, 1876-11-18

to keep posted IN crime and criminals, and who
arc regarded amonE their associates as
"crooked," having worse reputation than
they IN reality deserve, since their reputation Is
their captal, nud the llafdcr It is the better for
them. As lung us they cau maintain 1t, and
arc not caught squcallng, they Gull earn
nil honest living by giving information.
rlrsc men arc sent lrnAl one part VI aile coui-
try to another. aud WILL undergo an arrest and
imprisonment in Il county jail, II necessary to
get into the confidence Of gnng Of counterfeit
crs ur thieves, thus showing that they are wnt
they represent themselves to be asid not secret
agents oi the Government. They arc not the
regularly commissioned operatives Of the sery-
tee, but work under their directions, ncvcr
Lclllg kluwn as such, or hAyin., any written uu-
thorlty which would lcad to their tcntlty, or
By means Ut which they can nsnke II appear u,l-
der any circumstances that they IRE !'i the ell
with " starter" the ingenuity Of the HetGEttye
is called intu play, an1 with a el,atlowa" or
watchers for suspicious circumstances, the APP
prehcnstun of tic criminals. with evidence TO
convict, Is only matter u time. II the officer
having charge Of tflr casc docs not love money
more ttlan honor.
THE MAN sELEcrEp
to enter tho Hub" and sec wlo slid In on the
different Apt,t,cs was l.. C. awcgies, youth of
excellent ability lis Il "ropcr." Ills main object
WIS tu
LOCATE ONE jAcK HUGHES,
notorious cou.tterfctcr, whc .-1aA hccn III the
markub1y successful III cll,lieg the otilccss. lie
passed ii, this city, feycr! 1nuntns ago, quite y
humber ot bogus IS bills, a,sd llis "houdic"
currirr, u hoy Ut II. wns ast tstcd, l.c ESCAPING
t!lu buy always carried tic spurious !,lungy,
Hughes taking frUni Him only olc I'LL ut i
time, 50 that, III c1se the character Ut the note
wus discovered, hc would kay lo tho shop or sa-
wllrre got u" and tacu he would lund oy.r
good bill. II the sturekccprr called IN ol1rcr,
tlle hoy on thu outside watching would sec l!n
70 into the place.. nnd quietly wil!k awAy. With
only onc eDnnterfclt note III hs possession, und
be insisting that he Ind rcy.syed It III
change, he NILS not often disturbed; but
II arrested he would be discharged ufter pre-
li.ninary examination. because 'intent" ct'uld
not be Btown. When the buy was caught he
"aqucalcu" oll ls euplvyer, and, after lnlel
trouble, Tyrrc!l COLLECTED half .lozcn hills
Which Hughes llatl passed, and hnl sufficient
Gytgncu to i!lsuyc hint several years III the Pell
Itcntlary lie Hunted high a,ld lnw fur him, but
Hugues kept well untler cover. ai'u ronid mt be
! reached. bwcglea ha1 never secn llim. Going
bUltlly to the Hub" he treated the bur-
kcrpGs, unu lud lin tn understand tat llr WASH
"gun," though he never spukn of Its own
dcrs!s, a9lu'lintt, however, to the exploits asnl
Bnurt!lcss VI Ills friends, Ann'ng uttlerB met-
sioslI,g q nlan ,asned Brown, wlo he said, Was
un experienced g!ar,-lnstcd In all kin'ls Of
Erat-class work. Within trn days ho lcart,ctl Il
great deal ulluut Hughes, aml tue thy hu was
ru,lltrI uut tu l,imI. Following hin to tho
''IIub,n he hurried In Iyrtcll anl told
htn, III hts whereabouts, An1 tllu officer,
who had provided himself with war
runt, went IT, tim SALOON mud arrestetl
lin. lie hatl hcartnE bcfuro Commissioner
Iloync, md was held IN 1!,tAN bail for further
examt,ation, tlie nloncy 1c!ng deposited rs co-
latcrui. After hJs rclcAsc, Hughes frequently
ylsltel the Hub y did S~c$lcs; but their
missions were .iissImi!ar. The for,1ler went to
consult with his frcntls, Mullins, Cornelius,
aud contractor who IL thought well Of In the
community, but who IL lii realIty sud 10 bu ei-
gagged IN circulating counterfeit money by
Wholesale.
swEGI.Ks' INTENTION
was to make friends Of tiltse nelt, with view
u their ultlmase conviction. since they werc ail
known to Tyrrrtl by rcpurt US hcli1g enRaEeu IN
i")utiug tie clrIcncy. Aa bweEles was strul-
ger, thu others Wero naturally suspicious Ol
htui,-all rsperias'y Mullns, ,beilig very cautious.
liz lounu II tllt!}tult to approach thtHl, but ls
reputation at length nlusin lin "sulid." 1t
sucts,B that two Ut thc'n met unr of tho Central
Station detectives III snloo!l,-a INN
| wllo, according to h!a talk, kuuws ~
erything .aud evcrybody,-and, after
| filling hlm full Of beer, thcy Askc.l him WIN
"thls man Swegtcs was." why" sa!d be,
the Is unu nf tho biggest hoEse-thleyes IN the
country.h That apparently satisfied them, for
afterwards they were disposed to be more com,
munratlye, thuug, Swigtcs obtained llttlo OF
| no information Of value.