The Richmond Virginian. (Richmond, Va.) 1910-1920, 1915-02-20
POLICE ARREST TWO
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ing shaved. and although taken COM
plctely unawares, the men showed
fight. Detectice- Sergeant Krengel
knew the men he was after and took
no chances. He covered the pair as
ie walked into the shop, followed by
the two uniformed men.
William Ross, the largest of tho pair.
Is supposed to be one of the most t'x-
ipert cracksmen in the country. The
man he il thought to be is known to
the underworld as est. Louis Cliff" AT
different times St. Louis Cliff has gone
under the name of Frank Hayden.
Arthur Cliff. John Blair. James Cliff
as furnished the local department. is
that he is twenty-nine years old, six
feet tall. weighs 1870 pounds. has dark :
blue eyes and chestnut hair.
His pal has at times gone under the
names of William Smith, Walter
Bloom. Scharfinsky and other aliases
He Is said to be twenty seven years old.
FIVE feet four inches tall. and weighs
1873 pounds. Smith has blue eyes,
chestnut hair, and is dark complexion-
ed.
Answer Description.
The pai- arrested last night, nc
lcording to the police, answer the de-
lsFription OF the men wanted for the
murder of police sergeant In St
Louis and for other crimes in different
cities. They failed to give a good ac-
count OF themselves and refused to talk
when questioned by Sergeant Krengel
They will be held until full in
vestigation can be made of their
record. Detectives consider it very
likely that they were the pair who
robbed the express car on the Florida
fier yesterday morning.
man-hunt which began early
Yesterday uDTninU the tNyn oil
ed bandits, as soon as word of the
hoid-up OF the Florida flier just South
OF Alexandria. continued throughout
the day yesterday. Atlantic Coast
Line detectives walked the tracks for
miles looking Tor some trace of the
bandits or for the safe which accord
ing TO Express Messenger Chambliss
they threw from the car shortly after
binding his hands and feet and those
of NJ. NJ. Williams. who was riding
dead head with him. At ali OF the
intervening towns between Washing
ton and Richmond the police were
on the lookout
Arrest Three.
; Three men We're arrested by the
) Alexandria police early yesterday
morning. They are being held pend
ing an investigation, although Cnief
, of Police Goode. of that city. admits
, that he has no evidence against them.
, NJ. NJ. Williams, nf Rose Hill. y.
: c., who was riding with Express
) Messenger Chambliss at the time OF
the hold-up was recalled from North
Carolina by the officials of the South
ern Express Company yesterday. TO
Washington. He is said 10 have given
the story OF the hold-up in detail.
ton We're to the effect that the safe
which mad been thrown from the ex-
press car near Franconla Station. had
not been found. Headquarters men
from the Washington police force are
working on the case, but so far have
uncovered no additional facts CON
! corning the hold-up.
= The Express Company officials yes
! terday gave out statements in which
I they deaie1 that q large amount OF
money was In the safe. They said that
r the safe only a small affair and was
used only in emergencies Al the
9 time OF the robbery it Is said to have
= contained only few dollars.
story of Robbery.
. II liz thought that the robbers
boarded the train when II stopped a,
: Alexandria. The express car was the
. third from the engine. The train was
not scheduled to stop again until II
: reached fredericksburg. From 81
that can DO gathered the two robbers
attacked the express car Just before
. reaching Franconia station, which Ia
few miles south of Alexandria. Thiet
frst move was to push the glass in
the front door. and quickly thrust.
' ing their revolvers through the aper.
ture. they commanded the two clerks
to throw up their hands.
i, ! They then forced the messengers &c
: unlock the door in order to let them
, into the car. Once inside the masked
. bandits relieved Chambliss of his re-
volver. They removed an axe fren
, the wall which was carried in case OF
wrecks. and with this instrument
tried TO break open the safe. AL
though the safe is only about thirty
Is only about one-eighth of an inch
thick, this method of opening it
: proved too slow. The bandits rolled
the safe to the door. and, according to
Cham bliss. threw II from the train
near Franconia station.
Then jumped From Train.
According to the generally accept.
= ed theory, the bandits then jumped
: from the train. Three hours later the
train rolled into ByrdStreet Station
> Shortly after it's arrival. at 1910 yes
terday morning, the express car was
= opened by man employed here ir
the local express office. He found
!. Chambliss and Williams tied hand anc
. foot.
? With the exception of the express
|. messenger. all of the train crew lief
the train when II reached Richmond
and a fresh crew continued on the
journey to Charleston.
Conductor James Southwark. WHO
brought the robbed train to Rich
mond. was seen at his home later ~
reporters He said he knew nothing
of the robbery until he arrived al
his home early this morning. The
conductor was at loss to under stand
how the robbers got off the train be.
: tween Alexandria and Fredericksburg
. He said that the train was going AZ
; least sixty miles an hour between
those two stopa.
: A Mysterious Getaway.
W. f. Robertson. flagman on the
train, who lives at 2117 West Taylo,
Street. was also seen. He said tina.
! ne had seen nothing OF the robbsia
and did not know how they were able
to leave the train without his hav-
ing noticed them.
Engineer n. II. Arnold. OF 1928
! Hanover Avenue. said that he did not
hear of the robbery until he had
reached the roundhouse after com
pletinK his run.
Sydney Whitehorn, baggage master