Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-05-04

determined counterfeiters and the whole Levi
family engaged in counterfeiting When the
old man died one Of the girls presided over the
establishment. She was robust and handsome
and daring manipulation Of bogus money. She
was very indylike, am told and her bright
blue eyes gave no evidence of the secrets which
CARNEY and his wife STAYED Tor
some time and in 1870 he was arrested with a
ssca1a l9s 81 bogus money on his person He
again arrested and taken into the same Spring-
field jail from which he escaped. While he was
here of the chief detectives Of the secret SER
vice called upon him and had an interview with
him. During the interview Mccartney said
You don't intend to leave me here, no you?''
YES, do, - said the detective
''Wen, - replied Mccartney 81 can get out
OF here easy enough. l have done it before and
at this the detective laughed but Mccartney
inquired his hotel and room and said ne would
return the call that evening. At II O'Clock
that night the detective. il IS said heard a
quiet rap at the door. 'sCome inn he called
and Mccartney entered. The detective sprang
10 his feet and covered his visitor with his
revolver, but Mccartney quietly said. 81
merely called to pay my respects and am going
back. You do not need to shoot me- The great-
est caution had to be exercised in the care of
Mccartney at this time, and he was usually
searched after his wife had paid him a visit. At
one time after she left small bar of lead was
found upon him, and he would probably have
escaped had this not, been discovered. One of
his former escapes he hed made by means of the
TIN foil which was WRAPPED around his oh ewing
some way had managed to get out BY means of
at at another time he disguised himself as an
old man. and third time he escaped while in
the keeping OF two Uniled States marshals.
reward Of half million dollars was once
offered for him but he was not found and when
he arrested six mouths later this reward
had been withdrawn and only $1,000 was stand
ing. Mccartney paid his captors $500 to get off
and thus obtained his freedom. He was cap
tured in Indiana some years ago and put in the
penitentiary, and it was here that he had to
serve out his sentence His term fifteen
years and he got something off for good be-
havlor. During his imprisonment he offered
the marshal $500 for steel saw, but the official
was honest and would not give it to him. Nc
Cartney at one time Iectured on counterfeiting,
and he acted the part of reformed countefeiter.
He announced that he had abandoned his trade
and was going to be good boy for the rest of
people who bought his tickets however, and he
supplied other countefeiters with plates which
he engraved on tbs sly. He was man of won
derful parts, and during his life acted as an ar
list, miner, livery stable keeper, pfactfsed
medicine and acted as a commercial traveller.
A FAMILY OF coUNTERFEITERs.
He came of family Of counterfeiters and his
brother-in-law, Miles Ogle, was a noted coun-
terfeiter. His grandfather, father and brother
had all been engaged in counterfeiting, and his
first experiments were as a boy in changing
one-dollar bills into tens. He was connected
with another noted counterfeiter named Ben
Boyd, and he had number OF women acquaint-
ances who were counterfeiters. Among these
miranda. Mrs. Alderman was the widow of a
German cognterfeiter and her daughters were
both bright and skillful, and Martha Ann had
been engaged in printing counterfeit bills in her
fatheris house when she was only eleven
years sof age. Mccartney fell in love
with . Martha Ann and married her,
and . it was this same girl who
often aided him in the escapes abpveS
mentioned. His mother-in-law married. sSls&Sfff
and her new husband was counterfeiteF. The
result was that all of his family SoAnections
were professionals. Almiranda Aelerman, who
had also been engaged in the busi4ess, married
Ben Boyd and she was connect Sd&Sfth him AMI
his interesting career. It M$s from BenssEs6yd
that Mccartney learned how to engrSF4 and he
was apprenticed to him as a boy. Ben Boyd<
was associated with him in most OF his schema5
and the two sisters who helped their father SlzA
mother in their counterfeiting schemes, WORKED
together in aiding their husbands.
POINTS ABOUT CONTRIBUTING.
The making of counterfeit money requires
number of processes and the women connected
with the families have much to do with counter
feiting the queer for the market. The money
is not a rule passed out just it comes fropa.s
the press. 1t is desirable to make the bills looks
old and to give them the appearance of having