The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-08-11

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passed making It an offense punishable
by fifteen years imprisonment TO tN
to manufacture this paper, and anotne
law with the same penalty for havinf
So No corn e-'aitar w,s ever able to
get any of the paper. or even to approach
h Zoe be-. tu,! codiu 10 vas 70 Jake
two thin sheets, draw red and blue ink
on the inner surface of one sheet. ana
paste the two sheets together.
Yet these men had the genuine paper
with the silk fibre put In. and every
thing about II just the same as the
Government paper. AT first II was
though. that these men, In some mys-
FERROUS way, must have bought or stnlen
when tho detectives came to examine i
they 70 nd that IT was of little difer,
ert quality. And among the captured
things were spools Of silk corresponding
to the silk fibre in the paper.
READY TO MAKE MILLIONS.
Here vas an amazing mystery-one
that is not yet solved. Had the paper
been of the same quality exactly 4
would have been supposed to be paper
the matter would have ended, after an
investigation that could have come to
nothing. But as II is the question
arises, who manufactured this paper?
lis manufacture means large plant,
machinery costing tens of thousands OF
dollars. and a knowledge OF the secret
process. These facts make 1t certa y
that the bottom of the mystery is not
In the possession of the gang was
found a great bundle OF this paper, IN
feet wide, besides a dozen packages cut
into proper widths for printing the pogus
money In all there was paper enough
to print nearly 10000 worth Dol OF bogus
the eye of the Secret Service, In month
more they would have flooded the coun.
try W TIL this spurious money, part OF y
hard to detect most of it to be detected
only by expert examination. and the
pIates would have been destroyed and
the crime covered up.
STORY OF THE SHADOWING.
But there was that big III" The story
of how the detectives shadowed lnese
the relieved operators" would come In,
worn and weary. Never was there
such a fly gang" they, would say. The
gang was not aware s that taEi an or pres
cautions. The most cautious OF al was
old Massey, whose wife, sitting In inc
Secret Service Office the other day. toid
/ were down to the last gasp We had
nothing. and he could get nothing to DO.
1t was this business or starve, ana ne
said he would just handle enough OF the
stuff to get him on his feet and then ne
would quilt"
Massey would get on an elevated train
to take him to his home in Brooklyn
or to the meeting place the gang had ap-
pointed for that day. Three or t ,Dtsn sts
getting Off the train he would get up
as IL he were going to get of. Then ne
would look about the car to see II any
with variations, until he got of. Had
the .'shndow'' taken .His halt once Mas
sey would have seen his face, and on see
ing ii again wouiu nave nnoMh ne was
CHI In ha
down a long, deserted block. turn on his
tracks and note all the faces he passed.
In u few minutes he would do this again;
to see II he recognized any lace ne nae nae
operator ran four miles. keeping IN
view a street car in which Massey SAT-.
He did not dare get near the car, Tor
fear Of being seen
EVER ON THEIR GUARD.
When two of the gang went on an
elevated platform together one TOOK Inc
first train and the other the second or
third following 1t. When they, met 4
was at some quiet place where an
strange faces could be noted. they mail
movements never seemed extraordinary
to people about them.
The warrants upon which the two
were first ar"aigned yesterday charged
them with committing their onenses III
this city. These warrants were dis
missed, and others alleging Connecticut
as the place Nere substituted. Then the
question Of jurisdictiSn came ~, ana tue
Chief Hazer goes back to Washington
to-day. He Is young man, handsome,
and with exceedingly bright eyes; HIS
cinnati, and the son has been recognized
for years az man with the sort OF
ability you read about much oftener
than you see IT
WERE THEY CoINERS, TOO?
SOUTH NORwALK. Conn. Aug. TO-
A new feature of cumulative evidence
goes to Indicate that the Hoyt gang Of
counterfeiters In Bethel were not only
engaged in III" manufacture OF bank
notes, but that they operated mint Tor
the production of spurious coins. This
proposition has been barely limited at;
but 1t was considered improbable, and
apparently that idea was abandoned.
An accidental find by Flagman James
crossing in Norwalk this morning, how
ever, revives the belief in this phase OF
the Hoyts' operations. His find was a
squss. lying D oesae
of Danbury newspaper Of the date OF
Aug. Z, and was plainly addressed Mr..
l.. Hoyt, Danbury. Conn" and stamped
been cancelled. 1t had evidently been
posted.
Ths 0Yns to soG ssnr:
bearing the date of 1877. The die was Of
copper, and was In three pieces, bearing
| the impress of the face on one side, the
| reverse of ,he coin on the other, and a
| thin piece. in which was a round hole for
shaping and milling the edge Of the
| coin. The pieces were fiat, with bowels
to secure accurate adjustment when III
| position The die had evidently been
used considerably, as the surface was
somewhat Worn and marked. 1t was
given to Chief of Police Bradley.
| How the package came to be beside
| the track at Norwalk Is a matter of con.
lecture. None of the Hoyts has been
known to pass through here since Mon
day night o Tuesday morning, when
Lorenzo Hoyt returned home from New
Haven after his hearing, when he was
released under 1000 bonds, so 1t Is not
likely that TIE package was dropped by
him. as the paper in which II was
wrapped was printed Tuesday afternoon
1t seems hardly probable that any of the
gang, no have been credited, even by
| the detectives, with remarkable shrewd-
ness. would deposit package plainly ad
dressed and containing such incriminat-
Ing evidence In spot where It was &C
likely 20 be found and so certain to be.
| tray them. The new feature in the case
Will be thoroughly Investigated.
Hadn't Met for Hours.
| From Tid-Bits.)
| Hour Hand-Hallo! We meet again,