After Walsh's Slayers

Chicago, Mareh 15. - Chief of Pólice Bradley of Joiiet made the important discovery to-day that the vehicle in which Thomas Walsh was taken to the spot where his dead body was found yesterday morning was hired in Joliet. The pólice also know the liveryman of whom the rig was hired, and are said to be on the trail of the murderers. They are working quietly and are suppressing facts which tend to clear up the mystery of Walsh's death in order that the guilty men shall have less chance to escape. The body of . Walsh was found yesterday morning on the Plainfield road, ten miles from Joiiet. The boy who made the discovery ran to Plainfleld and the Joiiet pólice were notified at once. In the afternoon Chief Bradley and William Walsh, a nephew of the deceased, went to Plainfield and had the body eonveyed to Joiiet. Undertaker Quinn held a post-mortem examination, and it was revèaled that Walsh's neik ha:l been broken after a severe struggle with his unknown assailants. The body had cvidently been thrown from a vehicle to the side of the ro.id after the clothing had been rifled of everything of val'ie exoapt 45 cents. The f act that AValsh's shoes showed no traces of the mud which covers the Plainfleld road tended to substantiate the theory that Walsh was taken f rom Joliet in a vehicle. The investigaron along this line whieh at once followed resultec in the discovery of the place where the rig was secured to-day. Joliet is excited over the crime. The dead man was one of the most popular merchants in the city. He was connected with the flrm of Robert Walsh & Sons, grocers, and was in the habit of handling and carrying large amounts of money. He had charge of the pay-roll in the store, and his position at the desk was in plain view of the street. The last eeen of him was Saturday evening about 6 o'clock, when he left a barber shop and started for his office. It has been learned that he left his overcoat at the office and other circumstances indícate his intention was to return there and complete some work. His family did not feel alarmed when he did not return home Saturday night. and nothing was known of his death until the news came from Plainfield that his body had been found one mile from that place. Walsh is said to have had no enemies in Joliet. He lived a quiet, retired life, and this fact leads the pólice to believe the murder was committed for purposes of robbery. It is not known how much money he had with him Saturday night, but it is believod it was not less than $40.