Show TRUE DETECTIVE STORIES The Suffering Woman Who Became Desperate By A L DRUMMOND FORMERLY CHIEF OF THE U S SECRET SERVICE I noel loe M t rA A to t ilea A L G tTO NTO tb short hort atOry I 1 shall shaU pack the great emo emoI of a womans lu Iu doing so 0 I I relate cants In th the Ilves ot of the lire men ode husband others This Its III Women do not lire 1110 for tor themselves In Inne inne u ff ary ne that men do and their are but buti Up from bits of tho Cho records of those f Work I III i well them ale II Ii h II W p I ill in October r 1871 David wall nr nn r 1 1 fir at the old Hudson River station at Thirtieth r and Ninth avenue New York city In his N la 2000 In 10 notes In chasing I irl what Is in wanted Is 18 not so much their hid as the pI plates ales from which the bills re So I was promised immunity Ir h t would t ten 11 the tho of his supply lie named lea Id Keene II a wholesale liquor dealer who lived In InI Second avenue near I A few fen nights inter service operatives ot of I was one started out with to trap Keene Was given in III marked money with which to buy In counterfeit lie Uti IS to go to Keenes house ring the belt bell onto mako the deal out his good money for tor the bud bad leave the house and then thon go back In half baIt It a minute nod and ring the bEU as it if be had forgotten something The ring ringI ringing ing I too the door doer bell the second Ume timo was to be his signal Mt he had the tho counterfeit and Keene had the tho 1500 Iu 10 genuine notes notH Then a ag Keene opened the door we were pre to rush In overpower him and arrest t him himA A man named Newcomb and I were to lie at on our stomachs In the back yard to prevent from escaping when the other came In the runt front Wily way After Atter climbing five alloy foncea we reached our a moment too soon Tito Tho back door doer opened and a lamp that was on the tho kitchen table sent sont at art a triangular shaft of light Into the darkness Keene came out within a to few feat teet ot of me lilted up a large flat stone stono and took out n a Un tin cashiers tar box Returning to the house boulle ho be closed the dour door after Mm end and we know knew negotiations had begun bogun Tn In half bait an hour I heard beard the front door close and ft a moment later camo the second ring nt at tho door bell beU When Keene came to the tho door had time Ume only 11 to say Oh Dave I 1 wanted the officers ru past him and made the arrest Keene knew Instantly he had been betrayed but bot he be did not tUnch find and ho did not talk except to answer In the tho house was found a large amount of ofa a celebrated old thin and SG NIcholas only 1450 1400 ot of the peal money Kirkbride had paid We looked high and low for the tho odd fifty dollar bill but find It Keene that he have hao any more and finally explained that had paid him only 1410 Then wo we stood up and aud finally found I the ml missing fifty tucked Into the folds ot of his old fashioned made up necktie Again vvo e promised Immunity to get et the man higher up And lId that brings us UR to the tho woman whose Itte Is the thread upon which the tho events In this nura narra the are strung Keeno said he got his hla counterfeit tram from Harry Cole harry Cole Colo was one or of the tho remarkable men or of hi hiday his day Keen shrewd resourceful and secretive he had aU all the qualities that go to make up n a successful man of his type In middle life he be had married a widow with six Eva she was called merely because she W was S for tor years they both loth peddled alon along the Erie Eric Canal So Io tar fu u as I know she would have been a good woman It if ho had bad married the right kind ot of man but Idolizing Harry All as she ahe did she sho evidently thought whatever bauer he If did was right and helped him The They were clover clever and IDd prospered The line Urle Canal soon became too thin thina a Celd for tor them They felt tolt their power Ower and wanted as ao opportunity to extend themselves So they came cameto to few York Tork In New York Cole Col bore boto the tho same relationship to the business that a 0 great groat merchant does dOlS to the manufacturers who make moko the tho things S ho he sells sella Ire Ht make any counterfeit but ho It Ita m a big scale lie He was a jobber selling to sad lid his hla deals deaIa wore were with men who could lUron to take troll from 1000 to at n a time limo And ud while ho he traded lit la bl big belle live his hIa wife was 1 a distributor ot of coun currency Their homo home erns in Eighty fourth street we got ready to take Cole we put up ho same Illmo kind of a Job on him that wo we had put up on Keone Keene who hAd b been n betrayed by came alma to buy 11 his own liberty b by turning traitor to Cole With ot of marked money thAt had bad Q then ho bought ot of counterfeit and Cole Colo MIl aed his hie wife te were both loth arrested before they thoy could what was happening Cole took lila arro arrest t calmly Iva hll was panic I Hon harry was is In lie might soon be bela lit la the Rho Bho might be with him for tor that but ahe he din did not seem to think ot of her herself lt list Her Whole hole anxiety was to get him out of the tonI tolls And she began to bargain In hr her forgetful Mss of belt It It appeared to br bar that into Int we 10 Bost pertained to the identity ot of the maker of her counterfeit currency And ADd the tho Words cans came out ot of her mouth so 80 nat fast that we could hardly have haTe stopped them had bad we deal desired rOO Tom the wan Let harry otto off and lU Ill h Jp yet au get Co and tits his plates Little did she realize how bew 11 were her affairs a as compared with willi tile the famed tea and r maker nut day Cola Celli ool before ro a prison son confessed that his source ot of supplies was wasi i lain D Wh When we h heard rd Misers name we 1 abet bitt we were Weft getting very vert el close to the Plato i ww u a Wi bg New Perk erk Urn I to btu ItI itea drills In rock reek work Us De was wa haJu fur WI kb day d y and una In Ute the north berth side et street Ninth avenue aRue And a aline amat mat line teat bat used te b be celled caned the t 00 Cole sale laid that wirer he want to Le bi sup pl pi of lt 1 r always met hll hI by appoint wet t tat t l tae ot et the asar The j w were alwa s ism tar a ru were a of t A null fUll of t j good IU tar ter IL a ILof reU of ird they wont their ways igIe Ihs II its did set knew bether owned l tin plus t but that It lie ho did IlliS not Ilot lie he dei tUru tie Uit t M tf tl M Y l r 1 h 1 r rI I I 1 I t v c MI 1111 H ul f r j d i tJI 1 I t I i 1 I Iii ii z fi l ITS ALI ALC A ALL A LIE SHE SAID t few days 1118 later r Cole WU was sent to lIner Hiner to negotiate for tor the e of at the lIo Ile quickly learned that know who possessed them and that Miner W was B In tout fact their owner Moreover the tho forged note having had 1 a great groat run Minor Miner was not reluctant to sell the plates plate believing It would bo be adris ablo to set et lib hie engraver to counterfeiting a now note At any rate Minor Miner agreed to sell the plates for and to turn them over mor to Cole the tho nut nest night Cole was to go to his hla house o and together they wore to walk down the They would moot meet another Ulan lean who vho would hand haud the plat plates to Miner The next dAY six Lx detectives besids I myself were ln instructed to follow tollow Cole Coe to Miners house trail mat them to the meeting place on the Boulevard and nd after tile tbs completion of the tho transaction arrest Miller and t the e eman man who was WaR to give If 0 him the plates One man wae wa to lo stand tand here bore another there thOle and do thine thin I 1 Iwas was wal the only exception I 1 was Val to keep my eye 01 open and aad do whatever circumstance might to No ne quire It was a night I tike like II a man and C carrying a dinner pall PAU I trotted back cad ami forth along the street In front of Miners house In a I 1 14 saw tV Cole go 10 In In II a few tew moments both Cote and Miner lunar Game Carne out I passed them sad ray my duties touched Colos Coles as I 1 wont by br I 1 kept on toward Ninth avenue and after I had gone halt bait a block k turned on tn my heel tike Uka In an upright shaft And bI began following the pair I 1 kept far enough behind w 10 that they world lid not be likely tEl to notice me and then aged a little hUe faster until at street I had wul caught up with them Ulem At this point a stepped tep 1 frog the e strip of 1 green In the middle ot of the Ole Into Ute tie centre ot of the street Miner went tu to Wm bI wipe stool oat oa the Ule sidewalk Miner Mauer and the be tiled man mau screened for II a moment t under ea umbrella Then td be third t man D resumed W his down 1101 tile the boulevard All the while I kept on OD nay r doll dog trot In lag however to lit u lbs thin man M Mt over overtake t take ke melie was also aIN troUt trotting ill ls lilT r him We Ie hid gone flOG a few tew blocks when I heard n II a great eol back where I 1 had bad loft Minor sad Mud Cote Colt I 1 Mbar WI was Wing iD arrested lie Ile was Darden and aM I kew kaew Ute the II this had therefore sours w to nab the waa I 1 was wall trailing and u I too to get him It if possible e either ot of w II doing aD any I reached for liP ma l and lid got ot one I 1 saw lAW yen J iC grab b my friends said d 1 u uI a aI I ran rau up to le lea and him by the eras Yo pot get to I ge bask lIM to UMI Uee sateen ot with we dad lid give Ive It up upI I I b 1 11 ale W be It was II for tbt ot tallow now Oh yon 1011 you did 1 I JI H had bad just pole 14 fed a drink drlak and amI turned W to speak to a ima m one ODe wets you took k It 00 Coma RI youve hot wot to In 1 II lie to U red ea It a Utile law but bat ca On lb way 11 beck beell I 1 wait man QUIa the tallow that deli HUI V Mil 11 I apparently a ot of ml Irk other 1181 gave an 11 1 awl U the three of 1 MIl his our ear Jug journey up tIN the When we fIlM Ute Ike plat where I 1 had left Niue at vial ANd OGle Coe WI found Miner sender unit It had take keD Will Wm ha laW a rc i if t f fight Cad knocked out three of Kenneths teeth and nud given alVeD sowe hurd blows In re no return turn Cole CoIl stood tood U the tight bt wa was though lie hu said he would have havo jumped In It If Miner Miller had seemed likely to Jet got away The moment We saw the mud man the tho thoman man I bad brought hack spoke poke Ull What dote cl lisle moon moan said ho be hoIt beIt It mean lAid Bald I that you atc are under a arrest t for You 1011 wUi UI have to go 10 with me to the street station of tile the secret Ou On the way down he begged ed that he be might go over oyer overto to ills his house in street Ue lie said Id his wife who W lib would worry about him n lie had ju just t gone pAe over to get a pall or of coal oal when the thought oe turned to him to do another tM the course of which he laid had Woe arrested JIM Ills wife would wo won wonder der at prolonged a ai bleat ence nut I 1 could t let It lethie hie p go w we U tie secret lIeret headquarter Id wM told me his hla name was Thomas Avey nl Ilia true however was fill Thomas and aad be e YU was 00 one of at th the most eXt expert ot of plate that ever eTer lied JIved Ue lie even surpassed tha aU all other eUr ot of hk bled duty dIU in M tot t paper with Silk ilk threads In It lids he be did 10 o well that t t the government wu compelled to I Ute the typo of paper III d use UH at that time 11 eble ment Rt at paper a r making I the snore t when the that s that he be IUd dle Ute the work at borne using a 14 common wa washtub boiler and aM screen to in place ot of U the sIvo used I a milks AI A U lbs Lims dm drew near for tor the opening ot of MID Mine trial interest In IA the Ole cue itald Ual lard Ird was u la in u Lb LudloW street treet jail but Miner MIDer had bad t tensed hall la ot of his II rol Ud Iced to 11 11 hie Jat e though u the opinion wu was that is was wae guilty U At tile the b height of the ila I broke tilt out of et jell and escaped Misers If triAl opened tD Ir Lb middle ot of December laid ue the Christmas l II a was brought lat Ia It wen IM fir Aa acquittal Perjured te had bad freed Will Wm Nine allies Indictments Deou stood t Iles IdID but buthe he Will was acre t tried on an any of at them II Us bow ever reH We good DUd understood I In ft fast It wu was pw 11 bell hollered that u 1 Milner through tM tin tle cat of Ironer ea enabled Ua SO b tI k bell jau was captured tau three year rea later in III tried triad found guilty Ud nod a to thirty tm ne le We taU tui sad lid I think Wak ill b MIll aid 11 living Miner et eure M Alit very r better r Cob Vola who had bt betrayed W lea sad aM II nut I long en want plan that Mt may u or laa may 1101 t thing It doa the b h lie aU WI We dale for tor tAt to 4 I Iud bid au ehri fit of Lb 01 1 UIe lb Sorl Nt w when X Mr Cola n came to e me ono day with t trouble pictured chi 11 Of over her f fa II harry had bad been in w York walt UIe tb t Wet used tu in hero bas loused by bl the die ut st et ra M lot U w was net gouty t 0 of tonnes aid l Ike a w we tAt to Mr ear Is him from Lbs 1 that t bar M Ie his was gaha n nt t i L iS ae d but took tits the trouble to get the facts teta all and took look late t theet I found that the sullen IllAtion against him ot of the statement or of orew a aNew New ew York broker who wh severe re that on 01 a certain eer da day Coo Colo bad sold d him blan the fraudulent bonds Mal 00 by looking up Ul my r records I found that t on the dl day named Cole was a In Jan jail JanI I told of et trey aIM and she wee as overjoyed Would I go 10 to Now York and aDd t testify lUty in hll hie fuser iho would pay ray IllY Would nev never r forget tOr it She filM would help me ane catch oilier hero and 0 an anon I on 00 I told her I would IfO go IW as R a simple act ct ot of Justice ot of sonde declining her Iter offer ot of e I dId Cole Cola was WIllI acquittal lint But in III 1877 lb ilia luau again ran rau across mine and I saw that lie he wa was heeded for tor the be penitentiary The country had I been deluged with counterfeit MOl note that purported to h have beets a Issued led by the Thirst NI Ua Clank k ot of the be National cud and the Control l National of t New York tork I learned that a men IDa named Joe JOI Gordon was wa circulating ue these notes tD in IbO Phu and aad 1 shadowed ed Gordon wOol to home Cole paving removed t item Ne New York after his meet in ID Ute the Mines MIDer cue case I also learned that Charier V 11 per perM M papa I the Uit molt noted I of aU all engraved Ute Use plated and aDd that Jacob Ott Olt printed the noun I Mat cent for tor lava IAn and aad Ind d a 11 Ur her ber I 1 re o her ot of the Coe time when I wed ed her bel baab husband d from roUl the penitentiary by bl to Ne New York and testifying in ID his 1118 behalf and then told per bet I felt It sure ure he be was tI the counterfeits suede Iliad b by In conchs aba Ioa I urged w her w to help belp m ms let get Oh looked It at me e In blank and aDd on her ber sacred word old of honor hOllor harry had net lOt sold solda a but bad tall bill tot for years Mn Hut But I b have shadowed to tn your ur house said Id IdI I 1 and I know Dow be s Ia a And know I OU Ott te is doing the dM printing lout Hut acs stuck to her 1111 story It was a true tins Ut that tier don dill bad coins lW t to their house but he be bed earns only to try to Ita Barry to help belp ohm III e tM the spur pur Iwo aft fifty dollar that to her ber story cor harry spurned A Iw few days dall later I met ferry and told Isles the saw JUDe story I 1 bad told Kv ilea U lie denied I the be In ID t e mast teems tAt Then I said hid w lu l him w wun un Many I 1 kao know you ruu are aN helping to kJ pan t this cons not Dex a and u unless you put we la In the way a or f I will put pue you 08 In the within six Ita months lust JIlt a surely IIa as your our WI tome I It s staale t taale a and d 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