The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-27

cot Tor seve-cI hours arer ho vas placeu
In Mo cell s;cring ct the wall with vacant
eyes.
Nett morning the expression of unut.
ternblc pisery was still on his face He
turned TO Simmons. who entered the cen
with substantial breakfast for HIM, and
eaid, IN hollow voice:
Mr.. Simmons, will you 60 me favorf"
IVES. answered Denis. promptly, If
1t Is anything IL reason"
Who vs, II gave us away
The touch Of anxiety in this query
struck Sinmons as peculiar. He did not
reply Immediately. and Landgraf con
tinUed. still more anxiously:
Tel me IL il was woman.
Simmons mind reverted 20 the lady
who furnished the clew about the lace
Thinking the lad had some strong motive
In seeking tits information, he answered
that II was q woman.
Il thought SO, said the boy gloomily
and, then Frightening up suddenly: Let
Curly and the others come in; we may
have something 10 tell you.
Curly, Mott and Herman were brought
into the cell The captain looked q; them
sadly and said:
Boys. she gave us away
NO." exclaimed the lads; shed never
do that"
"Its true: Mr. Simmons says SO, said
Landgraf, tears gathering in his eyes,
which he rcsolH;cly brushed away with
his coat cuff.
"Iandrraf is right. said Denis, how'll
dered az the turn Of affairs but surmising
that an interesting disclosure was in
mincnt. she furnished the Glow.
The lads g-oaned ard looked iueTably
| distressed
What do you propose, captain asked
Curly
Revenge exclaimed Laadgraf,
forcely.
Yes. that's right. said the others in
chorus. Lets make n clean brcas, Of II.
and let the trGitress take equal chances
with MS
This is getting decidedly Interesting.
said Denis to himself. Il wonder who
she g. ard y hat sic has TO Go with these
kids"
"Mr. Simmons Landgraf said. With
an dir Of dignity which was rather anus
ing. IF YOU will kindly furnish mo with
pens, ink and paper | will draw up a
statement about those robberies and fur.
nish you with information which will DC
Of great service 10 You.
Denis readily complied with this re-
| quest, after removing the others TO theIr
respective cells.
In an hour the statement was prepared,
and an astonishing document IT proved
| II was n full confession Of the long ceres
| Of burglaries which had given tho police
80 much trouble. But the most r2marka.
bic passages related to the connection OF
Lawyer Claypoie and Mrs Ciaypole with
| the gang
| IAndgriff told how himself and col
| leagues had been worked upon by this cs-
Unable couple. she told rs fairy tales >
he wrote. and got ua all in love with
her She promised to clopo with mc this
! summer, and believe she was in earn
est. for she said she didn't have 1t very
comfortable with the old man Claypole
| engineered the burglsries, and we acted
| under bis instructions. He put up this
street pedling fake, and VIC kept piles OF
| stuff in the vault in his Office, in Dear.
born street lie didn't always do the
square thing. but we were bamboozled 10y
his wife, who promised everything ia
make matters run smooth and easy like
Now that she's squcaled, We think II
nothing but fair that we should tell all
about the snap SO that she may get the
same deal as We got. The Mendelsohn
| Job was done for Mrs Claypolc. She
wanted 10 get square with a fellow named
Hadley, who had been saying rough
things about her. and she started the
yarn that he helped the Dutchman 10 rot
| himself She took NE 10 the store one
day and gavo me points about the laces
that were best 10 take She lad trunk
full Of tho stuff. We weren't 50 very bad
before these Claypoles got ahoId of us
only doing @ little fake now and thcr
whllo We were ont peddling. This Is AL
a true story, and We give it away so that
that nend in female form may be pinchcc
and go down where she belongs, Tor play
ing false with poor boys who lo,ad anC
! lost hcr
Simmons read this curious spistle with