Sacramento daily record-union., 1889-06-15

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swag to his own use and gone to Europe.
, 'tTd kill him p he replied "My par
, hadn't better trv that on mew
"But he may"
"Not this pull Isn't he here with me?
1t was month before | made anothe
move. ! then feigned sickness, and go
four days in the hospital, and when l re
turned to work | had some news for Hatch
1t was 10 the effect that another horse
thief, whose name | could not remember
but who was in the shoe department, hao
been receiving the visits of a lawyer, wht
was doubtless seeking to get him pardon
or new trial.
The - he isw Missed Hatch, Jump
| ing to the conclusion hoped he would.
purposely prevented any other conver
sation for several days, but it was plair
enough that my shot had told and that my
man was greatly worried. l pretended
TO have no interest in the matter, and one
day when opportunity offered he observed
I'D give a thousand dollars to get 6
letter out Of here to a certain party"
Better not try II | briefly replied
and let him worry again for a week.
1t SO happened then that | was detailed
to the yard for couple Of days to assist in
repiling some lumber, and when l returned
had some gossip for Hatch 1t was 10
the effect that the Governor was being
worked for pardon for one Of the shoe
men, and it was reported that the LAWYER
who had the case in hand was 10 get Sl0,-
| 600 il he was successful. | could not give
his name, not having heard it, but ven
tured the opinion that the man must have
rich relatives at work for him.
Rich" he replied " He's selling
some one out on the quiet r
1t was a week before anything further
was said. l had saved my good time and
was almost ready to 60 Four days before
| was granted my liberty Hatch handed
me a piece of paper on which he had
written about dozen figures and as many
letters Of the alphabet, and said:
''lt Is TO my mother. She will under
stand 1t. If you can get this out with YOU
and mail it to the address on the back. in
closing your own address, YOU will receive
at least 81 900 within a week. That shoe
man is my pard. If he is working the
Governor, it is to beat me- Eli fake the
chances Of trusting you. We were in big
diamond robbery in London last year and
the swag is secreted in New York. If this
gets to the old woman she will put it in
safe place
But the address is Chicago I said, as
| got a look at it.
That's all right; she'll understand > he
said.
l had a sore finger, and l carried the
note out hidden in the rag wrapped around
the digit. l went straight to Clio, put the
paper in the hands of the bank officers
and detectives, and after working over the
cipher for three days we were no wiser
than at first. The address was, Mrs. Ann
Walsh, Chicago, Ill" and on the second
day after our arrival in Chicago a woman
dressed in mourning called at the ladies'
window and inquired for the name. We
followed her to a saloon and restaurant on
State street, and discovered that she kept
house up stairs, while her son, a young
I.an of >, ran the business below. The
place was lookedupon by the Chicago police
as suspicious, and with their aid a search
warrant was procured and a search made.
In tin box in an old trunk in the garret
We found the securities stolen from the
bank at Clio. Jordan Hatch's right name
was Billy Walsh, and the woman was his
mother and the young man his brother
Both claimed entire ignorance of the secur-
tiles, proving that Billy had the run Of the
house when at home, and that he had
every opportunity to bring home and con-
ceal stuff. 1t was not nntil after their ac-
quittal that we found the key to the
cipher. The note then read:
Put the swag in safe place at once.
Don't reply to this"
Hatch had promised me $1,000, but he
did not mean that should get it. Mother
and son both knew he was in prison, but
were afraid to visit him for fear of being
suspected of having the securities.
Upon leaving prison the men were tried
for murder and robbery They admitted
the robbery, but denied the murder. They
explained that they knocked on the bank
doors and told Peter that his wife was
dying. In the confusion he opened the
door and both pushed in, and as he stag
gered back he fell and hit his head on the
tile floor. 1t had been so long since the
murder, and their lawyer made such
plausible theory, that they were acquitted
of murder, though doubtless guilty, and
sent for fifteen years apiece on the other
charge.