Narrative of the Life of James Allen, Alias George Walton, Alias Jonas Pierce, Alias James H. York, Alias Burley Grove, the Highwayman - Being His Death-Bed Confession, to the Warden of the Massachusetts State Prison #267237

Finding what was going on, I slipped the money from my mouth to my hand, and held it against the palm with my thumb, and again eluded discovery. Next morning myhair was cut short, and I Was put to the employment of stone cutting. I soon discovered that money was useful in prison as well as outside: various articles could be obtain ed by means of teamsters and others, visiting the prison on business: even mm was not difficult to be got by those who wanted it.