Show I 1 TR TRUE DE D DETECTIVE THE BARS S SINISTER VE STORIES I I Copyright right 1920 by the Wheeler Syndicate Syndicate Syn Syn- Syndicate Inc One of the most treasured treasur d possessions of William J J. J Flynn former chief of the United States secret service and no now now- In charge of the division in the department department department depart depart- ment of ot justice devoted to the running down of and other red agitators Is what appears to t be a new and perfectly genuine g-enuine 10 bill But I across the face of the note are scored I two red lines the lines the bars sinister which in in the parlance ot of the secret service spell counterfeit This bill in Flynns Flynn's opinion is the finest bit of or work ever done on a United United Unit Unit- ed States Sta note being so perfect that it necessitated a conference of ot three offIcials dais of ot the treasury department to determine determine de de- de- de termine whether it was genuine g-enUine or spun ous Its history dates back to the summer summer sum sum- mer of ot 1897 when Flynn then only an operative in the New York office of the secret service ervIce was detailed to find themen the themen themen men who were flooding flooding- the bookmakers at Gravesend and Sheepshead bay with counterfeit 5 55 and 10 bills For three days Flynn lynn acted as cashier fot for one of the largest bookies at Gravesend exam exam- i thing ining every piece of paper money taken in Finally he a bad 10 note note and signalled to one orie of the other the other operatives opera opera- I tives on the outside to follow the man who hart had tendered t It It The clue proved to be the right rig one one one- up to a certain point The man who had passed the bill gave the name of Henry Moses when in company with two confederates he was arrested In New York But all three elected to serve a term In prison rather than volunteer Information as to the maker of the bills a a man whose name according to letters letters letters let let- found in Moses Moses' rooms appeared to be Henry Lieberman of London Scotland Yard was then called upon to assist in the search for the elusive Lieb- Lieb Lieberman erman but could find no trace of him and there the case rested for five years In January 1902 there came to America Amer Amer- ica an Englishman who gave the name of I Joseph Stern A few days after he landed landed land land- ed Stern went to the State bank banI banIon land land-I on Grand street In New York and asked I for exchange on pounds in 5 6 and 10 pOund Bank Bani of England notes At first glance these notes appeared to be entirely entirely entirely en en- 10 1 genuine but something told the teller ller to o be careful careful ln In spite of the fact tact that the supposedly inimitable Bank of Ut England watermark was quite as it should be Stern Storn was was asked asked to return later on on and 1 lynn Flynn was summoned to pass Judgment on the genuineness of ot the money Even the secret service expert was stumped for a few moments There was nothing visibly wron wrong with the notes but still they didn't didn t feel Just right I Ive got It Ity 1 Flynn suddenly exclaimed ex ex- claimed looking up from the microscope with which he was examine the money The one thing missing Is the identification Identification cation mark mark Its it s only one thirty-second thirty of an inch lon long but It isn't there The notes are counterfeit Stern of ot course was arrested when S he I returned for his money but the government government government govern govern- I ment was unable to hold him when he declared declared de de- de- de dared that he had found the money and there was no evidence to the contrary I Just about this time Scotland Yard was I hard at work on the famous Davenport case in in which the reward of 1000 pounds had been offered for tor t the e return I of the plates from which certain counterfeits coun coun- had been printed Contrary to expectations a r man an who gave Kave his name I as Og jonn JOhn Schmidt appeared at me the ze OLlice 01 OL- ot-I ot lice fice of ot the attorneys for the Bank of England and demanded the reward stating stat stat- ing g that t he knew W where e the plates were I at t that moment m TJ Upon ee e examination F r the Informant proved to be a certain John Davis alias Henry Lieberman but the plates to which he alluded were not the Davenport ones but an an even finer tiner set which Davis had made and lost through the treachery of ot a confederate roe int prisoner also confessed to having been responsible for the money which MOses and and- his associates had passed aroun around 1 New York some five ears years before and that which Stern had attempted to ex ex- change In addition to a considerable number of Russian revenue stamps and American money orders so well I that fh th the had never Vi b en detected r of ot the fact th that t he ho had lad turned turned kings king's evidence Davis was released frol custody and escorted out of England with instructions never to return under penalty penalty pen pen- alty aIry of ot life lite imprisonment The American secret service was of or course Informed of this development but a as Davis was supposed to be headed for South America I Flynn lynn dismissed the matter from his mind with the regret that he had never I had the tho he opportunity of gf coming face to I face tace with the man who was undoubtedly the master counterfeiter of ot his time I Some six months later however the I treasury department learned through one I of or the ramifications of ot its Intelligence In I I service that an abnormally large order for tor photographic materials I acids and anil engraving tools had been placed c by a man named Hosteller o t living liv- liv I ing at Revere vre Mass ras mFt Flynn n was sent to to Investigate the matter and after two I weeks spent In watching Hostetter headed head- head i ed cd a raid which resulted In the discovery j I of ot in beautifully executed 5 3 and 10 bills together with a complete outfit for turning out more money at will I But when Flynn hurled his huge body the the flimsy door of the cabin I where U tetter was at al work he received I one of the big surprises of ot his life The Theman I Iman man w whose o h hands dS went up to- to the c command corn com I I mand d dw of the t see vice Ler-vice o operator i r rc was mona none other than Davis avis tho the engraver raver ot of oft i the Moses and Stern notes notes' The master counterfeiter received a sentence of ot thirteen thirteen thir thin I I teen years in the Atlanta penitentiary so that he and the product of his un undoubted undoubted un- un doubted genius are now both wearing th the stripes which spell counterfeit un-j un |