Show THE HATCH MYSTERY A sensation to is promised in the celebrated hatch murder case that will convulse kit carpon careon county and which removes any doubt of the co complicity mp I 1 ic it y of C W hatch in ila the terrible crime of which he was acquitted in colorado springs last saturday afternoon all manner of theories have been offered abdad and advanced and in the absence of better proof apoplexy was assigned as the cause of the death of henry H hatch in his lonely home near flagler station the details of which it would appear are yet to be revealed and in a light that will astound the detectives and officers who have given the mystery their attention A case of that kind in a town where trouble tro ulle is seldom heard of and where murder is the last thought that enters a residents hadas head is not without its advantageous p points to a man who commits the crime the local authorities who have never had experience in such matters are it is but 3 at natural then that they should cling tenaciously to the most plausible clew and refuse absolutely through the lack of criminal experience to accept any other unless indeed the case is apparent on it its face such it seems w was the hatch case I 1 the boston people who were here interested in the case it if seems employed a detective to visit the scene of the tragedy and if possible re veal the affair as it actually transpired that he has been successful in a general wy way there is no doubt one of the gentlemen gentleman whose name is not mentioned last night told a aw reporter a strange story in connection with the murder but at the request of the detective who is working up the evidence he be refused to at present reveal any names thinking that such publicity would give the perpetrators a cue which they would not be slow in accepting and leaving the die country after a careful examination of the premises of the ranch and the stories in in regard to the position of the furniture in the room where the body of henry hatch was found he concluded that the case was one of premeditated murder acting upon the theory that any mati man who wilfully plans to kill a fellow being leaves some tangible clew upon which to work he ingratiated himself lii into the esteem of a number of people in the neighborhood but for four weeks was unable to arrive at any definite mite conclusion as to the character of the man who committed the murder alie fact that a revolver was not used puzzled him the idea that the murderer might entertain the opinions that it would be better to use a club or sto veiron satisfied him that he was right and andin jin the next week he developed some exceedingly interesting facts acts that had bad entirely escaped the attention of the people of Pl flagler agler several weeks before the murder was committed there arrived in flagler a cowboy a stranger in that locality whose record was bad he bad been mixed up in a number of questionable transactions and has been engaged in several cowardly shooting batman scrapes the cowboy posed as a bad man As be was ohp th typical type of the border ruffian he was not associated with by anybody in the town while he was in flagler several thefts were noted and is in each ewe case they were laid to the new comer though no one cared to accuse him of it for fear of becoming coming lie involved in a difficulty of some kind this man an became acquainted with henry hatch and from his bis lips learned that he expected money from his nephew and then laid his plans hatch expected money from his nephew and as he was an old man must be a sound sleeper and the fact that be lived alone was sufficient to induce this man to attempt the robbery in the event hatch should awake he be would kill him by beating the old man over the head because if a shot was fired the bullet would be convincing proof against agai him when it was discovered that it was of the same calibre that fitted his bin revolver so the first stop step be came apparent on the face but bow could he stay in flagler and know when his hie nephew arrived if he should happen to come by way of burlington to visit the old man daily to find if the nephew had called would be hazardous and so there must have been an accomplice inthe i n the affair in the course of a few days the detective became satisfied that he knew who the accomplice was and he further learned that that that man paid frequent visits to burlington and was there the day C W hatch stepped off the train it must have been then that the second party informed the cowboy from a number of men whose memories were refreshed it was ascertained that the plain as rider was seen on the outskirts of the town that night walking in the direction of old naan man hatches lonely ranch situated nit a few miles distant the supposition is that he waited until he had returned from his walk with his nephew and allowed a sufficient length of time to elapse in which the old man mad could retire and full asleep then he entered the cabin and instituted a search for the money while so engaged hatch was awakened and in his attempt to defend his property against the intruder was struck down by a blow and killed A search of the cabin revealed the fact that the old man had in his possession but 20 and taking this the cowboy left the premises and returned to flagler FJ agler where he remained but three days after which he left and was not seen afterward the tact fact that the nephew aad nad returned to the hotel late at night and left the city on the early train caused an alarm and with the aid of an accomplice it was an easy matter to throw the mantle of suspicion on the nephews shoulders the cowboy was not heard beard of by the citizens of flagler after that but the shrewd detective who so successfully worked the case to that point did dia not find it a very difficult matter to follow the blind trail with the lapse of a year against him from town to town he traveled anti and in a short time he be struck the evident course the murderer had pursued which was south the indian territory then must have been his objective and to that point he went and in a short time discovered that the cowboy had passed through into the interior interi interior gr of the country aud and had on several occasions dropped remarks that strengthened the detectives views materially so much so that he became strongly convinced that he was on a hot scent and would eventually work it out the facts were reported to the boston parties interested in the matter aud and one or two of the citizens of flagler were apprised of the state of affairs and their assistance was requested this was cheerfully granted and a movement is on foot in a quiet way to get the mt men n from flagler to go into the indian territory commissioned with police authority and armed with a warra karraa t to identify the cowboy and cause his arrest the evidence forms i a strong chain which connects accurately cura tely iu in all its details and the boston people are satisfied that they can prove beyond a doubt that hatch was murdered for money and further that the accomplice instigated the murder and laid the plans which were literally carried out in view of all these facts re the gentleman who related the story 1 I 1 am satisfied that within the next thirty days the murderer of henry hatch will be positively named 01 where is the murderer supposed to be located now in the indian territory though I 1 am not dot at liberty at present to state where who is tho the accomplice ah teats the point you will be surprised surprised to hear bear his name he does not dream that he is watched nigh tand day until we find the cowboy his name will not be revealed to any one abis party took advantage of circumstances and these unfortunate happenings at such a critical time lead some people to believe that C W hatch was the murderer we shall develop somo some very interesting points does mr hatch know of your movements if his uncle was really murdered he would no doubt like to know who the murderer is would he not 1 cannot answer any more questions now until our plan as regards the indian territory search are definitely settled denver news |