The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1891-01-07

been made, and bills to the amount of
sl49, 900 had been struck OF. The boat and
contents was destroyed. They then went to
Cincinnati ard the money was put out
there. Then the detectives struck clew,
and some of the best men were put to work
on the case. Detective Joyce, the assistant
of Detective Bauer, bought 500 worth of
the stuff from ''shover," and the business
of capturing Ogle began. Ogle was enticed
10 Cincinnati on a decoy, disposed Of several
hundred dollars worth of the ''queer,n and
returned to Memphis The object was to
learn as much as possible of his guilt before
arrest.
At Guthrie, KY, sleeper was attached
to the train and Bauer was thunderstruck
to see Ogle sitting on the rear platform.
This was the first sight the detectives had
got of him in years. Bauer kept quiet until
the train arrived at Memphis, when Bauer
went out to find his man. Ii was Christ
mas morning, and Ogle was innocentlY
looking at the burning of Catholic church,
and Joyce approached him.
CAUGHT AT LAST.
The bland fellow informed Miles that he
wanted 800 worth Of bis bogus cash for a
man of his acquaintance. The sbrewd Ogla
sized him up and then notified him tn at he
would let him know in the afternoon. They
were to meet by appointment and Joyce
was to get the money at Ogle's house. The
thing was all planned. One of Beuer's men
pulled the bell violently and Bauer tried to
gain an entrance at the rear, but the door
was locked. A second latter side door
was opened and Ogle found the muzzle OF o
revolver in his face.
Throw up your hands," said the officer.
Ogle hesitated.
Throw up your hands or down you 60"
and no went the hands. Before reaching
the Jail he offered the officer having him In
charge $500 in good money If he would al
low him to destroy the counterfeit stuff on
his person. When searched he had 500 in
genuine money about him, a pistol and
So, 600 of the queer" For this job he got
six years in the Chester. Ill. penitentiarv.
where he staid in until $50. Hardly had ne
got the prison gsrb from his back when he
started at his old tricks again, and his SEN
tence on the 18th inst. TO fifteen years In the
Columbus, O., penitentiary, which includes
the payment Of a fine OF IS, 900, is the re-
suit of his last attempt to defraud the gov
eminent.
Nothing that Ogle ever did was quite so
clever as his counterfeit OF the Germania
Bank notes of New Orleans, which formed
part of this exploit. The secret service
experts pronounce it the finest counterfeit
in existence to-day. This note was put out
in large quantities by Ogle just after his
release from prison In 1889, and the secret
service men knew they had little chance Of
capturing him after he had once put the
cash into circulation. The notes were put
out in Cincinnati during racing week, and
| toe town was flooded with them, and when
several of these bills passed through tee
clearing house the government officials be-
came truly frightened. Through a fellow
named Falk, Ogle's confederate in this
latest scheme, who had been caught,
they got a clew of Miles where
abouts, aud tracked him all over
the country. He finally returned to
once on his trail 1t is a rule with 'shovers
Of the queer" to begin their work about
dark, and 1t was believed that Ogle was in
Cincinnati on this particular night hard at
work. They were all looking for Ogle at
the Newport bridge, thinking that be would
cross over from Cincinnati. But he didn't.
About 9:l5 o'clock, however, they caught
| sight of a tall man walking down the oppo-
site side of the bridge. He had on SLOUGH
hat, and had grown Burnside whiskers.
That's him, Dom" said Detective Bauer,
and just then Ogle's face came into view
and a revolver impsded his progress. And so
| Ogle was caught as q consequence of his
| failure to keep faith with his pal, Falk.
whom he promised to help when Falk was
ares ed few months before for partici-
pating in the same offense.
| NO % uST.COnSlOd uetQ tEIChh as
| Miles Ogle for escaping arrest. He had
dozens Of aliases, not one-half Of which
! were known to his most intimate confeder-
ates. he especially prided himself on his
DISCUSSES, in which his best friend failed to
recognize him. He wore his whlskers in
every conceivable style, assuming the man.
ners Of banker, clerk, a farmer, q Boston
dude or a tough, and his action and speech
on such occasions, it is said. were marvel
ous On one occasion a certain witness
was to swear to his identity, which
would he the decisive testimony of his
guilt. On the morning before the trial he
was discovered in his cell with his nose
broken and face terribly disAgured. Thus
did the cunning crook seek to avoid recog-
milton by mutilating his features. OgIe was
not up to McCartneys trick Of posing as a
reformed counterfeiter, and while lecturing
I on the vicissitudes Of his career passing
| counterfeit money on his audience at the
box Office, as change for their tickets, but
if there was any other branch Of the ''art"
Of which he was ignorant the secret service
| people are not aware of it.