The Montgomery advertiser., 1901-05-26

section of the bassboard was loose. He took it sut and in that recesssfound $A.0oe in cesnterfeit tws-AolfAr bills end the face plate of the Hancock head. He prompty arrested both brothers. David's wife and the sistsr of the Johnson brothers, Hrs. Beyhss. He searched Edmunds house and found between 5000 and S6.0eo in counter feits there. But'he could fnd no plates of the Windonn head nor the beck plate of the Hancock head
 Here came in remarkable feature of the story. The Johnson Brothers could not bear that their. sister and David Johnson's wife should suffer. They held a conference and made proposition to the secret service. They promised that If the women were al- lowed to go free they would make up the missing links in the chain of evil dence. Although the secret service was convinced that the women had knowi- edge of the counterfetting. it did not have enough of case to insure their conviction, and it was decided to take advantage of the offer of these chtv- alrous counterfeiters. The bargain was made.
 Then David Johnson. acting as guide, took the secpet service men to his house, and, going to his room on the second floor. pulled out a washstand. unscrewed the back and dropped 1t down. He then cut out piece of black walnut that had been neatly mortised into the edge of the top. and disclosed mortised space. In this was tho Windom plate. It was such an ingsni- ous hiding place that the secret service people would never have found 1t un- less they had broken up all the farni- ture in the house.
 Plates in Sewing Machine.
 Johnson then took them to his broth- CTS house and took them to the sew ing machine. The drawers of the or- 'dinary sewing. machine it up olsss to the board. but in this machtns thsre hollowed out. and in this hollow board was the back plate of the Hancock head.
 There was no case against "Old Charley" who had just oomplstsd 2 15~years' term in Canada, and he was discharged. In the early 'Sos the secret service had arrested him for passing the Grant heads. but w1alls in custody of an agent at Port Huron he had ee- caped and gone to Canada, where he was arrested for passing Canadian bills For this he was sent to prison for l5 years. but the secret service had ASA<A@AApShS0 AAS Nkohb A1Gooos N"fAIn had led to the detection of his troth-. CTS and the Hancock and Windom heads that they had begun to pass eight years before. About five months after the Detroit capture . lane man was caught with . cotning outfit at Toledo. O. Captain Abbott. who had charge of. the Ohio district. went to Toledo and recognized him as "old Charley Johnson. The old man had decided to take up coining. and the venture had proved disastrous. He received . 6-year sentence, but died in the penitent;afy 1n four uionths.
 The otDer brothers are serving their terms in NeAiga1. The ''tan 1Ailow with ths blg fnustaehe" was David Johnson. He was leading church member and . Sunday scho6I enDefintepdent. He had . fine bass v0ice and was in much degnand as e church sinsu. giving bis services fxee. At night he would, leave hie Detysit home. slip quietly oat of town warh- out any baggage ana come back wfah Q great collection of change. the pro- ceeds of his work. He was Inc engrav- CT.