Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-06-14

horse thief, whose name could not re.
member, but who was in the shoe depart3
mcnt, had been receiving the visits OF
lawyer, who was doubtless seeking to get
him pardon or now trial.
''Tho deuce he isl" Kissed Hatch,
jumping to the conclusion l hoped he
would.
L purposely prevented any other con-
versation for several days, but it was plain
enough that my shot had told and that INV
man was greatly worried. l pretended
to have no interest in the matter, and
one day when opportunity offered he OBJ
served
''Pd give thousand dollars to get a
letter out of here to certain party"
Better not try it," 1 briefly replied,
and let him worry again for week.
II so happened then that was detailed
to the yard for II couple of days to assist
Ill repiling some lumber, and when | re-
turned had some gossip for Hatch. 1t
was to the effect that the Governor
WAS being worked for pardon for one
OF the shoe men, and it was reported
TINT the lawyer who had the case in hand
WAS to get $40, 900 if he was successful.
] could not give his name not having
heard it but vcnturcd the opinion that
the man must have rich relatives at work
for him.
'No," he replied. Giles selling some
one out on the quiet"
1t was Il week before anything further
was said. | had saved my good time
and was almost ready to 90. Four DAYS
before was granted my liberty Hatch
handed me piece of paper on which he
had written about II dozen figures and us
many letters of the alphabet, and said:
at is to my mother. She will under
stand it. If you can get this out with
you and mail it to the address on the
back, enclosing your own address, YOU
will receive ut least $1,000 within week.
That shoe man is my pard If he is
working the Governor it is to beat inc.
III take the chances of trusting YOU We
were in a big diamond robbery in Lon
don last year, and the swag is secured in
New York. If this gets to the old woman
she will put it in Il safe place"
"But the address is Chicago" said,
as got look at it,
"That's all right; she'll understand. f"
he said.
l had sore finger, and carried the
note out hidden in the rag wrapped
around the digit. Invent 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, III. :" and
on the second day after our arrival in
Chicago woman dressed in mourning
called ut the ladies' window and inquired
Tor the name. we followed her to II sa-
loon and restaurant on State street and
discovered that she kept house up stairs,
wiiiic her son, II young man of about
twenty-five, ran the business below.
The place was looked upon by the Chicago
police rs suspicious, and with their aid a
search warrant was procured and Il search
made. In Il tin box in an old trunk in
the garnet we found the securities stolen
from the bank ut Clio. Jordan IIatch's
right name was Billy Walsh, and the
woman was his mother and tile young
man his brother. Both claimed entire
Ignorance of the securities, proving that
Billy had the run Of the house when
home and that he had every Opportunity
to bring home and conceal stuff. 1t was
not until after their acquittal that we
found the key to the cipher. The note
then read:
''Put the swag into safe place at
once. Don't reply to this"
Hatch had promised me thousand
dollars, but he did not mean | 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 Sc
curitics.
Upon leaving the prison the ncn were
tried for murder and robbery They ad-
united the robbery, but denied the muir
der. They explained that they knocked
on the bank doors, and told Peter that
his wife was dying. In his confusion he
opened the door and both pushed in, and
ms he staggered back he fell and hit his
head on the tile floor. 1t had been so
long since the murder and their lawyer
made such n plausible theory that they
were acquitted of murder though doubt
less guilty, and sent for fifteen years
apiece on the other chargc.-Ne;c lor&
Sun.