Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1875-09-09

Inaue anu worked plates. LII
: most of those dealing in tn,
"queer" knew him only by reputa
ton, and could tell nothing of hi
appearance. 1t was his caston
to stop in a place only until ht
could finish a job and then slip a,
way, leaving no trail, not even t.
the men with, whom he had beer
working. However, the detective
felt confident of the information
that Hill was in the city, anC
there was nothing to do but tC
look for blind trail and follow il
up. They set about dogging anG
shadowing two or three men sus.
pected to be showing counterfeit
money in small way. A week
or two of this kind of work reveal
ed a suspicious circumstance. II
was discovered that young man
named GEORGE wooKEY
was on familiar terms with the
showers. Wookey was a new one
to the St. Louis officers. He had
been in the city only a few weeks.
Tracing up his antecedents, it
was learned that he had formerly
kept a boarding house in Kansas
City, but, breaking up that, he
had come down to st. Louis with
his wife, a Kansas girl of magnifi-
cent personal appearance, and was
living in good style at No. 1 Tar
gee Street, the two occupying a
good sized residence entirely alone,
and Wookey apparently having
little to do beyond loafing about
town with the boys and keeping
himself posted. 1t was deternin-
ed to put a watch OH the place.
Targee Street is short and mar
row and opens out upon Market
street, between Fourteenth and
Fifteenth streets. On Market
street, facing 'Fargee, in those days,
was a marble. yard, and in this
Harrigan aud companion
COMMENCED THEIR v1GILS.
All day they were obliged to lie
stretched out upon the ground,
peeping through the cracks i'll the
fence. At night, by turns, they
would come down town for sup
plies. The supposition had been
formed that Wookey'S house was
the receptacle for the "qneer" as
it came from the engraver and
printer, aud a distributing point
to the 'shovers." The detectives
had "shadowed" the house ten
days, and had not made a point
except the confirmation, which
long reflection brought, that there
was something wrong Nobody
appeared to go in and out except
Wookey, and he always seemed to
look about him guardedly every
time he passed in and out. A
Sunday evening came, and Harri-
gan had been down town. About
ten o'clock he was on his way up
Market, and, in a reckless mood,
stopped III der a gas lamp and
stood looFihso down Targee. He
had hardly come to a halt when
Wookey, to whom Harrigan was
known by sight, came hastily out |
of the house and to the corner
At Wookey's first appearance in
the door, the detective, lying be-
hind the fence, had coughed, warn.
ingly. Rarrigan, however, saw
that be was gone, and it would be
useless to try to escape recognition.
He stood still while the muttered
curses of his partner fell on his
ear, until Wookey reached the
corner, and then sprang across
the street, clapped his hand on
the mans shoulder, apd told him,
in low voice, to come along
As they moved, the officers quick
eye saw Wookey drop a little pack
age behind him In the gutter. He
picked it up, and with come
along. took his prisoner into sa
loon and examined the package,
which he found to contain fresh
batch of
THE SPURIOUS zones"
on the Terre Haute Bank. Woo
key was hustled away to the po-
lice station, and subjected to a
fresh search. In his pocket book,
wrapped up with water license
which be obtained only the day
previous, was found a perfect inn
preston of the back of one of the
greenback demand notes which
had Just made their way Vest
1t was the first intimation that
the detectives bad received of an
attempt being under way to coun-
terfeit the new national currency.
The workmanship satisfied the Of
fcers that Hill was making the
plates, and the conclusion was ac-
cepted that the back had been fin
ished, and that Hill must then be