The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-11-18


pected something
80, while the rounding up" was going
on 10 cut of his escape. he slipped into the
water and swan for Illinois
imagine the chasrin of Capt. Hall when
he found nothing but SIS. $50 in counter
lett money. but no plates or press. These
mad evidently been spirited away. As
learned. when too late. they had been put
under ground on the island and covered
with brush. Years after the secret ser
wee department discovered that Guyon
mad FED to Canada. briggs was sent to
Inc Chester H. penitentiary for ten
years, but was out in seven and one-half
years. He had saved some money, and
bought saloon and hotel near Dayton, O.
The regret Of Capt. tall was the escape
OF Guyon, but Of young Billy Hall the
father was proud and prOphesied that
the boy would yet become a terror to
cOniaCkers.
FROM FATHER TO son.
Capt. Hall was killed by a woman in
the faithful discharge of his duty, and
Billy Hall is to-day one of the most alert
and vigilant Of the secret service opera
tives in Chicago. In all his chases for
conlackers young Hail has always been
anxious to get Guyon.
He loves him one" for getting away
from the father, and owes him another
Tor getting away from Billy himself, only
a few years ago. As luck would have it,
young Hall had a chance at the man.
The treasury people did not know that
besides the plates over 10000 in queer
money had been hidden away by briggs,
or given to Gerty, his wife, a young
woman, who seemed strangely infatuated
with the old sinner. She belonged to the
Stadfeldt family of counterfeiters and
oOndmakers, and is now only about 40
years old, while briggs is so or more AS
expected, the webster head" counter
cit money came ambling to the front
again in small quantities, but often
nough to put all of Uncle Sans secret
rervice men at work.
Nelse briggs, for all he appeared to
have settled down as keeper of a road
house at Dayton was at once suspected.
The maxim of the department is:
"Once counterfeiter always a counter
feiter"
After long investigation it seemed to
John S. Bell, chief of the secret service,
that Jim Guyon was at it again, and that
old Nelse briggs was again a partner
Septimus Miller, of Dayton, a lawyer
who defended all persons caught showing
the bad money, was finally persuaded,
with pair of handouts and promises Of
prosecution, to ostensibly remain in
league with briggs, but, in reality, to as
sist the government. He had the alter
native of turning traitor to his counter
feiting clients OrOf going to prison. Don
clio and Billy Hall were detailed on
briggs, and soon established themselves
in the tavern near Dayton, DonellO as
gambler named Billy Myers and Hall as
a book agent. DonellO soon won the de-
vOtiOn of Gerty briggs the wife of the
old couuterfeiter; in fact, Donello and
Gerty became very thick. DonellO be
came a purchaser of queer money, and
discovered, with a shock to his mOdesty,
that Gerty carried the stuff beneath her
stocking and wrapped about her shapely
limbs. Donello, who has left the service,
and is living in St. Louis, was a hand
some, swarthy man, who was called my
Spaniard' by Gerty, who was very tickle
in her love affairs.
AS A HARTFORD LAWYER.
John S. Bell, then chief of the secret
service, learned enough from Donello to
know that briggs and GuyOn were work
ing together again, and a stupendOuS
scheme was arranged for the capture of
the entire gang, plates and all.
So Bell established himself in Hartford
Conn, as Andrew McWilliams, lawyer
and loan AGENT To carry out this plan
an Office was rented, a typewriter was
SGDOlQR
them from various cities to Mr.. McWill-
Jams, who seemed to be doing a rushing
business.
Andrew McWilliams was introduced to
the briggs combine by Sep Miller, who
had decided in jealous hate to revenge
himself on the briggs family, Gerty in
particular. Chief Bell had a unique in
production to Gerty. She fell into the
trap and showed the crisp new certifi-
Gates freely. They are too new and
shiny" said Lawyer McWilliams, alias
Chief Bell.
You wait until I fix them" said
Gerty.
And then this woman soaked crisp
bill in tobacco water, smeared her hand
with glycerine and vigorously rubbed the
counterfeit on both sides to take off the
gloss.
The result of il all was that Andy Nc
Williams, lawyer and loan agent, of Hart
ford, Conn, soon bought a big bunch of
queer money, went away, came back for
more, and all the time was working To
catch glimpse of Guyon. Finally he
contracted with briggs tor S25, 600 in the
Webster heads. After much parleying
briggs disclosed that his partner was j.
DuSenberry, of No. 1872 John street, Gin
cinuati. Chief Bell soon found out that
Dusenb berry was Jim GuyOn. and that he
was making the stuff somewhere in Gin
cinnati. GuyOn went to Dayton, met Bell
and was suspicious of him from the start.
briggs ana Gerty, with Sep Miller, per-
suadGd jim, however, that Mac was all
right, and soon enough the willy counter
feiters investigated the Hartford Office,
READY TO CLOSE N.
McWilliams was ready for them, and
the report satisfied even GuyOn
Then a bunch of secret service men
Sweeney, Billy Hall, Abbott and Caster
.werC located in Dayton TO follow up the
work begun by Donello Abbott, VINO is
now at Cleveland, dressed up as a carpen-
ter, as did Caster.
When briggs went to Cincinnati for the
big Doodle of S55, 900 Bill Hall was on his
trail. 1T was q hard chase, for old briggs
was as cunning as a 1Ox. He lodged about
through alleys and back doors until he
finally landed at No. 1872 John street.
From there, after saying goodbye TO
Guyon at the door, briggs went to Mary
Browns bagnio at the corner OF Long
worth and Plum. An investigation here,
and an accident also, revealed that Mary
Brown was aiding the briggs combine in
passing the queer.
Her plan was to give it in change, or
when visitors left money in her safe to
substitute a bad for a good ten. Very
soon after Chief Bell, Gerty and Sep Mil
Ter went "hopping' in Cincinnati and
visited Mary Brown. The chief had
hardly set wiue-glasses to clincking be-