The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1876-03-20

| "There, jump through, and turn to
tyour left. Then you can't miss your
road"
This was considered altogether too i'm
probable; nevertheless, inquiry showed
that Shaw's wite's maiden name WAS
Dram, that the tramp had worked In
Nottingham, and that his brother kept
an inn on the Waterloo Road, London.
But what could be the object In Shaw's
sending the man off in the middle of the
night, and after he had discovered, too,
that he was a relative?
The accused mans brother employed
counsel, and every effort was used to
establish his Innocence. Among other
things, reward was offered for any
Bank of England notes bearing Shaw's
| initials on the back, as it was, ascer-'
tanned that it as his custom so to mark
| all notes that came into his possession.
But the person in whose keeping the
| pluHder was had himself discovered the
| tefl-tale INITIALS, and was too cautious to
| put them into circulation, where they
would, be LIKELY to. be detected, or, what
| Is more probable, had carefully altered
the letters, for none, OF them were ever
found. But light was to be shed on the
crime from another direction. An ex-
pert London detective was employed by
The prisoners counsel to investigate the
| matter, and his first inquiries were as to
whether any suspicious persons had
been seen around the neighborhood pre-
vious to the murder. A tollkeeper be-
| tween the town and the Moat farm de-
posed that at about = O'Clock the same
evening. two men passed in a dog cart,
but he could give no description OF them,
as it was dark at the time.
These men, however, had not passed
the next toll gate, which was five miles
Idistant, until 4 O'Clock In the morning,
and, though the most diltgent inquiry
was made, their whereabouts from =
lo'clock to A could not be ascertained.
The dog cart, it was found, was hired in
Northampton, and returned by a youth
1.-THE next day. After much patient
Isearch this lad was found at a village
twelve miles distant, and from him a
IJained. One of them was clean shaved
land wore a fur cap, The other had side
whiskers, and smoked meerschaHm
Epipe with q snakes head for bowl.
4 While getting out Of the dog cart at the
linn in tine village the pipe fell TO the
lgrQund aud was broken. The man gave
the fractured prpe head to the boy and
tput the other piece in his pocket, re-
) fmarking that the mouthpiece was still
Egood.
| The two men, it was found, walked
J miles of, and there the station master
remembered that they took tickets Tor
Birmingham. Twelve hours after the
discovery the police Of that town were
on the lookout for the two men. They
were believed to be two of gang who
made Cheshire's GU Navigation street,
their Headquarters, and one OF them was
set down Lo be q notorious convict
known as the Major. This man was
Stracked to q house, along with a man
known as Cornish Jake. Here they were
kept under surveillance until near day
light, when they quilted The place and
took a cab ip New street.
The officers, watching them, followed
and saw them safely lodged iu a house
ON the Bromwich Road, kept by sport
, ing man named Nat. Walsh, An extra
: force OF palice was obtained, and the
house was entered. The Major and
Cornish Jake were taken in bed, and in
a search OF the room they brought to
light the stem and mouthpiece OF the
broken meerschaum pipe. The officer
who discovered it slipped it into his
pocket, and the men were unaware of
It's having been taken.
They sought to establish an alibi, but
: were held for trial. When their case
! came ON they were confident OF an ac-
quittal, as they had witnesses to swear
: that both were together at tCheshire's, in
} Birmingham, at the time the crime was
: perpetrated. Though the lad at the wills
iage inn swofe to their identity, yet their
case was so strong as to render their es-
{ cape probable, when the incident of the
: broken pipe was put in evidence. The
head in the possession Of the boy fitted
3 the stem found in the MAJORS room pre-.
} oiseIy, and that settled the matter. They
4 were convicted and sentenced to be
q hanged. Up to the last moment they
q maintained their innocence; but aitel
5 their execution Big Poll delivered up te
0 the Police large part 0t the piunder
I admitting that the two men had placed
$ il in her charge, but disayowing ans
j. knowledge OF the murder.
81 The im mpression was that the men hat
e got informal alton from their pals of Shaw,
g habits and wealth, and had thereupoI
s planned and executed the Grim 3; tina
# they were around the house at the tint
d of the tramp's departure, saw what wai
s going on in the kitchen, and entered b.
the window by which the tramp quittet
Q the house. Before the Old man had tim,
i to fairly enter his room they sprung ol
o him, and he fed to the bed to protect hi
d keys, which were under the pillows
!, His chances in the grasp OF one Of hi
d powerful assailants was small, and Jhel
j. quickly dispatched him. Then the
s locked the door to pursue their work il
t safety. Having secured the booty, the
Q determined to quit by the room Windo,
e.l as atfording an easier and reader way Q
n escape.
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