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Show Has Blown Up Many Posfoffices, Securing Thoifnds of Dollars in Stamps and Four Murders Are Charged Against Him Vw "Most Important Capture New York, March 30. With the lining lin-ing up today at police headquarters,, i.f Frederick Cunningham and FranSC Chester, the two men csught , last Light while trying to get awas with trunks containing $30 000 in stamps stolen from the postoffice at Richmond, Rich-mond, Va the- detective force h'1-lieves h'1-lieves It made one of the most im- porlant captures In years. One of the men arrested for thn .Richmond burglary, the police believe, k "Eddy" Fay. a much-wanted fugitive fugi-tive whoso picture Is In every rogues' gr-llery of Importance In the country and for whose apprehension a total of about J20. onn In rewards have been offered of-fered In various cities. The prisoner prison-er Is the one kuown as Cunningham Cunning-ham He was recognized by Detective Detect-ive Poahody and other old-trraers who said that as "Eddy" Fay, hp was known as one of the most successful mfp blowers In the countrj. - According to the dofect've bureau, Tay is wanted in Ixs Angeles for b.iowing the safe of the postoffice in j&0," and getting away with $10.7:;S worth of 8tarr?6 and $1 000 in gold. There is $1,000 reward for Tils capture cap-ture for this crime. Five years ago. in Peoria, Ills . h'.t blew the safe of the postoffice and got away with $30.00u worth of stamps A year later he again blew the sam safe and i his time ho made off with $74,000 worth of stamps. He "was renvictod and sent to jail in Spring- 1 Hold, Ills., In Auctist 1897. but broke iut a rhort tlntf later. .He also bb-ko 5a II in Janesvii?, Wisconsin. wh ; lie had been senrXfor safe blowing. " v Fay. the detecSTves sar, is wonlV from $30,000 to Sto and owns u string of race horsrfebM"J The police say tf?don't know much about the man ra tight with Fny. rkth. after arraignment 5n the Tombs onrt, will be turned -over-to United ?tatcn Commissioner, Shields. ,, r The Richmond postoffice sate was blown some time between Satiirdav night and Monday morning and $S.V-HiO $S.V-HiO worth of stamps and $3 ooo m can inken. |