The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1889-04-13

got nearer TO Hatch, but while / seemed
to be utterly indifferent 10 him, IseVeral
times caught him looking me over as II
interested. He was very handy and very
tasty with brush and stencils, and as i
was equally 80, It finally came about
after / had been In prison about three
months, that we worked side by side at
the same platform. There was one over
seer for fifteen OF us, and we had only 70
exercise prudence and discretion TO be
able TO communicate in whispers, | car
ried the idea that l grabbed the watch
on purpose TO be laid by until the hue
aud cry over a big job had died out, and
by abstaining from asking him any
question about his past l gave him no
reason to distrust me,
l had been in prison for seven months
when | was called TO the office one day
to see q friend, one OF the few who were
in the plot, He had called to ask what
progress l had made. Upon my return
10 the shop Hatch was curious to know
what had passed, and l informed him
that ! had got word that a pard Of mine
who had been in the big job with me,
but who had escaped arrest, had CONVEX.
ted our hidden swag to his own s and
gone TO Europe, /,
ard kill himP he replied. "AIypard
hadn't better try that on me-!
"Not this pull, Isn't he here with
mel"
It Wasa month before I made another
move, / then feigned sickness and got
four days in the hospital, and when l
returned to work / had some news for
Hatch, IL was to the effect that another
horse thief, whose name l could not re-
member, but who was in the shoe de-
partment, had been receiving the visits
Of q lawyer, who was doubtless seeking
10 get him q pardon or a new trial,
The-he is 4" hissed Hatch, Jump
ing to the conclusion | hoped he would,
I~purpOsely prevented any other con-
~versation for several days, but It was
plain 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;
"lll give a thousand dollars to get a
letter out oihere to a certain party"
Better not try it." ! briefly replied,
and | let him worry again for u week.
1t so happened then that ! was detail
ed to the yard for a couple Of days to as
sist in repillng some lumber, and when
| returned ] had some gossip for Hatch.
II was 10 the effect that the Governor
was being worked for a pardon for one
OF the shoemen, and 1t was reported
that the lawyer who had the case in
hand was to get $l0,OOOif he wassuccess-
full, ! could not give his name, not
having heard ii, but ventured the opin-
ion that the man must have rich rela.
tives at work for him.
erich -" he replied. "He's sell.
ing some one out on the QuiOt!"
II was q week before anything further
was said, l had saved my good time and
was almost ready to go. Four days be.
fore l was granted my liberty Hatch
handed me q piece Of paper on which
he had written about u dozen figures
and as many letters OF the alphabet, and
said:
vt is to my mother. She will under
stand it, II you can't get this out with
you and mail it 10 the address on the
back, enclosing your own address, you
will receive at least $1,000 withina week.
That shoe man Is my pard, II he is
working the governor 1t is to beat me.
I'll take tho chances OF trusting you. We
were in a big diamond robbery in Lon
don last year, and the swag is seCretcd
in New York. II this gets to tho old
woman she will put it in a safe place."
"But the address is C~hicago,"I said,
MS | got a look at 1t. !,
"That's all right; she'll understand"
no said.
had a sore finger, and l carried the
note out hidden in the rag wrapped
around the digit. went straight to Clio,
put the paper in tho hands Of tho bank
officers and detectives, and after work.
Ing over the cipher for three days we
were no wlserthan at first. The address
was, "Mrs. Ann Walsh, Chicago, Ill.,"
md on tho second day after our arrival
In Chicago a woman dressed In mourn,
Ing called at the ladies' window and in
for tho name. We followed her
10 a saloon and restaurant on State street
and discovered that she kept house up
stairs, while her son, a young man Of
twenty-five, ran tho business below. The
place was looked upon by the Chicago
police US suspicious, and with their aid
q search warrant was procured and a
search made. In n tin box in an old
trunk in tho garnet we found the seCurl-
ties stolen from the bank at Clio. Jor-
dan HatCl's right name was BILLY
Walsh, and the woman was the mother
md the young man his brother. Both
claimed entlreignoranCe oftheseOurities,
proving that Billy had the run of the
house when home, and TINT he had
every opportunity to bring home and
stuff. II was not until after
theiracquittal that we found the key to
the cipher. The note then read:
"Put tho swag In a safe place at once.
Don't replyto this
Hatch had promised nc a thousand
hut he did not mean / should
got II. Mother aud son both knew he
was in prison, but were afraid to visit
him for fear Of being suspected Of hay.
ing the securities.
Upon leaving tho prison the men we're
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 WIS dying. In his
confusion he opened tho door and both
pushed In, and as he staggered back he
fell and hit his head on the tile floor. II
had been 80 long since the murder, and
their lawyer made such a plausible
theory, that they were acquitted Of mur.
der, though doubtless guilty, and sent
for fifteen years apiece on tho other
charge.
Don't Got Caught
This spring with your blood full Of i'm.
puritleS, your digestion Impaired, your
appetite poor, kidneys and liver torpid,