Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1894-04-06

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;'Charle'' Kintsch went back TO his
saloon and hid his tin box in the safe.
He was morose for month, but after
that he learned, without telling the
story of his tin box, that several promi-
nent Roanoke men had bought some
bales of counterfeit money in New
York, and found that it had turned in
to green paper before they reached
their homes. Then kintsch grew
cheerful.
Barkeeper Steinbrecher approached
him cautiously early in March and dis
played n letter dated in New York on
March 6. 1t suggested the possibility
of another meeting with the well dress
ed man of Maspeth. Here il is
"Yours received. In reply would say
that | have bills in denominations 81,
-, s., $40 and $50, which are perfect
limitations. You have already handled
and passed some of the same kind and
believed them genuine, as have many
others in your town. am prepared to
make you most liberal offer. If you
care to invest $1,000 with me | will let
you have $4,000 Of the denominations
in question, and will give you absolute
control of West Virginia and Maryland
for your field in which to dispose of the
goods. When you come to New York 90
direct to tue Vanderbilt hotel. | will
make myself known by the telegram
that you will send notifying me when
you will come and by the password,
'.Max," so that YOU will know that you
have the right man."
Then Kintsch confessed to his bar
keeper, and the latter arranged to meet
y. u" in New York at noon on Tues
day last Kintsch came to New York,
too, hut kept out Of the way.
Stcinbrecher went at once to the ho-
tel, and during Tuesday afternoon
Charles SMITH entered room No. 20G
and pronounced the word MAX" He
invited the barkecper to 20 up to his
Office and make the exchange. Stein.
brecher played for time and consulted
Kintsch. "Charles Smith returned
in the evening with the 'old man,
who has been a prominent figure in
green goods circles nere for years
who has been shot at, but never wing
ed. Steinbrecher was out, but they
met "Wednesday morning, and the ''old
man" showed the barkeeper four gen
uine five dollar bills and ten dollar
bill as samples, after the usual fashion,
and asked the Virginian to show his
| roll"
Steinbrecher pulled out S2,i0O and
counted it before the eyes Of his hungry
visitors.
Now he said, 'rve come here to
buy, and I've got the price. want
you to show me $1,000 or $4,000 of
your money before we trade"
Then the "old man" "hedged."
cpl send my son around at halfpast
ten," he said, and went away. The
son proved to be Davis.
you'll have to hurry" he said, when
he came, "for I've customer waiting
who is after 100000"
They met again at halfpast two in
the afternoon, but in the meantime
Steinbrecher had consulted Capt. Reilly
of the East Fifty-seventh street station,
and when the Nirginian and Davis left
the hotel to go down town and COM
plete the deal, Detectives Tappen and
Campbell followed.
Steinbrecher gave the the signal just
as Davis reached the stairway leading
to the "L'' station at Fortysecond
street and Third avenue and they hand
cutfed their man in an instant.
''Gcntlemen," the prisoner said to
the detectives, 81 never saw this man
before in my life He asked me how
in net down town and | volunteered TO
show him the way to the elevated
train"
Then Kintsch arrived and identified
Davis as the well dressed man who sold
him green paper and threw in lot of
good advice in January.
Steinbrecher was sent TO the House
Of Detention pending the examination
of Davis and was not little chagrined
by the proceeding.-N Y. HCrGid.