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Show WEI OF FAT IS World's Richest and Most Artistic Ar-tistic Sale Blower Still Calm Under Arrest. DENIES HIS IDENTITY. BUT POLICE ARE CONFIDENT Accused of Four Murders, and Only Tackled Jobs That Paid Big Money. V ' ! Eddy 2fay, cleverest and richest v v crncksman in world. v v Said to be worth nearly half -J h a million dollars. !- I- Good-looking and mild-mannered r r and expresses his thoughts in per- v V" feet English. JIar.shest expression I 'I' is "Oh. sugar." Nearly $110,000 rewards offered ! v for his capture -by tho United J- States government and banks. v v Is the only man to outwit tho v-v- United States secret servico sleuths -j for six years. ' -I I l-'av never tackled a "job" that v -r paid less than $10,000. . -I- Owns a ranch and has a string 'r v of race horses in California. r -I Is accused of four murders, v r Last broke jail at Jancsville, h Wis. 'r i t By Leased Wire to Tlie Trlbuno. NEW YOKK. April 2. Kddio Fay, tho artistic cracksman, who is charged with robbing the postofTiec at Richmond, Rich-mond, Va., aided by two confederates, of nearly $80,000 in cash and stamps, and who wns arrested in this city, is tho most romantic of the latter-day criminals. While Fay indignantly denies that he is the world-famous safe-blower, numerous nu-merous cities ranging from New i'ork to the Pacific coast aro putting in bids for a legal crack at tho prisoner for crimes alleged to havo been committed by him. As Knv is a government prisoner ho must first answer the charge of robbing rob-bing the nostolfico at Richmond, Vn. Seated in his cell in tho federal prisoners' pris-oners' part of tho Tombs prison the notorious cracksman did not present the appearanco of a dangerous gunman, gun-man, and yet the police say that he is as ready on tho trigger as a Now Mexico Mex-ico outlaw. Fay's clothes aro marked with the tag of a famous English tailor in London, Lon-don, and he claims that ho is au English Eng-lish banker. The prisoner is about five feet eight inches in height with pleasant pleas-ant features and mild bluo eyes. His jaw is square and his head is topped by a mop of curb yellow hair. Roasts Now York Police. "The nolico in New York aro the politest barbarinn E evor heard of," said Fay, "f havo met with rough handling in my time, but povcr to equal tho Bertillon department of New York police. "Gracious! they wont at mo as Continued on. Pago Two. . ,. 5ft CAREER OF PAY m LIKE s Continued from lyjjr though I wero a cannibr tied the ropes about my1s skin was broken and ,tfJ' with cords until my to, of my mouth. I really timo that I would loji they handled mo so roug ''They accuse me of ous. "ft'liy, pshaw! I dJ& to fire u revolver." "Then you aro notKk asked the interviewer. p'i ''Oh, sucar! What fe tion," replied tho priiif twinkle in his eye. jfe dreadful man nnd youlfco: sociato my nnmo withlfc Fay holds tho uniques witting tho United StSfc vice men and the Pinkl years since 1904, in jL escaped from ;jail in and caused tho rumor tav. was dead. He owns aC, and ran his horses in Jbc5j west under an assume, bold and daring, andyetkjL of an artist in blowinfifiiJ mechanic, ho calculated l mntical precision andgfe he's clever as Sherlocfcrfc r Long Trail of& Fa- was arrested iriuM after William Pinkertl trailed him ncross the-ii.?,; same year ho was arrest cisco and got off witbjteg. In 1S95 he was arrested!, sentenced to fivo 3Tearii! prison for a diamond tfft In 1S98 ho turned S whoro ho was arrestefi-robbery arrestefi-robbery in El Paso, Ta( leased upon $1000 ba 1903 ho was nrrested.-g. convicted upon tho fJN carrying the finest fietmJM: over manufactured in iffj was sentenced to twoM, J Southern Illinois .peniiWi Fay's most darinjr tho west. |