Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-06
iBy GEORGE BRITT

S CHICAGO, Sept. 20 And as;rss
to Faby, There 'll.sbe plenty in the
papers aboht yor one of these
days.', "a ~
The reminiseence accompanies q
cleaning smile in the baby blue eyes
of Florence Murphy, loyal Amazon.
ian wife of ~'Big Tim Murphy. "a
All the four years since William
F., lFahy came to Chicago, she had
known him as the relentless post
office inspector, the vindictiy6 per;
sonal foe working and scheming to
send her husband to- Leavenworth
speIftentiary for mail robbery and
keep him there. His conviction OF
Murphy was the peak feats Of hiss
brilliant career. .ggs,
. And now Fahy, the prosecutor, il
Fahy, the prisoner, charged with
participation ipr the, $2,000,0Qq
Rondout mail robtry last juno and
suspected as the sinsidesmaster mind
of half dozen other, big theftss>
Mrs. Murphy is quick. to suggest the
turn of event confirms Zig
Tim 's'a'speaI he was the victim of.
frame-up. 49,, ~2,s &C. Sv =
81 always said Fahg, was Al
double-crosser says Mrs., Murphy, ;:
cont Portable and eonlplacent at the
news as she sits in her husband Isl
old office where she carries on hfsl
work as director of the Gas House,
Workers Union g
Charges He Prosecuted Her
AseI'm not surprised. You know he-i
was always jolly and pleasant mi
court, and he would shake Tim s
hand and say, There's nothing per.8l
sonal in this; l IN just working forl
the government But behind ourI
backs a
8 While the trial was on he toldI
somebody, talking about me, thatl
Tim won't be in six months bel
fore she II divorce him and be oftl
with another. man. didn't tell
Tim about it, because. he would hay@l
gone after him right in the courts
room. But l went up to him one|
day in. the corridor and he surelNI
did hurry to deny it.
- And p says, Listen, if Ting
Murphy is kept in prison a. hundred4
years. LII be waiting for him, be-
cause his little toe is more to me1
than you or any other man IN the
world. Tim has been in 1S monthsl
now, and I've been to see him eyerE4
month. He's eligible for parole, and
if it hadn't been for Falfy and his
framed charges about that robbery
at Pullman, he'd besout
Fahy hasn't stopped at Tim,
either He told a young fellow we
know not very long ago that he'd
like TO get something on that big
blonde, meaning me. q
oYou know how they did me
when Tin was arrested on the Deat
born robbery, don't you! 81
"WeIl, ] was in the hospital from
an operation. And Fahy and his
squad ransneked our house. IsdoHT
know who did it, but when | got
back nearly everything was missing
the pearl handled knives and forks
we got as q wedding present ana
table linen and some champagne and
even S5 cents from the pocketbook
of our servant girl. II
He Led Search Himself
"I'd like to see him looking out
from behind the bars now. = 3
Tie arrest of Fahy was the nlosti
spectacular incident in the memory
Of the present generation OF posE
office inspectors. Fahy himself
trusted, keen, ione.wolf solver Of
many a dark mystery, led the search
for the Rondout robbers. he. help
ed make some Of the arrests aud
pointed out there must have been.
traitorons directing brain within
the pdstoffice department TO make
the crime possible. ~
I. A tip from one of the prisoners.
to Chief Inspector A, y. tGerm@
suggested Fahy. Almost incredt-
lotls, the chief called in aids from
J,of.ut farfitnrv unku0Wn ia FahV