The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1910-04-04
TWO TRUE BILLS FOR
ROBBERY OF POST OFFICE
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prisoners will be kept under guard
day and night. and 1t will probably be
a source of some relief when they are
convicted and sentenced to the Atlanta
penitentiary.
The Penalties. a.
Regarding the penalties which may
be imposed upon the men when con-
victed, the following is quoted from
the Federal statutes:
For conspiracy TO defraud the
United States, two years.
or conspiracy to commit an Of
Tense against the United States, two
years.
For forcibiy breaking into Fed
erai post-oftice, five years
For feloniously stealing and carry
Ing away personal property OF the
United States, ten years.
For stealing and purloining goods
and moneys of the United States,
five years.
Crowd i'm Courtroom.
The grand jury which indicted the
two robbers was chosen with con-
siderable dispatch by Judge Waddill
when the April term of mis- court be-
gan Monday morning. The court
room was thronged with witnesses.
poSt-offioe inspectors and scores of
persons who went there expecting to
see the prisoners or hear the testi-
mony against them. Little was to be
seen or heard.
The prisoners were not to be seen,
nor was one word against them voiced
in open court
s. ID. Crenshaw, prominent Rich
mond insurance man, was chosen as
foreman of the grand jury. The
other grand jurors, one of whom was
q Hesre, were E. ID. Starke. j.. j.
Steinbreeher, r O. Ebel, patrich IL.
Robinson. George Schoen, Charles ].
Anderson, Frank ~. Blankenship,
Brooks Rogers. William Shipper. Il.
r. Meade. A. L. Adamson. Charles
Stebbins. j. III. chenery, j. n. Beck,
G. w. Talley, Fenton holland. u. II.
connard. G. r. Watkins and r. NJ
Conner. Jr. All swore they held no
public Office and did not oNn or ope-
rate a grist mill. Each was sworn
to make true delivery between the
State and the accused, and to return
no indictment because of III will or
leave any unreturned because of ia
yoritisn.
To Have Speedy Trial
The indictment of Fay and Chester
is the third chapter In the sensa-
tional and Ing piundering of tn.
Ricnmond postoffice, the theft and
capture having been the first two in
staliments The next chapter will be
the conviction of the robbers, which
will doubtless be speedy and certain
1t Is believed they viii be among
the first II not the very first tried by
the petit jury In Judge Waddiirs
court. az there appears no desire on
the part of anyone to keep them In
Richmond any longer than Is abso-
lutely imperative.
Some wrangilng over the reward
which Is to be paid for the capture
of Fay and Chester for their opera
tons In Richmond, as we'll as the
aggregate rewards of $4,000 offered
by the police of several Western and
Pacific coast cities for their arrest
on charges OF burglaries. bank, post
Office and safe robberies and jail es-
Fcapes, has already been heard. and
II doubtless Will sweil the air to the
full after the men are convicted. NQ
one in Richmond seems qualified to
say definitely who will get the re-
ward. Chief Sherer and the p0stofIice
inspectors are understood ID taxa the
position that neither the Richmand
nor New. York police authorities are
entitled to monetary compensation 81
verbal enpomium for tbs arrest Of
the depredators- " 5