Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1892-12-09
manner avoiding the humiliation OF be-
ing DRAGGED along tho sidewalk. =.

readily be understood that on a wedding
trip carried no business letters or other
papers Standardization. The only name
In my pockets was on that card which
Evans had given me.
In this card my two captors and the
several other detectives present appeared
particularly interested.
"The same to t." said my shabby
acquaintance. sect the telegram and
let's see."
The telegram was from the chief of
/: police of Philadelphia:
i Arrest Link Murphy, alias Stoop
! Meadows, confidence man, forger, safe
expert and murderer. One thousand
dollars reward. He is twenty eight
, years cid, brown curly hair and stoops
slightly, He was in Chicago two days
ago, but believed to have left there for
Cincinnati to-day. Just before he left
! here Monday night called at job print
ing office for cards ordered that morn.
ing. There was only one, which had
, been taken as proof for him to correct.
He took this with him. 1t was in old
English type on bevel edged white card,
also gilt edged. When he left here
wore light overcoat, dark felt hat and
gray trousers.
listened to this as to my doom. I
was bcwildcred and desperately dis
heartcned. What would my bride do
when tomorrow came and no loverl
When thought over the matter, pay
ing little attention to the conversation
of the detectives, 1 caught the words
"said" and observed it," wondered
what connection they could have with
my case.
eyes" ny shabby friend was saying,
livery clever fellow, seemed to me.
Used TO be on the force in Philadelphia
himself. Shrewd fellow. lie put us on
to it. Come in asKin' If Link Murphy
wasn't wanted-said he believed he'd
seen him. He showed up all right, and
we let him look ut the telegram. He
said it was the man and named one
hundred. We put it up down stairs and
he waited there till we got back with
our man. 1t was PLAIN case and he
took the money"
elias he gone YETI" asked another de-
tcctive.
ellis train left at 1886" said the
narrator, looking at his watch. 81 guess
he siftcd pretty soon after we came and
turned over the money to him. Any
how, he's gone now, for it's exactly 1
o'clock"
l had listened ia .bsolutc amaze
mcnt.
"Do you mean" asked, "that some
man got 500 from you for pointing me
out7"
"Precisely."
I! must have been my doublc-no
other than Link Murphy himself.
''Let me interrupt just once more"
said ]. 81 must send some explanation
to this young lady's family. You WON'T
let me telegraph her nor her father. Let
me send the message through the chief
of po>ice mt that place. He will know
Howard Pearson, and surely you can
trust Lie chief of police.
"Pearson" repeated one of the men.
~ think that's it. l think our man
tclegraphcd him over an hour ago.
think that's the name.
"What did he sayl" gaspcd.
"Who?'
"This man who pointed me out to
you. What message did he send to Mr..
Pcarson2"
"Don't let it scare you. don't know
what it was"
The impudence of that man Link Muir
| phyl He had thrown the police off his
own track by having me arrested, he
had put 500 in his own pockets as net
profit on the transaction, and finally had
taken in hand correspondence with the
family OF my betrothed, leaving me pow
crlcss to interfere
was led to cell finally, still hand
cuffed, to stay until morning. For five
minutes l was left there. My cell mates
were two men, one n negro. The white
man was beastly drunk. He walked up
rs the door was uDbolted for me to enter
and then bolted after me. He grumbled
ut being walked and cursed at me, and
presently he was snoring again. The
atmosphere was sultry and malodorous.
There were thieves and cutthroats for
company. l was one of them. To-
morrow morning was going to Phila-
deiphia with my shabby friend. won
dered vaguely if my double would nc
tuolly take it into his head to marry my
bride, and then 1 wondered if I was
| NiHHJs was oo.
These thoughts were interrupted by
another clanking of bolts aud rafting
of iron doors. My shabby friend and
the turnkey were coming toward my
cell. The detective was swearing vic.
iously.
"Wen, Lin,Sy,' he said to me, "thc
lawyers will get Il whac.l at you after
all. It's habeas corpus reckon"
"Thank God!" sid, huskily.
"Linky," the detective continued, Sc.
riously, "what's the use of thisl You're
only maxim trouble for us, that amt
your best game. CD along quiet, why
don't youl a day or two week amt
goin' to help you any,"
"But the chief said to hold him any,
how" interrupted the turnkey.
learned then that telegram had
been received from Mr.. Pearson, nv
brides father, and that the chief OF 20
lice had ordered me held in Cincinnati
until the case could be investigated.
"The old mans comm on himself"