New Britain herald., 1916-09-30
WOMAN DETECTIVE
 TRAPS MAIL THIEF
Allows Clerk to Believe She Loves
 Him Dearly

New York, Sept. 30.-Bernard flaw Icy, the young man who was arrested in Nyack on Wednesday on a charge of stealing $30,OO0 while it was in transit between the postofices of Lake George and Glen Falls was yester- day arraigncd before United States Commimssioner Houghton and held in $5,OOO bail for examination. Bail was furnished. Hawley pleaded not guilty.
 The Federal officials withheld the name of the woman who caused Haw- lcy's arrest, and who asserted that he made a full confession to her after she had won his confidence by listen jig to his declarations of more or less fervid affection. It was lcnrocd, how ever, that she was a regularly em- ployed post office inspector, and, with Inspectors Shea and Fitch was as- signed to the Lake George robbbery.
 According to information obtained from the officials, the sequence of in cidents before and after the robbery vas the following:
 Bernard Hawley was a clerk in the Lake George post office, where his father had formerly been postmaster His sarary was only $50 a month, yet he seemed always to have plenty of spending money, and, according to one report, the government agents suspected him of pilfering various sums from letters going through the | est office, though they were never able to make a charge against him.
 On the night of Augsut 22 last, trolley car carrying $30, ,000 from the post office at Lake George to that at Glens Falls stopped for lack of power and the motorman left it to telephone to the power station. The stop was made in a lonely spot but there was no disturbance before the motormans return, and the car went on, none of those on it suspecting that anything material had gone wrong. When they reached Glens Falls, however. they discovered that the bag containing the $30,000 was missing No one could tell how it had been removed.
 At once the Federal investigation began. Hawley came under suspicion, because as clerk in the post office he could have had advance information of the transportation of the money, and, because the car was stopped, conveniently Cor him) near his homo. Also soon after the robbery, the young man seemed to be more than usually free with money, and within @ short time he left Lake George.
 Woman Enters Case.
 At this point the woman came into the case. She contrived to meet flaw ley. She was attractive and flattered the youth She listened to his pro- testations, which, it is said, increased from friendship to protestations of rndying love, and allowed her suitor J,,rr thing of his affection By her atti- tude she urged him on to greater dem onstrations of devotion.
 Finally, when the two were in Nyack last Saturday, Hawley, in a burst of confidence, told the woman that he had obtained the money which he spent so freely on her from the mail bag on the trolley car, according to the Federal authorities. He had given intimations before of the source of his apparent wealth, 1t Is said, but had never made q statement sat1Sfac- tory to the woman detailed to trap him.
 When she had obtained what she considered ample evidence against tho young man tho woman made a pre- arranged signal for the benefit of In- spectors Fitch and Shea, who had fol- lowed the couple to Nynck, and they mado ready for the arrest. The woman was permitted to get away from her companion, who was kept under sur vcillancc and arrested last Wednesday, nieht He did not know until yester- day that the woman was responsible for his imprisonment.
 Tho Federal officials believe that Hawlcy had accomplices and are now making efforts to obtain from the prisoner a confession naming them. Also they are following clues which they hope will lead to those who shared in the s3O,0oO Inspectors Fitch and Shea left the city last night and, according to belief, went to Lake George to take up the hunt again.
 Before becoming a clerk in tho Lake George post office Hawley was employed in the Nyack branch Of tho Standard oil company. and so had m acquaintance there. It was his desire 10 appear among his old friends in company with a handsome woman and with evidences of prosperity that lod him back to the town, the officials pelove