Walker Lake bulletin. (Hawthorne, Nev.) 1883-1926, 1888-12-05
CATCHING tOUNTNnFEr ,'Eus

spring OF 1853 every deUominaliol Of
shinpas'er er currency had been coun.
terfeited and circulated, and every is
sne of greenbscks frora dollar Diss Ia
u twenty, had been reproduced byilc
'Yaees" men. Couniesfuiring foutA
ished as never before nor since. ANY.
thing That looked like money would
GO. esp' esaliy in the country towns.
The gang which WAS working the 81
ana 81 plates were lossted at Sasl-
dnsky but, we did net get this poin,er
uall they hma foale@ oul good many
tactssaesd dollars. The Case was as.
signed 10 me aud proceeded TO San
anskR ia the guise ot an array con-
trsctos'. i had no "details whatever.
but by Keeping my eyes open and pick.
ing ap 4. note here and there | satisfied
myself that my informaleon was Ger.
| rect Then 1 selected the most popu-
| lar drug store in the plsce told the
proprietor my hosincs-, snd arranged
70 make oaptTre. Mvn r-slrevin. the
queer will call a, drag staTe sooner
tsan any other place OF isasiness, be-,
/ oalse they can purchase from such
4 variety and carry h l-il1e. away
ah the p( ckel. Ihis ArHaagIst had
] dseep bitter several li#a,s ana was
anxious To hep nab s"ln ore
| lelt that II WAS ony ~ qic, ION OF
time when some 'f iAlc SF,urrous would
be offered again, ala was gn, On
the fifth day after took sp my sta
tion in the store u Respectable looking
middlc-aged MAN rn sized III, holding
his hand to his cheek, and exclaimed
Fol heaven's sake, give me some.
! thing for the toothache! I'm almost
! crazy!"
isr. clerk hurried 10 pMt up some.
thing, the stranger gtoaued and
moaned, and when he received the bon
tle he handed rall ten sIasllar lDgll a4i
said:
"Quick-5've got 20 catch a train.''
The clerk glanced at the bill aud be-
gan to make change, hut stopped to
take secoud look ut IT.. | started
forward, but before 1 had taken five
steps the man was off like flash |
pursued, but Ire dodged rae in the
crowd. 1 went back and looked at the
| bill aud 10! II was a counterfeit, but
so nearly like the gcnNlne as to dee
ceive almost amy one except a cashier
| For the next three days did some tail
hustling, and the result was to drive
the gang out of Sandusky without
having the luck to arrest anobody.
There were four of thean, and they
had a job Office whnh iurned out work
! fOf the public These fel had put
| out at least $50,eo0 III tee West, hav-
ing several plates of dGeren denomi-
nations and the worst ot ii was they
got otf with The glates.
! Almost by accident learntd that
one Of the gang had Il brother living
near Rocky River, few miles out OF
! Cleveland, and il was puss bic he ght
90 into hiding there Tor time. As
this was the only trail 1 had, deter
mined to follow it. Going up TO Cleve-
land, l got a horse and baggy and
and started for Rocky River. | was
only well clear of the city when
heavy thunder storm came on, and
took refuge in an old tumble-down
barn. found corner of the barn
| which did not leak, aud for the first
half hour scarcely glanced about me.
When did come to sizt up the inte-
rior about the first thing | saw was \
paper package resting on beam run
ming across the barn. 1t coulu not be
seen from any other portion of the
burn, and it was the queer sound given
out by the drops Of water as they tell
on the paper which caused me to look
up.
| l had the package down after dirty
lclimb, and as opened 1t out fell The
plates the counterfeitcrs had used at
S,udusky.
There were plates for a 81, Sc, So
and $40 bill, aud for 10, rs and 50
cent shinplasters, and tic ink from the
last impressions had nat Defn entirely
cleaned off While / swelling
with the importance Il my dlscovery
the storm passed oYer anq wil.-s zi.-
gagged in dong up p&onai 0E9
stopped in 'front.' I, t.e baln anj e4se
the two men in i jo1pe aaN Na sso
came running 30 lh Darn g 't
see me a fire. 81 stord clma
after the pack ~ oil ,lr pe2n