East Saginaw courier. (East Saginaw, Mich.) 1859-18??, 1863-01-27

1 taihIy as inc young man nau salu, Alr
r Patch, from the account that had beel
] given of him, was not man 10 be sus
g pected of having been guilty Of such ;
D diabolical crime. 80. u, r.r..
. l therefore wished the young mar
good day and returned to my hotel.
} In the course ofthat evening and The
following day / made many inquiries
respecting this Mr.. Patch of my land
! lord, and occasional visitors whom
met in the hotel parlor .s..
All agreed with what had been told
by the young man, with the exception
that Mr.. Patch was acknowledged to
be, though in the main a kind hearted
man, very violent; still he had been a
special friend of Mr.. Blight's-had been
inconsolable since his death, and been
one one OF the most active of the fore
most in devising means to ascertain who
was the murderer of his friend. a-
The reader will perceive that altho
Mr.. Patch had the misfortune to be
efthanded, there was very poor
ground of suspicion against him. Still
strange as it may seem, some nexplica.
ble feeling in my mind led me, in spite
of myself, to fix my suspicious upon this
gentleman, and at all hazards resolved
to see him. How to obtain an intro
duction was the next thing to be
thought of. ,t
Fortunately looking over a newspa.
per | saw an advertisement notifying
that Josiah Patch, Esq, of Deptford,
desired to obtain the services of young
man to superintend farm belonging to
him in distant part of the country. /
had cousin who was anxious to End
such employment, and 1 made this an
excuse to call upon the gentleman.
He lived in handsome villa at the
end of the town, within hundred yards
of the house lately occupied by Mr.
Blight. | Immediately called upon him
and asked to sec him.
/ was shown into parlor, and in the
course Of a few minutes Mr.. Patch
made his appearance and enquired what
was my business with him.
Il saw an advertisement in the paper
this morning. said l, stating that you
wished to obtain the services ofa young |
man capable of experimenting the man,
agement Of farm p
4 do want person. he replied, but |
| shall require good reference as to his
character and capability.'
'Those,' | said, 'csn, l believe, be fur
nished. My name is Robson, / am in
business in London, and l have q cousin,
at present out of employment, who i
think will suit you
While we were conversing, I watched
closely the appearance of Mr.. Patch
He was thick set, coarse featured
man, with low, retreating forehead,
and his head at the back part where it
Joined tho neck, was remarkable for its
massive structure. He was, in fact,
just the man, had he been of the lower
classes of society and arraigned for
some crime before court of justice, to
have created very bad first impression
upon the minds of the judge and jury.
But this is neither here nor there.
had already had too much experience in
my profession to know that great Grim.
inals are often found to possess appa-
rently the most perfect physical organi-
zation, and to be superior, likewise, as
regards mental capacity.
Still, / will allow that the coarse,
HRS appearance of Mr.. Patch, had
is effect upon me, and something /:
seemed to tell me that he was the guilty
nan.
where is this farm situa.ed2' / asked.
In Surrey was the reply
'Havc you had any other applicaton?'
None as yet |,
Then may | hope, if the thing can
DO satisfactorily arranged between us, |
hat my cousin will obtain the situation?' ,
Yes SAID Mr.. Patch, Il will give |
1ou the preference, but should like to '
see the young man..
l promised to send him over to Dept.
ord as soon as possible, and wishing
Mr.. Patch good day, left the house
Ind proceeded to that occupied by the {
amily of Mr.. Blight I;
l have seen Mr.. Patch said I TO the
young man, who again entertained me S
oh he replied, you are altogether S
wrong in your scent, Mr.. Robson. Mr.. I
patch, 4 assure you, was particular
riend of my poor father's.' {
Il called to see him with reference to
! farm in Surrey, to superintend which c
10 wishes to obtain the services Of a C
rood farmer. l had certainly wish to .
ee the man, who, as you informed me, t
vas the only person Of your acqnan. \
ance who was left.handed, but my visit $
lad reference to other business t
"A farm in Surrey = he said in tone
# surprise and astonishment. There d
vas only one bone of contention be. {
ween my father and Mr.. Patch, and n
ingularly enough it related to some v
and in Surrey. | never knew the rigli. Il
f it, but my mother does. should s
ot wish however to disturb her now. C
believe that his claim was disputed
he land was left by distant relative "
I my fathers some years since. The
wner was relative likewise Of Mr.
'atch, to whose family we are related s.
y marriage, and the will was so p
Lrangely worded that it was claimed by Il
9th Mr. Patch and my father. They o
,ara too .,ooJ fr;onls a. ill.,, . - -.