Claims That He Was Innocent

Editor Register: - Permit me in justice to a ilying man to mak e a statement correcting the report that he had acknowledved taking Jae. R. Bach's money. He has denied from flrst to last, and anybody knowing his extreme weakneBS would not beiieve that he could aecocnplieli a crime that would requirestrong nerves. Willie Johnson gave up money to Mr. Bach that had been contri buted by friends to enable him to go weet to a brother, in the hope of benefiting his bealth. He had no way to prove his nnocence of the Üieft, and he gave up all thM he might not die in jail, but be where he could be cared for by friends. He was requested by Mr. Bach to sign a paper that he had paid him the amount missing. He did so seeing no other way of escape. I was present at the linie, and I ain convinced that he never took that money, and I sincerely hope the real thief may yet be discovered and punished for causing the sick man and his fa her so much trouble.