The New York herald., 1871-03-10
20 U E E r ;"

Hard Times for Counterfeit ers-Arrcst of
"Thc Flying Dutchma n''-He Is Snfe in
Harrisburg Jail.
The following Characteristic despatch was re-
ceived by Colonel Whitley, at the United States Se-
cret Service Bureau IN Bleecker street, yesterday
morning.
HARRsBuRG, Pa, Marcho, 1871
To Colonel WHITLEY, United States Secret Service
Bureau, No. 81 Bleecker street,
Flying Dutchman dead TO rights al last. JOB
done last night. Fixed IN Harrisburg jail to await
h0lrlng. Coney In ms possession.
Any one reading this highly Ineligible document
would no doubt imagine from the first sentence
that whoever was
THE WINGED INDIVIDUAL
from Fanerand he had taken his last fly, and had
gone Just beyond that bourn from which he could
not wei get back again. Arriving at this decision
lie Noud he rather startled by the announcement
that the "Flying Dutcnman" could
USE HIS WINGS NO LONGER,
through the fact that he was "fxed IN Harrisburg
jail;" ana then comes the mysterious phrase "coney
In his possession.n When this mysterious docu-
ment was presented to our reporter by United
States detective yesterday morning his first impres.
sion was that the former had forgotten the gravity
OF his profession and was penetrating what poor
Artemus ard would have called ga letched goak."
On informing The detective of his suspicious the
former at once 'put up his back" ana, with an III
%
the genuneness OF the telegram In the following
eplgrammatic terms:-
''TnAT'S ON TUE SQUARE,"
he's dead TO rights tell you." The reporter at once
apologized for his unworthy suspicious, and in
deprccang tone pleaded his inellciency in the mat
ter OF languages, and politely begged the favor OF
tran 'atun. with faint smile OF contempt for the
reportorla ignorance lie volunteered the following
rendering OF the
sYRO CHALDAIC DESPATCH:
Flying Dutchman then is not gifted with wings,
nor yet is he dead. No myth IS he, however, but
real live native born Amer can pedler, who, from
the extraordinary rapiaity with which he passes, or
rather has passed-ior he sis dead to rights at last
and
TIE MARVELLOUS oUIcKNEss
with which he has transacted all his operations
both pcdler and large dealer In countefeits, has
Obtained the sOatbrtQuet OF Flying Dutchman. lie
has not gone to the land ol Shadows ana The only
things which separate nm from this world are the
high walls OF Harrisburg lail. Under the wing OF
the Flying Duchman when the detectives tapped
him on tic shoulder were found several hundred
dollars in counterfeit money. For four months low
the detectives
HAVE BEEN Of uIs TRACK,
but he has hitherto always euded their vigilance.
They tracked him from New York through Pennsyl-
vana, but everywhere they went they found that
the
"BIRD had FLOWN
lie was one OF the very few great counerciters at
large and as nc was known TO be most cautious ana
expert dealer In counteeits, both In New York and
all through the ncghboring States, they were most
anxious To secure them. His real name Is Milton
Berger, and under the guise Of u travelling pedcr,
he has succeeded in distributing vast amount OF
queer currency. Within the last fifteen days
OVER FIFTY CorNTEGrEITERS
have been arrested by the secret service torce In
PENNSYLVANIA alone over twenty have been secured;
In Jersey FIVE; in Canada, Massachusetts, anu New
England fifteen, and III Trenton, N. j., seventeen
beer stamp counterleiters or as they are known TO
the detectives, as
At present, Colonel whitley states there are only
three plates in existencc-one fifty cent plate, one
two dollar and one ten.