The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-04-02
Post Office Robbers to
Be Carefully Guarded
While in Prison.
EVERY EFFORT is
TO GET WITNESSES
Inspector Harrison Anticipates
No Trouble in Bringing Cum
rlingham and Chester to
Richmond-other Cities
Can't Get Them Till
After Trial.

with no idea of arresting anybody
IN Richmond for criminal knowledge
of the operations of the thieves. who
on Sunday night robbed the Rich.
mond Post-office, Inspect ora saffell
and Alberto, as representatives of the
Washington division of post.offiee IN.
spectors. are here to secure IL pos.
sible the names of every person who
saw or talked with Cunningham and
chester, the prisoners now held in
New York. so that every BIT of evidence
may be in hand by Monday when
Grand jury will draw indictments.
clarence Gilbert, proprietor of Gil
bert's Hotel, where Chester is sun.
posed to have registered. is the only
witness added since warrants were
sent to New York on Wednesday.
1t is not believed that Cunningham
and chester will be brought here be.
fore the latter part of next week: but
their absence will not interfere with
the drawing OF indictments, as evt.
dence enough is already in hand TO
insure prompt action. Assistant Dis
trict Attorney Talley will have all pa
pers prepared by the time the United
States District Court meets: but until
then ne VIII not discuss what will be-
contained in the legal documents, nor
viii he say exactly how far he will
go in making out tho various counts.
Going to Hcnrico Jail.
Cunningham and Chester are said to
have consulted counsel in New York
for the purpose of fighting gainst be-
ing brought to Richmond for trial. but
Chief Inspector Harrison said yester.
day over the long distance telephone
from Washington that he has no fear
that other claimants Will secure pos
session of the prisoners before they
are brought to trial for the Richmond
crime. and he does not tsirl.sthe au-
thorities in New York will consider
seriously any effort which may be MADE
to delay transportation
The prisoners will be brought here
under heavy guard and Will be held
in the Henrico county Jail until dispo-
sltion is made of their cases. That
they will be held in the county Jail,
and not in the city prison. is due to
the fact that the Henrico building is
considered safer, and the cells are SO
arranged that a special guard. which
will be placed over the men, will have
better chance to see any effort
that may be made from the outside to
assist them in making an escape
IT has been the practice OF the gov
crmment. since the Henrico jail was
completed, to confine all its prisoners
there, and no mishap has ever occur
red. If an attempt is made to hold
and Chester in New York,
It Is said that District Attorney Lewis
and Assistant District Attorney Talley
Will be sent there to help bring them
to Richmond The bond required OF
the robbers is 100000 each, but tho
~ hc1ia 4,
will be released in any sum. and they
freely say that the capture OF Fay and
Harris is worth moro than can be esti-
mated in figures.
Many Rumors AfOat.
Frequent rumors have been received
by the local detectives and the tnspec-
tors about a woman in the case. but
an inspector said last night that tho
only female suspect was carefully
guarded during her stay here and that
when she left the city for Baltimore
Yesterday no effort was made to stop
her Suspicion rested upon her, no
says, solely because she was said TO
rave been seen in company With Ches-
Ter on last Friday.
we have questioned many persons
about the case In Richmond" said ono
If the inspectors, but none were able
20 explain to our satisfaction that he g
"as associated with men supposed TO
lave been Cunningham or Chester in
IN entirely legitimate way, and our
Investigations have Invariably led TO
he conclusion first drawn. that the
criminals came here to work among
for the destruction of the
afe and the theft Of the contents,
Exnct Amount Not Known.
Chester is said to have registered at
he Gilbert Hotel several days prior
o the robbery as j. W, Wilson, but
ven this has not been thoroughly es-
and the value OF this testi-
nony depends largely upon whether
= not the prisoner is identified as tho
tan who applied there for rooms
Inspector Harrison has not returned
0 New York, and as no information
anne from there last night. no new
evelopments are believed to have re-
ulted Yesterday
AS nearly as can be estimated here
he amount of loot recovered is approx
nately $4,000, but II seems that the
Xact figures are Withheld and will
robably not be known until the trunks
nd valises recovered are presented in
ourt. Much interesting evidence is
eing stored away TO be used at the
,ial. and scores of witnesses. ipclud-
Is the detectives and inspectors. who
lade the arrests at the Grand Central
tation, in New York, will be assem-
led in court here to assist in sending
,e men to the Atlanta prison.
Newsboy Wants Reward.