| Show I ON SECRET SER SERVICE VICE fr w rw True Stories of in the thc State Var Treasury and Posto by Col Jasper Ewing Ewin Brady Late Latt of and Chief Si nal 11 Officer U S A Santiago o de Cuba Iles I by W O 0 Chapman for tor the Newa 1 Igo e Mex ca Onese n t I IJ States department wa J there about as an operative na was LS In hl the secret servIce Is III headquarters head quarters hero wrO In hl Chicago and u tens nR Bent over OHr tho road by Jimmie CIe as hu ho was wall lulled called hy by his and Cheney Chene sere much the tho same all as regards nullity but Chen Cheney y hul hod ambitions land 1 was then them beyond Ihu Iho mero detection ot of crime Cronin any ambitions J tho down ot t t beyond ti nuts or n i of If HG n It great greut led tull of oC Wit wll and nH its brave brav as a lion Iron lie Ht WU was shays received went poor por every eer cent he ha I i t through Rh fingers 1110 water la ler but liS as 1 ito ho saki to Cheney with n it slight Irish brogue Phal the good hI h money I save to havu fun wit Ye ace eee Jack I 1 any one dependent on nn me unit when I got lou tou old uld to work Ill kiss world havo been urich u rich r m head 1111 ho he any d to 10 ho hon hoLt n Lt i great deal or of annoy mOloy had been lI him lit at nut nuta a each cuch refused HI le was its 1111 II a Cheney roomed i its one 1110 of at hiM Ilta heat heRI friends The load heal of Ir II the secret service on more than one 01 orva a hall find bun by Cut 11 heney ot of soon work that hod been lIeen done b by IY 1 vile ulle or of this Irl s pJ eo ht II lII morel d rd 11 arts att peter any fIt nt lit divers In th Ir ii tit nt came Into Inlo nays office one nay nod after hla or TJI r III time mornin tu to yr rr laek MI sit bright ht sliver JI r oil Ih the deal r said t 4 du do you think of C bunch ur urt 0 silver t heney cheny knew to toe queer quler money stoney 1 nee heln Iu punted and andr hat had II It and 1111 II II II r ids ad I co and l ulet un 1111 case ca l L tic He picked up UI the sliver one Olle by sue 1111 them cure fully took Ik n It ItIl Il lute I and till the aline and lion lit Ise ras passed ecI each II h one ln the and tot tOil c finger ot of his right bond Atter flint a 0 3 pair of oC settles tome lime into 7 pia play anti the r wll weighed l henry five In 10 maul the sixth coin colli Iw hu los tossed ld o over r 1 t y all 1111 I but hul Hips live 00 are flIe queer Right yo 1 Ire fie hut but hats the t queer Iv v vcr ver hid uy my eyes nu 1111 nuI I l Yea t I II it Tho rho r In III these e lire queer colas colli I is or of Il a higher alloy t than the real oln n a paradox hull hul lea ti II true one Well Nell Isil sounds aS 1111 to 10 nee 1111 r you U up UI coins J In thu First National lilt latter I then In III other banks and reports from the west thaI part of o the Ihl country III s with them Cronin 1 n a cue Cheney fire come corne frail IV country big stoke tous I nil 1111 11 rent rIm I I and what nut Wh It any man tako ono one or those and nver 11 It An expert would be fooled Cooled rOll oil would have taken n a cumber numbe of Dt them wont n a murmur So i I 1 t Urt it II so o ouro uro thing murmured Cheney rhene ll 1 tho ho time hi he was Willi the t tolis the microscope colle he continued coins all hear Iwa the tho mill mark ot of the flan Fan Francisco Made any Iny along limit hue o 0 not yet et lw ivo Just beet feeling r around 1 1 It to till the chief mind 1111 he directed tae me to te rue It d A u v 1 racy thinK thing for tor Ih the duet to sit lilt In ht weal and say W run ern em dawn but its Il not so fO easy caMY to do It II 4 Cheney was busy but heard t every Word Cronin hall had spoken lie He had n a dual Intellect lIe Ito could ouM hear mill mid un uni i n II what wha t Il a person was about und and lit at the same time Irate ids mind cult 1 ho working out some Hort 0 of n Excuse me IL minute CronIn he hek k said and was gone ione Cronin smoked tom In while ho hc slowly Jingled the coins Ills ton tOil was Willi active he knew Cheney ho he him In the case CUl and It IC It could rould he bo solved surety they thoy emit to 11 rho colonel came ramo back In bl about Iii 15 minutes minute I and roil down Due olle ot of thou thO with II a section rut rout nut I 1 thought so he r remark remarked mark pd ed Thought what 1 snapped Cronin Cream These coils are Mexican pesos Their value In States money I Is cents The ho man or gang ran 1111 buy alt all these thue they Ibey want recast theta into Inlo our and not G 6 cents prom m Queer too It tho are oro better betler eli ll vet vcr than the Ille Ro goon ll dollars Well all news neWN Cheney Chene and but what we w e want Is III to mind time tho man thal making this bum t mean Youre t a good ways of roam tho rho plait at this minute Croll In Cronin looked quickly at Cheney Chene IA All raillery anti and jn joshing Imet peered rum hl ace ho he was workIng I out the problem You cant mean rn all to tell me that you have 1 a clew already a Not ol one clew rout rollin but iv oC M good Ive leads Now listen i Time The coins ac all made b by the tho ther sumo dl r hats 1 time the R an R was Willi not cute limey should have the mill mark These mire nil supposedly minting less ew one he diu 1110 from whIch the these e coins were CU cast Wl was made malte b by t a die dl cutter cutler ot of the San Rail Fran deco mint or unto OliO who vrho hue it at one olle time or other worked there Mexican sliver Is Used In the tio coinage Now clew two Mexican silver liver can or of course 10 bought up here hert but out on the coast and on the pesos are dealt In almost like therefore the limo plant of oC this gang is 13 nt at some convenient nl JoInt to m v H N nn the tho Mexican tron frontier tie I where money l II plentiful limo queer money is III made shipped seven ven ws ways for Cor ant an put in 11 circulation Clew one IC ani and clew two are aro very el In ht but were II a long bug ways the right party Yes YeI interrupted Cheney 00 unties miles or 01 less Jut But Cronin were wor going Holm to K get t those birds sooner or 01 later luter 11 Vu rather run down n gate like that lhnn rat cot clever hut bul bulas 1 as 1 told you OU moats one mis mistake take that will be helm doom doomIt It B George oM old man the Iho 1103 b glad on thus thIA Dont say to 10 the about It Im going to 10 Fri o tonight Later Inter I 1 mn many wire you tu to eeme Ill keep In tou touch 11 with you ou and aM to In the thu you find limo or per perSons Sons liOns who are aro this up here Dont arrest them just ken under nee Wo We thu kIll pin ot of thus this then the gang will lade tade a vay ill All right they honey Ill do all as you Oll Ollay eay ay but keep mo 1110 Ill t ii euro do that The two men parted and otter clearing liP up the odds and ends or of current work Cheney Chene teats i to 10 leave for tor PriceD The Tho carried him him west night oud three days later he landed In the American Paris lie had hilI been there before beCore on eu had a number ot fit genii friends and Spent Ih the first just looking around co had IL a largo floating 1011 of oC gentry mad Cheney went to emu UIO han hall or of Ill rd over the gallery Joshed with vuth time Iho city force Corco without his mind after l a trip through watt to 10 the Palace and had a 11 good 1001 goodnights nights sleep lie Wl was cordially received nt fit rim Ih mint the Iho next morning Fitzgerald limo hall had noll not its 1 yet been In III Informed formed the ones oliN ot Ol course hI he Cheney was Wll alit Ih there rc on 01 business Fitzgerald said ahl Cheney after the tho salutatIons hUll had exchanged I Ir r want to roe MIC u II lIt list ot of your die 1110 cut hr ll Nol col niacin ot of to n list 1111 colonel lets Sec C only four Cour oC at Ie Icy Stearns and Who cuts tho Ihu the Ille for Cor silver Js hI hl he all right I YM as aM 11 as a Brun here hereabout about two tO years Makus 1800 11 per r far Jear married lives over lit hI mid is III isa a 11 good useful Time Tho other three ho how about then bract All II good men mell oid Tim Tho youngest of M thrIll therm vans has hren hero seven years and tangley and both have havo been hes over 10 years Chane hauled Fitzgerald one ot of the ones do you think lit fit that COhl It closely eal said Looks good to 10 mime Chun Cheney y Cheney then thol loii him It trans lIS mid what ho Fitzgerald took down dowl n II record book and studied It for tur It moment lIl lipid then said Mid It am nono or of uny ITI tilt die cui 1111 did that three years ago timers was wall a 1 cutler work ell cd In hr this mint I by the home ot of Emil Kuhn 11 lie was a II a high but hUI rather In hi hI lily habit If H I 1 remember rightly tie Ill drank more or less and two tWI years hack ho ryas discharged id he cut tiles Co for I macs Oh yes kuhn lIhn was nn II l It fir tout wail ut ul II a ii If tar or a 1111 ly cue on U 11 III well weli mot JI Know what became of IC him after Iro ho left lert hero horo 1 No 10 x I dont I heard lie 10 went hack back to his hili old home In ht Oer tunny III II It WS was said hI he came from IL a avery very Hr good After a 11 little further conversation Cheney Cheny left promising to lot let lItz know knew In III C case s anything came calli up uJ As as ll heno got down Iown town lawn ho he cabled tI lm his correspondent iu III O Germany n asking for tOl nil nite Information of oC l I Kuhn ot of organization was wasso tiO so perfect ho he hall had correspondent In iii HH n I all the lie Europ European An capitals In hi own he was lIt Kuhn hail a 11 hand In limo tho Mexican unee onel To fo snake sure Hure he determined tl to run him down It if lie ho were on an earth carth lie JIe I wrote Cronin Itt In Chicago had boon n done und and what his suspicions were Then hu waited Manheim wag same omo distance from and It Il was three days Ia later when lie he received a 11 cable saying Email Kuhn well known In helm Came Camo back thero two years ears ago timid Wall leas married to daughter ot of time the r Health broko Shortly afterwards and returned to Stales Letters received from him showed lie hil was living III Los An Aim AngelIs gelIs geles fluid painting for tor S1 a liv livIng lug Ing Ills wire Ito still In Juhn expects to to Germany next hUll been restored Pretty that muttered Cheney lie Ho wired Cronin to 10 met meet him at the LOll Angeles as Solon as 11 po add the Iho owl op On the tho Sou Southern ern IJ Pa that night carried Cheney Chenay on oa his pay south Time rot oC Loa Angele at al this time was II a pus crowd of oC consumptives nod anti Is There Thera always Bras wal a 11 largo lurR el a ot of artl artists U good bad unit flit located In this city ot of LoII Goa An poles ules and the Iho day follow follo big Ing lute II nr ar Cheney begun to Investigate them Not un an F Kuhn could coull hu he fled litH There was B a German II artist 11 but he wee married and lIS as Kuhn hat 1 a In Chene hardly thought Juhn could coull bo be one two days day later Crollin carne In front from Chicago amid Cheney Chene toll 1011 him all 1111 that hall had transpired lre since Inco the they parted company Very cry Interesting Chene In n tH commented Cronin but nothing very Your rant I trout Ctorn n unity mayor or mu col have been I All 11 right Cronin cavil II I you OU welt to hilt hill I t I Ih the luau we 0 want and t I know knot Cumin Is right Ilah here in Los Angeles ince incer r 1 wired you ou to o come I haVe lI ascer lint largo lugO ot of Mexican sliver silver have boen mallo to Trujillo just below here herp The Tho coin wn lmos delivered to 10 tL a and two to other non mono They dl disappeared ton Trujillo aunt I am aln I Ihu hoy brought tio glutt up here and ed e It Cheney I hope youre oure right Now the tho lay make yourself known lit at the banks balk mid find out how much fir thIs rotten sliver Is around here Im RO go bug huc on another still hunt for tor Kuhn meet you here o every ry evenIng All right Jack Jacl Something told Cheney to lake Inke all an another other look lit at IJu lIe found the lie German artist lived In III a very nry pretty prelly little cotta cottage on tine the bank ot of the he Los Io HI Ills was u a good looking and did 1111 th ha houe The kept to then selves and Dot 1101 neighborly at all Cheney disguised About S 3 In the tl w left his hiM house trod anti W down town 1011 Clue Che 11 fey followed sas Mint him go to tn the tio delivery window thorn trims WIS n a crowd around nt at the time old here could not hear the tho nano namo Buehlow KIWI gave III U a Jiffy ho was be the Iho door Ioor h his ere credentials vastly That nun ho he said tl to tio nuton ton cleric cieri pointing at re reheating tenting heating form torm who l is lie he 7 1 Wh sir sh hla nanno II is Eaten oh Ih l said ald Chene hlF hb first none 1 11 fly Jove JOe I thought so 10 How otell olen dues does lie he net get his here and dues doell It t come cOlne from The Tho clerk was bewildered but bul man managed aged to In stammer out lie He gels 1111 hS hie mull about once n a month till his letters come front Germany German 1 Yes tho ho pili place co coAll All UI right m my boy lIoy Say nothing about thin conversation and he hc was gone Cronin and Cooney net after supper sup supper per and Cheney said Ivo Ive run him down Iown Ive got get Kuhn ThE deuce you have where i Chen Cheney told hIm and continued i Now ow vs go for tor him Tonight imo 0 begin n a spot pol on hint him ocr Ott they went and were soon outside the cottage A light was burning In the 1111 front room and amid the window and hIs wife could lJJ be plainly seen peen ho he smoking unit r reading g und and she he sewing aint it 11 Jack Jacl mumbled Cronin so yes but that muy cony be n a blind At t 10 the light In the Ihl front room was waif mw Appeared 1 upstairs for tOl n IL then the cur CUI curlain lain wa drawn down and the rouse house housea was a dark For Far three tights this tol fol followed lowed Cheney was WUK mad Cronin die gusted I tell you It may look lOk straight but It lent Thetas to IL WILY way to get et at that man mun mid Im going tn do It Hes got mo IL In Germany this woman hero ma may think elies his wife hut but not Situs n a Mexican and once let her get Het wind that Bomb Buehlow low Is plaYing fast tast and loose with I her and shell ghe him away quick enough Theres Therell nl always fI IL a woman In inthe the tho ease n e Senora Buehlow Is IH time one here A day or so after thIs n a natty look looking InK ing stranger appeared at home lie He was n and had heard ot of Mr painting etc etc ell The Dutchman realty a good artist his lower flower painting was waI beauli tul ful Cheney for tor he It was wae dickered praised and finally said laid he be would cone come back next day lie He dl did t and rho day fol foi following lowing Buehlow took to him and quite friendly Cheney bought one or two pieces One day while they were having a I trl friendly smoke Chenay What part of Germany are you OU from Crom The Tho question was as so quIckly put I I the tho GermAn was takes quite and answered Then Theil he colored r tl and white h Ie by turns liens eh Pretty Prell that Ive been there several e families there But Dut Buehlow want flint to 10 the Iho subject further Cheney saw aw It and the tho topic Cheney knew Buehlow wa Kuhn ho hi had hll worked In the Frisco taint knew nil about hIm knew even evenin In his own mind that Ihal Kuhn was wall time head or of the Mexican ones gang but bul the what ho he needed and lie he have It lie Ire must him through the woman The Tho next day when Cheney culled was as out presumably gone tar lor the mall cnora After Arter a few Cheney said You Yost have known Senor I Tong senora No not long only two to years I mol met him just juat otter after he came clune to ins A case caso of oC love a at first fint sight eh rho et eyes s drooped end she II softly said Kalil SI iii senor senor using the 1110 ruff language of oM old Mexico Cheney let thu tho 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