Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-07-23

prize fighter with them whom they were
matching at the various places in such
way that the result was a dead sure
thing The confederate claimed to have
charge Of the bets and he got the victim
to bet some money for him and at the
same time to put in lot of his own
money on the fight. During the fight
some unforeseen thing always happened
and the money was lost In some cases
one of the prize fighters held a rubber bag
of blood or red ink in his hand which
burst as he struck his opponent, giving
claim to the statement that the man had
a hemorrhage and was therefore, de-
feated. We convicted Mabray and nine
of his associates. and made them pay a
fine of $4,000 as well as to Serve two
years in the penitentiary.'
rs much money stolen from the post
offices?'
Yes: we have professional burglars
who seem to deal only with post offio es.
They have stolen great quantities of
stamps and at times considerable money
as well. Not long ago a robbery occur
red in the post Office at Minneapolis,
where 10000 stamps were carried away.
night and opened the safe with diamond
drill They took their plumber to Chicago
and disposed of it there through men who
acted as postage stamp fences. They
had still about 81, 600 worth of stamps left
when they were caught and convicted.
"One of the largest post Office robberies
Of recent times" continued the chief in
spector, was that which occurred at
Richmond in March, 1910. In this case
stamps to the value Of over $a4, 600 were
stolen, the vault being entered by drill
ing a hole under the combination knob.
This hole was threaded with a steel
screw the lock was forced back. The in
ner doors of the vault were opened in the
same manner.
This work was done by Eddie Fay. a
man who had escaped from Jail in Wis
consin a short time before, while await
ing trial there for the robbery Of the
post office at West Superior. Fay was
known to be the leader Of a gang which
had robbed the post office in Chicago OF
$4,000 in 1901. He posed q retired
business man living at Tacoma, Wash,
under the name of r. ]. Cummings. He
owned real estate in Tacoma and was
considered a respectable citizen. We got
on his track by tracing his trunks. one
of which was sent to the Grand Central
station, New York. Inside the trunk was
$1,000 in two-cent postage stamps. 1t
was ella med by Fay, who was thereupon
arrested, and 10 make a long story
short was convi ted OF burglary, fined
$4,000 and sentenced to serve ten years
in the federal penitentiary at Atlanta.
Ca"
AS the chief inspector concluded this
story I thanked him for the talk and
rose to go. AS 1 turned toward the
wall I faced the photograph OF a train
robber who held revolver which
seemed to point straight at my eyes.
Below it In black ink were the words
Hands Up! AS / walked across the
room the eyes OF the phi tograph fol-
lowed me, and the gun seemed to move
and to ever point straight at my head.
I remarked upon this when Mr.. Sharp
said:
THAT Is the picture Of a post office
Inspector who helped convict train
robber out in the west. According to
the testimony of a half dozen different
men who were held up, the robber had
pointed mis- gun straight at each OF
them, and that notwithstanding they
were scattered over the car at whose
door he stood. The lawyers argued
that such a thing was impossible and
that the witnesses must be lying, and
their testimony. therefore. could not be
admitted. Thereupon an artist was
called in, and ne said that 1t was easy