Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1874-04-24

at Columbia and other points, resulted
IN the complete destruction of that in
famous organization. In this ease. far
more than in that of the East Tennessee
outlaws, all ranks of society were rep.
resented in the works of blood. Law
yers, doctors, planters, and ministers
| of the gospel combined with ex-slaye-
drivers and ''pOOr white trash" i'm
furthering the helliSh designs of the
klan. by the unt;ring exertions
OF the secret service over 800 indict.
ments were procured against members
OF the klan in North Carolina alone.
and the trials before Judge Bond. ut
columbia, >. e., in the Winter of 1871
-, effcctually ended the active career
OF the order in the Carolinas. The
highest punishment awarded these
Scoundrels under the mucl,-ab,lSed
kukllx law of April 20, 1871, was ten
years Imprisonment and $40, 900 fine,
and this only in cases where murder
| or assassination We're added to the
mnltifOrm tOrturcs practiccd by the
order.
During the five wears in which the
service has been under its present
head, over 100 complete sets of plates,
dies, rolls and other cOun.erfcitng ap-
paratus have been captured and de-
stroyed, and scores of the Oldest and
most desperate gangs of cOunterieiterS
in the country broken up. Millions of
dollars worth of counterfeit money
have been destroyed, and the manuf.c-
ture OF countless millions more pre-
vented; and for this work, if nothing
else. the Bureau. and its employees gen
orally, merit the applause and good
will of the public. That this is freely
given is testified by the hundreds of
letters which Colonel Whitley is an
nually in receipt Of from business men
and citizens in all portions of the coun-
try who have suffered at the hands of
these outlaws. \ large scrap book, at
the headquarters in Hlcccknr steet, is
filled with scores of the most emphatic
commentators from The press, of all
political stripes and in every section of
the Union.
The headquarters Of the secret SER
vice are in an unprctending three
story brick building, No IS Bleecker
street. near Crosby, and on the upper
floor OF which is the office of Colonel
Whitley. The Colonel himself is
about five feet ten in height, of pleas
ing address, and decidedly nervous
temperament. lie has a very "tak-
ing " way with him, as the "shovers,"
Doodle carriers and other branches
of the fraternity have long since dis
covered. The Colonel has been in the
detective business nearly ten Years,
besides serving during the war in the
Union army in different official capaci-
ties. The Office in which he receives
vsi Ors re enlbles in some respects IL
photographers parlor, with tie eX-
ception that the specimens of the hil-
man face divine on exhibition are too
unanimously villainOuS for anything
but Il "rcgues' gallery" All age,
sizes, cOiOrs, and conditions are min
gled here. Big, brawny rutlianS, who
combine the burglar and the sneak
thief. with the counterfri;er, and high
toned clerical looking gentlemen with
a decided tendency to Squint, abound,
with venerable old ladies', lOw-browed
Italian boys. and burly Western deS-
peradOeS thrown in to add Ze>t to the
general effect. 10 each of these por-
traits IL history is attached, more or
less startling, and not untre1uentlv
amusing also. Take for example that
of Mother or i" Nanny" Roberts, a
notorious Ohio "dealer," who was ar
rested a wear or two ago, after life OF
successful countcrfciting, and who
married hertwO daughters to two 9TH
er thriving members of the profession,
both of whom are now serving terms
III the Penitentiary. This venerable
dame used to regularly carry around
$l4 900 of the queer" in her hustle.
For long time the detectives de-
SPARED of securing her, and it was
only after eNhauSting every weapon in
their armory of their diSgui>cs that
they were able to get this fascinating
lady "dead to rights S"-through the
l-abSorbing power of love n .iaunty
Missouri tarmerof siNty-five appeared
! on the scene, collared the DANES at
! fcctionS, and the Sl4,0O in question,
and all was over. "Mamnly" now
graces the interior Of the Ohio Pcniten-
tiary, Il lasting monument to the ctli-
cheney of the bureau, and terrible
warming against the incOmpatibility of
| love business. Another portrait of i'll
tercs. is that of Joshua ID. Miner, of
this city, the wealthy counterteiter,
whose trial in the Fall of 1871 cost the
Government a sum which ran high up
in the thousands, and ended after all
in verdict of Mot guilty" Miners
defense cost him SlO0,O0O; and to this
ulN lnc OlIlccTS oI tIlc
him as a suborner of perjurcd te>ti-
mOny, in addition to being a counter
feiter, and assert that if he was put on
trial now they could prove his guilt.
Another memorable countcnance is
that of Jimmy Gardner, now serving
Il six wears term in the Albany Peni-
tcntiary, and whose erasa no. o.oriouS
burglar, garrOter, counterfeitcr AMI
sneak thief; is familiar To the police of
New York and surrounding cities. lie
was backed in his operations by
Nose" .\rrick, the celebrated
" fencer." Altogether the bureau has
in its possession something like 500
photographs of criminal who have
been arrested, tired and convicted
through their agency. Their methods
of operation pursued by the members
of the service are many and varied.
The following is, perhaps, as common
as any:
An agent or business connection of
the principal dealer is secured and
shown the proof against him. At the
same time he is promised favorable
treatment by the Government in case
he allows himself to he used in tho de-
lection of the principal. lie generally
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