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Show SIX CHILDREN [1111] TO DEATH Mothers Left Little Ones at Home While They Were Attending SELB HIEF WILKIE AND THE GOLD CERTIFICATES Theatrical Performance. Most Cunning Counterfeit Coup ofHistory Nipped by Great Secret Service Head. Makes Girl Attempt to Eleven-year-old but Heroic Unavailing Save Helpless Tots and is Probably Fatally Burned. By GEORGE BARTON I Wast hed rN Many Thousands of Wealthy Engraver In- ] to —That Clew Proves Detective — Culprit His Downfall and Had Every Track Covered by One Ruse Establishes Case Against Him— or Another. His Aid. 6 Sc it | engraving, you have been zed with a desire to prove how you could re before accepting the headship unusual succ During the as a detective. | Spanish-A rican war ganized a special eme ney force he of | men |} to checkmate Spanish spies in this coun- | try. As a consequence he succeeded in arresting their best spies and driving most of the others off the soil of the United States.) a Vision, printing always eX- you were seized with an over- money.” You certainly 30 notes to St, brought Louis,” more said than the de- tective counter: “Oh, yes,” responded the feiter “Where are they now?’ At the Union station “In what part of the station?” “In the baggage room.” “Where is the check?” “T haven't got it. It's downstairs || to him, a roll as big as both of his | fists. He counted it over rapidly to see that the amount was correct, and | when he got near the end of the roll he paused long and looked earnestly at a $100 gold certificate that lay there conspicuously among the bills of smaller denominations. He continued | his study of the “yellow back” for a | | considerable period, and finally thrustpantaloons pocket, walked over to the cashier and handed him the bil), “What's the matter with this note?” he asked. The bank official looked at it casually and handed it back with a smile. “Nothing,” he answered, “except that it’s counterfeit.” The bookmaker gasped with astonish- | ment. He went over his roll and found three or four more notes of the same kind. That morning henotified his fellow bookmakers, and before 24 hours had passed 30 or 40 of the counterfeit notes had been located in New York city. Samples were imme- | diately secured by the authorities and forwarded to John W. Wilkie, the chief of the secret service division of the United States treasury depart- 1 wil] whelming desire to see if you could actually circulate it as genuine NE Monday morning, not many years ago, a smartly dressed man strolled down lower Broadway and entered one of the Trust company buildings in the heart of the financial district of New York. He was what is known to the patrons of the turf as a bookmaker, and he had called at the bank for the purpose of securing a roil of bank notes that he had left there on the previous Saturday night for safe-keeping. It was prompt!y handed ing the balance of the bills in his work that cite the envy and admirati of skilled de| engravers—that, filled with this sire, you began work in an experimental way, that you put it under the camera, and reproduced it see if 1 could bring forth a bit of work that would rival the unrivaled production of the government. Then, when this creation becameafact instead of of secret service had made an enviable } uation as a working journalist While connected with the Chicago newspap¢ | he made a specialty of criminal inve gation which probably accounts In part | for his the almost faultless work of of engraving COLMAN *S4(D WILATE, "YOUR CONVICTION IfAS CERILINAS THAT, THE SUN LS SHINING TIS ITORVING. the officers to any bank in the city of Providence for the purpose of estab- lishing his moral and financial standing. Nothing, apparently, could be morestraightforward. He was placed under arrest, however, and then the secret service men made an examina- tion of his room at the Southern hotel There they found a_ suit-case taining $4,700 in genuine money. con- He | | the “ad.” was located in the Herald, the original copy was found in the records of the office and it was in the handwriting of Marcus Crahan. quested a report upon the exact time at which the advetisement was -accepted. The clerk who received the notice was finally located, and he τὸ.| membered distinctly that he had stopped work on that afternoon at five o’cck; the ad. which he hadreceived was the fifth or sixth above the last one, and, according to his own calculation, it must have been handed in at half-past four o'clock. This pointed to a discrepancy in Crahan’s statement of one hour and ten| minutes | The government was now in posses sion of sufficient evidence to convict Crahan, both of passing and having in his possession counterfeit money, but the authorities did not know where the plates were, and how the money had been printed The big problem was to locate the plant, to pull it up by the roots, and effectually stop the circulation of these spurious notes in the post office.” Wilkie looked the astonishment he felt. Before he had time to put his thoughts into words, Crahan said: “After inserting the advertisement in the paper, I put $26,000 in a hand bag, together with several bottles of chemicals which I use to artificially Then I placed the age the notes. check which I received for the hand bag in an envelope addressed to my- | self under an assumed name, and directed to the general delivery office of the post office.” It was evident that Crahan had carefully planned even the minutest detail of his great counterfeiting scheme By this method of conceal ing the check for the hand-bag he left the counterfeit notes totally disasso ciated with himself in any way, and still at the same time within a mo ment’s reach. A secret service agent was sent down to the postmaster, ob tained the letter containing the check, took that to the Union station, and re ceived the hand-bag which he brought to Chief Wilkie Its contents veri: fied the statetment made byits owner. The chief took up the question of the plates. ‘Where are the plates?” he in-| quired In a storage warehouse in Provi- was asked then to explain how he came to be possessed of the counterment. feit money. He said that on the predence,” was the reply. The chief dropped the business in vious afternoon he had gone to the He admitted that no one in his hand and immediately turned his at Union station for the purpose of havIt was important It was the thin | was aware The two men sat downtogether, and business establishment tention to the new developments in ing the return half of his railroad entering wedge which might produce | Crahan was given a breakfast that | that he knew anything whatever of the hundred-dollar counterfeits. Tele- | ticket validated. As he came out of great results, would have delighted the palate, and | the mechanical part of the work, but grams were sent to the agents of the | the ticket agent's office, the electric One of the significant discoveries warmed the heart, of the most con- ;the man, with a cunning almost be | secret service instructing them to visit | lights were suddenly turned on in |among Crahan’s effects was a number firmed epicure. It was topped off with yond belief, had perfected himself in the race tracks in their vicinity and the waiting room, and he saw in the | of programmes of races at Gravesend After that he pur a fine Havana cigar, and then, this the art of etching | look out for bogus bills These in- corner on the floor a long white enchased a press in New York city and and two or three of the eastern tracks, formality having been disposed of, Mr | structions applied particularly to Cin | velope. He picked it up and found not to speak of one particular pro- | Wilkie proceeded to give Crahan the had it delivered in the middle of the cinnati, Louisville, Memphis, New Or night to a private room in his estabthat it contained $3,000 in $100 bills gramme which contained the entries | “third degree.” But this “third de leans and St. Louis He immediately went to the office of of the races where the first There he worked and exbook gree,” so called, differed as widely lishment At St. Louis Capt. John Murphy, the one of the local newspapers and in maker had received the $100 bill which from the popular conception of the op- perimented night after night until he secret service agent in charge of that serted an advertisement telling of his he deposited with his roll produce the perin the eration as the day differs from the was finally able to district, went to the Delaware race discovery, and offering to restore the Broadway Trust fected $100 bill counterfeits. Then company Crahan | night track and posted the bookmakers to | moneyto its lawful owner. This part calmly admitted that he had attended “Crahan,” said Wilkie, “your con- the press was dismantled, and with look out for any $100 bills that might | of his story was verified by the little | all of these races; that he was a lover a warehouse in viction is as certain as that the sun the plates, placed be offered them Agents of the serv- || identification check which is given to | | Providence It was stored under an of horse flesh and that he occasionally is shining this morning.” ice were posted in various parts of the | classified “ad” patrons by the big daily assumed name made small wagers on the results; but Wilkie followed this up by plausible track, and it was agreed that if any| newspapers. In addition to this there he denied positively having passed | Where is the receipt?” asked jargument along the same line, and of these certificates were offered by was a clipping from the paper containany of the other $100 bills, and said | always pausing long enough to permit Wilki any of the patrons the bookmakers ing a copy of the advertisement that he had never had them in his} “It is pasted between two sheets {his words to sink into the man’s should at once give the secret serv- | which read as follows of paper that back up a photograph possession until he found the white | consciousness The argus-eyed rep ice a pre-arranged signal. In less than | “Found: In the Union station late envelope at the Union station in St. | on my desk in my office in Proviresentative of the United States gov two hours one of the agents received a | yesterday afternoon a sum of money dence.” Louis j}ernment knew by experfence that signal] and hurried to the booth oceu- || in bank notes which owner may have The chief immediately called up Vilkie did some very severe think- | there is nothing in this world more pied by the bookmaker. He made a| after proving property, by applying to, Providence by telegraph. The local ing at this stage of the game, and out difficult for a man to do than to ad careful examination of the bil] that! X-13, this office.” i | agent was instructed to go to Crahan’s of it all came the theory that if | mit to another man that he has had been given to the ‘bookie’ and office and find the receipt for the Then John E. Wilkie, who had been Crahan was guilty, he might have used | been guilty of wrong He realized, found thatit was one of the counter-| directing the movements of his sub- | He did so It was between similar subterfuges in passing coun- 1 therefore, the necessity of giving Cra- | press feits. The agents were then posted at | ordinates by wire, determined to take the two sheets of paper on the photerfeit money at the eastern tracks. han an opportunity of confessing spots where they could see the patrons | hold of the case in person. tograph on his desk Immediate acThe chief thereupon telegraphed New | He did this by sugges | gracefully of the track in the act of “cashing in” | tion was taken, and after an incredHe immediately took a train for St. York and ordered that a_ careful | tion, by innuendo, by appealing to the their winnings The man who had Louis, and after a number of inter| search be made of the files of all the | man's pride, by pleading with his pa- [ον short space of time the plates put up the $100 bill bet on the favor- | views with bh were in St. Louis in possession of ssociates in that city, New York newspapers for the two} triotic instinct, and, at last, by laying ite, and he came out a winner | began to co sider how to reach the | Chief Wilkie. On the following day months covering the racing ecesenzt siege to his sense of justice. He said The man “cashed in,” and as he did | weakest link in the strong chain of Marcus Crahan was taken into court. It was like searching for the needie | in substance so was taken into custody | probability with which Mr. Crahan He pleaded guilty to manufacturing in the proverbial haystack, but ft bore | ; ; “Crahan, these notes are works of He was marched over to the club was surrounded. One of the earliest | house and searched velope found white en- his pocket, A con- movements made in the investigation was to discover the exact hour taining 28 of the $100 counterfeit bills. | at which the electric lights were He said his name was Marcus Cra- turned. on in the Union station. The han, the proprietor of an extensive engineer of the electric plant was conphoto-engraving estat nent at sulted and his records showed that Providence, R. I He was perfectly on this particular date the switch candid in his explanations He said which put the lights into operation had that be had been visiting the fair and been turned on : 40. Wilkie next was a guest at the Southern hotel. and sent to the newspape r office which that he would be very glad to refer had printed the found ad.” and rewas in fruit, for in the New York Herald of | g++ and it is a great shame that May 24 the searchers discovered this |man advertisement: of your unusual talent a should | have, in a moment of weakness, per “Found: At the Grand Central station | mitted yourself to commit ‘such a flalate yesterday afternoon a sum of | grant wrong against the public i moneyin bank notes which owner may am sure, from what I have seen of have, after proving property, by ap-| you, that while you made the coun plying to B-344, Herald office.” terfeits, It is hardly necessary to say that by this time Mr. Wilkie had several cimens of Crahan’s handwriting. spe- you to do so recognized did I not originally that, in view t After | you are a student and intend the and enthusiast counterfeit money the public He on each of the sentences to rum Was isty given 15 years two indictments, the concurrently. This subsequen years v 1 passing it on was reduced to eight Thus ends me of the most sunterfeiting schemes ever d and thwarted by. the mar efficient machinery of the service division ] near this two were of the 1 Ww scl ir t o Palo of the United @. Chapman.) τί the the the a class of § x dead four were the and Mrs. W. W. Fix ranging from 6 years and the cam Γ bureau per fatally which destroyed the Ww vis Afte produce W. ] leay | the fire H. m en was Schultz family. a bov of 6 years and 1 girl of 7 months Rose Schultz, a girl of 11 is f burned M Fix t 1 Mr Wealthy Friends to (John E. Wilki ief of the secret service divisio 1e United States ¢ ernment, has not only upheld the traditions of that very responsible but has won special laurels by hi sonal success in several big « was born in Elgin, ll, 47 years ago. n a of « other ' Of the children of Mr. ot Walla Walla, and Then “Finds”’ Bogus Notes in Depot Spurious Bills Are “‘Killed’’ by Clever Six one ] serts “‘Ad’” in Paper Dollars’ Worth of at he theatr children children 101184 {τι at ft home me on in to own bed cause iught fir nd had made consider able progre ‘ the children € wal i Ros the oldest Schultz child, said that ‘when she became conscious her bed was on fire and the flames had reached her hair The other children made a desperate effort to save the smaller ones. Rose Schultz had the others saturate her clothing with wate ind she then ran into the burning building to rescue the babies In this heroic but un availing effort she tained burns which will, it result in her Ceath Sufferir from her burns Rose ran half a mile ross a field to a neighbor’s house for assistance, but by the time she arrived there the Schultz home had been consumed and the children were dead. The mothers, who returned from the theatre an hour later, are prostrated by the shock The fathers of the children . : had left home the day before with a threshing crew. SYDNEY WELCOMES FLEET. Uncle Sam’s Boys Cheered to the Echo by Australians, Sydney, Ν. 8 W.—Sydney was aglow with life and color on Thursday, and surging thousands filled the streets as never before, for this was the day set for the official landing, and for Australia to publicly welcome, the bone and sinew of the visiting fleet, officers and men. No more triumphal entry of gallant vessels into a port was ever witnessed than that of Wednesday, when the warships pushed through the haze of sea and steamed majestically past the headlands, crowded with a cheering multitude. On Thursday Australians had an opportunity to gee the men who brought the ships in safety thus far on their vovage around the world From Farm cove, where the landing occurred, throughout the lengthy line of march the crowds gave enthusias tic welcome JOHNSON WILL ACCEPT. Minnesota Governor Did Not Want Nomination, But Will Not Decline. St Paul,—Shortly before noon Thursday Governor Johnson called the newspaper men together and an nounced that he would accept the romination for governor tendered to him by the state convention He raid ' After due ation of the matter, and heave been for mally notified, I will tel] von that If have made up my mind to lay aside all personal considerations and listen to the call of the narty I will accent the nomination when it is formal) tendered to me 1 desire to e also and to make it emphati the committee the had ς: nominating 1 I would have posi a befor 1 mad ly declined to be candidate Race Trouble in Chicago. Chicago.—In fight and negro dock the Western en Thursday, Some of would ποῖ between white laborers Transit five the men whites work employed eompany’s were injured declared unless on docks the thev negroes quit This the latter refused to do and a quarrel ensued between Huet Brady, white, ard Lonis Hawiins, n¢ gro. The negro drew a knife and stabbed Brady in the neck and arm whereupon the fighting became gen eral Bricks and clubs were used freely. Other laborers mixed tnt the fight and a small riot was soon in progress Insane Man Attacked Mayor. New Attacked York in his office by an insane man armed with a knife Mayor Stein of Hoboken had a nar row escape from death Wiliam Carmody, who was released from an insane asylum a few days ago, en tered the office when the mayor was alone and demand spent in the deavored as for his time τ nped avor ®t te 1t armod { { start ¢ hir } ; ; i t in purs right, 1938, y W. the ἒ r i ete € me ; |