The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-05-04

StandpOIntS. he Is man Of lew words.
1t has been said he was well educated
| about him to indicate culture. He looks
| gike a big farmer.
He understood when he conceived the
| idea of counterfeiting the revenue stamps
that to make a success OF it he would
! need the services of some man of polish,
FEASIBILITY and quick wit. He realized
the whole thing depended upon consis-
and repeated lying.
William L. Kendig was just the man.
He is big-eyed, quick witted a gentle
man by birth and breeding. He is the
kind of man who makes a good impress
sion, He is full of expedients, with the
intelligence to observe and the facility to
profit by what he has seen.
''As indication of this peculiar ability,
he picked up the art Of plate-printing in
two visits to the bureau of engraving on
his wedding trip. A man who can acquire
delicate art of that kind simply by
thirty minutes observation has a wond-
erful mind. He it was who concoctel all
the stories necessary to deceive friends
neighbors and relatives at Lancater. In
fact whenever there was a sudden emer-
gency Kendig's resourceful mind was al
ways equal TO it.
The manufactur of the Internal Reeve
nue. paper was due to Kendig. This pa
per IS of the regulation bluish-green color
The distinctive feature of the genuine
is the water-mark L. s. L r. The gov
eminent specifications require that these
letters shall be spaced in a peculiar way,
and the question confronting Kendig was
how he could set the paper.
1T is a peculiar fact and one that
done by Jacobs that the paper was ar
ranged for one and a half years before
p was used.
worked it in this way. He obtained a
sample of ordinary paper Of the same
style and color as that of the revenue
country paper mill not far from Ian
caster. The proprietor was a guileless
old fellow of very limited experience in
the ways of the world. He made some
writing paper, but mainly the paper used
for lining cigar boxes.
ITO this old man Kendig introduced
medicine called the Indian rheumatism
Ulmar Syrup" Kendig explained that it
took him years to perfect the medicine
and that he expected enormous returns
would need many tons of paper, and to
protect himself he thought it would be
best to have d water-mark, Z. S. L r.,
in the paper instead Of trade mark,
1.-THE old man was anxious to please
him and promised to do his best. The
water-mark IN paper is made by what
is called the dandy roll, as the pup pas
es through the machinery. Kendig, to
prevent any mistake. put the necessary
wiregauze letters on the dandy roll him
self, the letters spaced just as they are
in the stamped paper
His order was for ten tons. After
the paper had been made and the old
man was cutting the sheets, his machine
cutter broke down. He was about to
send the paper to Philadelphia firm to
have it cut when Kendig heard Of it.
This would probably have led to expo
sure. Kendig spent $40 of his money to
have the cutter fixed.
AT the mill Kendig had the paper
wrapped into bundles of 1000 sheets each. !
He had tobacco cases sent to the mill and
in these the paper was shipped to Ian
caster mill as leaf tobacco.
I'VE found nine tons of 1t there. About /
one ton had been consumed in the print /
ing of revenue stamps.
'Kendig lives in about the nest house
in Lancaster. It was the home of his
father-in-law, who was a bank president |
up to the time of his death.
ITO guard against dicoverry II the work |
Of prntin t ehgsrcmfwetao mfwyp wyp .
Kendig hired JXames Burns, formerly a |
Lancaster policeman, ostensibly as la
borer, but really to watch the Secret Ser
vice men. Burns was supposed to know |
every one and to be a very alert man I.
and up to all sorts of tricks.
1--WE so regarded him, and at first fear
ed he would discover the Secret Service
plans. but we were mistaken. He is alb
soluteiy the reverse of what every one
supposed him to be. He is the duIlest
Of the dull. He is a big. ox-like fellow
With enormous strength. and that is all
He hasn't c,ever thing about him. He
was paid twenty-five dollars a week for
services worth a dollar a day.
'Kendig was supposed to draw a sal
ary Of 800 a month from Jacobs. but
really drew from 800 to $3.50 a month in
excess of that sum-
''kendig was supposed to draw a salary
Of 500 a month from Jacobs. but really
drew from 500 to $3.50 in excess of that
sum.
Taylor and Breden the engravers,
have absolutely oposit qualities Taylor
S man Of infinite patience phlegmatic
slow mentally and slow in movements
physically. He is the ideal man for re-
producing government securities. The
he ~
10 engravers. He made some important
out gave better results. It was COM
oination process of photography and hand
work. and there is probably not another
man in the United States today with the
patience to do what Taylor did. He IS
he best square ,etter man in the United
states. ana his portrait work : equal
10 that Of any engraver. He IS only
twenty-five Taylor IS q man who made
20 friends. He kept 10 h.mseI and never
isipa-ed. He lived with his mother an
'reJentiously in . ntt'e house at Cam
len. His sole companion was his part
ser Breden. the youngest O Tire lot. be-
rs only tweaty-four. He IS the very or
'oSite Of Taylor in every way. Tay.or is
blond AID heavy Brelel Is dark. agile.
.uickwtted.
"tfe IS mechanical genius and there
s nothing IN the way os machinery he
ammo; make re auilt every bit Of the
M h-nery used in their plant or Fi,bert
street. PHILADELPHIA mach OF II delicate
and complicated il
Jacobs was going 70 operate IN EendlE's
factory az Lancaster 81 that they could /,
make al their own pane- for printing
he $I3.g00s0 Of counterfei-s
'Bredell IS married and liva5 quietly
With his younE wife in Philadelphia.