
United states Court proves that Eddie
Fay was in Richmond on the night of
the post-oflcc burglary. 1t was stated
Ms a fact last night that Eddie Fahey.
called so merely for convenience be-
cause his real name has lorg since
been lost In landslide of aliases. had
been seen in tho United states Court.
on the street and In tho proximity OF
the county Jail He bears remark
able likeness TO Eddie Fay.
There being no charge against Fahey
1t present he has not been arrested.
but he is being carefully watched.
II was when the post-otfice burglars
were being arraigned in the United
states Court yesterday that Fahey was
first seen He was pointed out be-
cause of the likeness to Fay. and the
attention or an officer was called to
him Fahey saw tho action and prompt
~ moved away and out of the build
Ing.
Looked Over Henrico Jail.
Later when the matter was spoken
OF it was declared that man had
hecn seen looking over the county
taIl very carefully yesterday and
Tuesday, and the same man had been
seen uptown twice yesterday with diff
fareut clothes on each time. WHY the
Clothes were changes was not stssvd.
hut merely the fact
The alleged posr-office robbers Will
be brought to trial to-day at noon. and
although there is every PROBABILITY of
Little Dick sIarria being convicted
1t is not thought that he will plead
guilty. There Is very large chance
OF the United States failing TO prove
that Fay was in Richmond at the time
or the robbery Harris has been ideu-
tjhed as being the man seen several
times by different people in Richmond (
at the time OF the robbery He is
therefore. in the words OF his clan. "in /
bad
1t seems from his attitude so far 4
that Fay will keep his mouth tightly /
closed and let the United States at.
tempt the work of convicting him. II
It cannot be proved that he was here /
at the time of the robbery. and 1t !
may be possible that Fay can prove !
III ann, lie cannot ne convicted.
Grouse Case Postponed.
In order that the trial of the post
office robbers might be finished with
as much speed as possible. Judge Wad- i
dill yesterday ordered that the trial
of the case of the city of Richmond
against the Grouse CONSTRUCTION Com
pany be postponed until the criminal
trial is over. 1t is not expected that
the criminal trial will take more than
two or three days a most.
The Henrico iailers would say moth
ing of the possible Jail delivery last I
night but they We're prepared for
anything that might come up. Any
escape from the Jail, they declare,
must be worked from the outside, and
they are satisfied that they can keep
the prisoners safe and sound. They
surprise, and the outside gang viii
have to do yeoman's work to effect
release.
Witness From New York.
Detective Sergeant DAILY. OF the New
York Police Department, will be one
of the most Important witnesses for
the prosecution of Eddie Fay and
Frank Chester. alias Little Dick
Harris.
Sergeant DAILY is the man who ar
rested Chester in the Grand Central
Station when the latter came for the
trunks in which the stamps had been
placed Chester sent a negro boy in
with the baggage checks to seeSif the
trunks had come. Sergeant DAILY in
tercepted the boy, and made him re-
turn the checks to the man from
whom he had gotten them. AS the
checks passed hands Sergeant DAILY
laid his hands on Chester. and a fight
started. The detective knocked the al
legged robber down twice, the second
time splitting his ear drum.
Meanwhile. Eddie Fay, seeing the
struggle started running, but was
tripped and caught by policeman
named Bendner Then both men were
taken to headquarters for eXamina-
tIon.