The suburban citizen., 1901-01-26
COUNTERFEITEBS FACES
THE r-CEPTlVE WskcES Of FIVE
REMARKABLE CRIMINALS.

! Physlognomists would find difficulty
IN accurately reading some Of the faces
one sees in the Treasury Departments
album OF criminals, says W. Herman
/ Moran, in Golfers Weekly A great
! walnut case against the wall in the
office of the Chief of the Secret Ser
vice contains a remarkable collection
of specialists in crime. Other Rogues'
Galleries there are, much more extern
! s've than this one, but none with more
! fascinating stories than are associated
! with the faces that look out from the
frames Of this big cabinet. In
space that might be covered by ones
hands are the pictures OF five men
whose output of spurious notes aggre-
gated more than S5,000,000, and yet
from all this wealth they realized so
| little that they were always in finan-
cial straits All Of them, too, learned
| what the solitude OF an iron barred
| cell meant; some OF them are still serv-
! ing out long sentences; some are fill
| ing felons' graves, and some have prof
tied by bitter experience and are liv-
| ing honestly. Their faces are the faces
| of honest men; faces that invite in.
stant confidence, that show the pos.
session of all the traits that one ex-
poets to find in the average trustwor.
thy, dependable, upright citizen.
"Old Bill" Brockway-the dean of
/ the professon-could easily be mis-
| taken for a Sunday-school superintend-
ent, with his kindly-expressl time
| lined intellectual cOuntenance, vet
five of the most dangerous counterfeits
/ ever turned out were attributable to
him. They created CONSERVATION in
| business circles, and caused the Secret
Service no end of trouble in tracing
them to their source.
Peter McCartney's strong. rugged
/ face gives no indication of the crafti-
ness and overwhelming criminal in
! stincts of the man, whose remarkable
achievements with graver and press,
and wonderful escapes from custody,
earned for him the title king Of Kon.
hackers" An incident serves to illus
trate this mans contempt for prison
bars and bolts. In 1866, while Nc
Cartney was confined in the Jail at
Springfield, ILL.,, Chief Whitley Of the
Secret Service, went out from Wash
ingtOn to see him. At the close of tile
interview Mccartney turned to the
Chief and good-humoredly said "You
won't leave me here, suppose, Colo
nelg"
Mccartney smiled. ooh, l can get
out Of here easy enough have done
it before and can do It again"
Chief Whitley expressed incredulity,
and, with a careful look at the iron
bars Of the door, started to go.
You don't think so?' observed Nc
Cartney. We'll I'll return your call
at 10 o'clock this evening
The Chief smiled at what he consid.
cred jest, went to his room, soon be.
came absorbed in writing and entirely
forgot the matter. Ten o'clock came
and the busy Chief wrote Oh. At the
last stroke of the hour there came a
soft tap on the door.
"COme in" said the Chief, and to his
vast astonishment, in walked McCart-
ney, with a smile and a quiet Good
evening Colonel"
Springing from his seat, Whitley
drew his revolver and, seizing Nc
Cartney by the arm fairly shouted:
How did you get here?"
"Put up your gun, Colonel" said
the visitor; II merely called to pay
my respects and am going back
He did go back, for Chief Whitley
went with him, and he subsequently
remained quietly enough
Miles Ogle, with his handsome face,
neatly trimmed beard ard carefully
arranged hair might well be taken for
a professional man, artist, opera sing
er-anything rather than a keen, in
trCpid desperate whose entire man
hood was given over to a career Of
crime almost unparalleled
f. - typical unsophistlcated farmer"
IS what one might gay Of Ben Boyd;
yet he was one of the most ingenious,
daring and prolific counterfelters who
ever monopoized the attention of the
Secret Service. He it was who imi-
tated the fve-dollar issues Of thirteen
different Illinois banks by the use Of
Skeleton face plate. The design
for all five-dollar national currency
notes being Identical except as to the
title Of the bank, Boyd simply omitted
this from his face plate, and when he
desired a new issue Of counterfeits 1t
was only necessary to cut a title see
that it found its proper place on the
note, and start his press.
Passing to the last member of this
famous qulntette, one finds a remarka
bly, prepossessing face, intelligent re-
fined This is Tom Ballard, engrayer
=, chemist, inventor, mechanic Of rare
skill and expert in the manufacture
of paper; the universal genius, who
y prosttuted his talents 70 a forbidden
3 art, and was rewarded with a thirty
] s,s,