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Show The House on the Hudson SEVERAL years ago Chief" Flynn, of the United States Secret service, discovered that counterfeit $2 hills were being circulated in large quantities quanti-ties in the eastern part of the country. His search first led him to Philado-phia, Philado-phia, but the trail was imperfect and he returned to New York, where he finally located some of the men wbo were passing the bad money. A general raid in various sections led to the arrest of twenty men, most of them Italians. This was very well, as far as it went, but it did not go far enough for the detective. His desire was to find the men who were manufacturing the money, and eventually he got a clue which made him believe that the plant of the conspirators con-spirators was located In a town on the Hudson river In New York state. He went there and discovered what was called, in the language of the department, a deserted house. It was not actually deserted, because be-cause an aged Italian and his wife were living there, and when they learned the mission of Mr. Flynn they vigorously vigor-ously protested their innocence of any wrongdoing. But paper and ink had been shipped to this town of Highland, and when he made a search of the premises he discovered dies and other tools used in the making of counterfeit money. He decided not to arrest the old couple, feeling that premature action might enable the real culprits to escape. es-cape. He returned to New York again and in the course of a few weeks managed man-aged to get on the trail of two men who were known to be in the business of making bogus money. Salvatore Cueno and Vincent Oagho were the suspected ones, and it did not take long to satisfy the secret service man that they were connected with the deserted house on the Hudson Hud-son and knew something about the $2 bills which were being circulated in the Eastern cities. They were shadowed day and night. The chief spent his days in hia office laying his plans and his evenings eve-nings in gathering evidence. One morning one of his men called at the office and told him that the suspects knew they were being shadowed, shad-owed, and had been heard making threats against him. He shut his lips grimly and decided upon his plan of action. The threat which had come to him was regarded as a challenge. Flynn accepted it. That night he started out as usual, but instead of pursuing his usual round of investigation he made straight for the saloon where he was likely to find the two men he was interested in-terested in. It was the sort of thing that required re-quired nerve, but anyone who is acquainted ac-quainted with this great detective knows that he is not deficient in courage. cour-age. The door of the place was shut and locked. He knocked on the panels and demanded de-manded admittance. The door was opened on a crack, Flynn pushed his way in, and found that the saloon was crowded with a motley assemblage of men and boys, most of whom were easily recognizable recogniz-able as inhabitants of the underworld. His dramatic entrance filled them with awe. For some moments they stood there looking at him without saying a word. Before they had time to recover from their surprise he pulled a revolver revol-ver and shouted : "FTnnrla nn ovftrirhnHir I" , ...w. JUVUJ He had planned all of this before he entered the place. He knew the psychology of crowds. He knew, especially, the kind of men he would have to deal with. The result was exactly what he had anticipated. Every man In the saloon raised his hands, and the next moment a corps of assistants rushed into the place and placed the men under arrest. Among them were the two men he was after. They were taken before a United States commissioner and held for trial. When the trial took place some time later the evidence was so complete and conclusive that they were promptly prompt-ly convicted and sentenced to long terms In the penitentiary. Most of the other persons caught In the raid were released, but it is a significant sig-nificant fact that the manufacturing and circulation of the counterfeit bills censed from that time. It was a clever piece of detective work, involving keen headwork and personal courage. WNU Service. |