The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-08
NOTED PRISONERS ARE.
WFIISkED TO FIENRICO JAIL
Hurried Autos Rushed County Quickly Lock
ed Tp n Steel Cell-~Cur Crowd Get Only IIur.


White more than FIVE hundred people
locked on and numerous inspectors Of
the post Office and detectives ard po-
Hcemen guarded them. Frederick Cum
bingham. atlas Eddie FAY and frank
Chester, alias fDiclt Harris the ron
beers who stole $4,000 worth of stamps,
certified checks and money from the
Richmond Post Once building, We're
taken from the Byrd Street station
Friday paorninS at $50 O'Clock ana
HUSTLED 20 TIE HeurIco county jail IN AN
5 automobile tiu.. broke all speed re-
r-rrrris.
Thirty seconds after the train pulled
into the depot the two robbers had
been taken out through the baggage
car and placed in an automobile held
in waiting for them by Detective
Scherer. of the Chesapeake and Ohio
railway. who is largely responsible for
the capture 81 the fIteiL
Handeuffed Together.
Handcuffed together, and with an
inspector holding their free arms, the
men were whisked Into the automobile
Fay. handsome man. got his hand
free before leaving the baggage car
ard threw his handkerchief over his
bead and face. completely faiing the
photographers who wanted TO get his
picture.
Chester bowed his head behind an
Inspector So that "a snapshot could not
be takeiV Of him
"Ysu nissed me this time. cried out
Fay, or Cunningham, as the auto
mobile dashed away. His head was
sfill covered with the handkerchief
In the car with him were Inspectors
Harrison koons and Barclay, with a
deputy marshal from New York Mr.
Les u. E'olger. manager Of the Gordon
Motor Company. drove the car and,
Notwithstanding the fact tina. he had
been recently fined for going at
speed greater than fifteen miles an
hour he opened up on the high gear"
ssrsd hts trif, from Seventh and Byrd 10
Twenty second and Main streets mark
ed u record.
Immediately behind the car In which
the robbers and the inspectors were
seated WAS The machine owned by MIR,
III. =, Hotehkiss in Il GhaimersD Detroit
No. !, carrying i've newspaper report
ers efa Detective SeheFer,
Mr.. J. Il. Alsop In Speedweli was
alongside of the. car driven by Mr.. Fol
ger. HIS companions were four de-
tectiycs, who were not taking any
chances that the men escape.
AT Elha station when the train ar
rived there were several hundred peo-
laeE> Several boarded the train at this
point when they learned the men would
not be taken off there and rode 10 the
Union Station.
On seventh street there was lined
np four big automobiles and until
after the men had been taken from
the train and the machines had made
a rapid run down Byrd street and
up to Ninth and thence down Main
street to the courthouse, many did
not know what had happened.
The exits of all OF the day coaches
sore blocked by crowd The de-
eecfives took the robbers out through
yhe baggage room. In the hurry of
getting them out some one closed
\ the baggage room door and an in
1 epector who had come down from
d New York with the thieves was
locked ON the inside and failed to
Il catch the automobile. This was only
y enc az the little Incidents .ts.as, hap.
4 pened In the great jam In the sta
tien.
s.6haspsiaooters" Disappointed.
Photographers were not priiy at the
depot but stood at the couri-hous-.
u E4y raised his handkerchief from hts
" fAne for an instant and kodak mar
3 who Kaa standing on the steps thoughl