The Washington times., 1902-12-28

taking mp the shadow whore his fellow I
left of. reporting every move or word 1
Of The suspects with the fidelity OF a
phonograph or a camera.
Tn the meantime Chief Wiikie had beea
piecing together threads OF evidence
which tHe discoveries made by Captain
Burns had suddenly ired 10 the utmost
Importance. I'm the dragugt inquiry re-
garding paper mills. Information had
been received Of a curious order given
10 little Out-of-the-way mill in New
York State. This was for severcl rsams
OF blue paper Watcr-markcd ~. =. 7.
r. in letters an inch deep. and running
in words across she paper. The man
no gave the order explained tnat it
was Intended as wrapper for patent
medicine. the letters standing Tor Uncle
Sans Indian Remedy" AND as nc had
paid cash for The paper when delivered.
the manufacturer had thought no more
about it
But Chief Wukie did The letters "t'.
S. /. r" also stand or United States Tn
ternal Revenue. Moreover. the blue pa
per was exactly OF the character used
hy the Internal Revenue Office for duty
stamps on cigar boxes And even more
curiously the plate seen by Captain
Burns I'm his midnight raid was an exact
counterfeit OF the engraving of the
stamp itself 20 resuired no Sherlock
Holmes power OF deduction 20 connect
he plates found in Philadelphia with
the paper made iu New York State. But
unless Bredell and Taylor were in tha
ccunterleiting business on wholesale
scale. there was more than appeared
on the surface iu the way Of connection
between the cigar stamps and the c0uu-
tcrfeit greenbacls.
Three weeks after the raid on the en-
craving workshop. one OF the partners.
BedelI was Swallowed TO the railway
station. where ne took a train 90 the
town Of Lancaster pa. On the same
train. and in the same carriage, were
the Inevitable Secret Service men. also
bound for Lancaster. On arriving the
pair shadOWed their quarry 10 "a cigar
mandatory, one of the largest I'm the
State owned by the Grm OF Jacobs 4
Kendig. instantly the news was flashed
+ TO Washington and by the next train
Chief Wilke himself arrived az the lit
/ tie Pennsylvania town.
Cigar Stamp Forgeries.
/ Upon being informed ;hat the square
+ package which Brcdcu had brought with
4 him from Philadelphia had been deposit
/ ed al tho cigar factory. the chief at
once began 20 see daylight, as it were.
But with the revelation came another
aud even more astounding feature OF tho
case. which made cauti0n-a hundred fold
/ more necessary.
Z FOrEeries Of cigar stamps are very
I rare. owing 90 the difficulty attending
their use. I'm the first place they are
] nnIur d value la "a "a rrrrFu o.
/ and unless NO be I'm the cOuutarfoltiug
] business himself sc is hardly conceivable
. that he would place his business and his
liberty in the hands OF q gang of coun-
( tCrfclters who might any day turn
| states evidence. Moreover. 90 success
/ fully use forged cigar stamps iu guam
I titles sufficient 10 make 90 worth while
be would have either 10 bTibe q Govern
/ mcut inspector who visited the factory
every week and Inspected the work or
/ 90 so manipulate his works and arrange
the working OF his factory so that the
I apparent output should correspond with
the actual quantity of bona Gda stamps
/ purchased az the internal revenue Office.
/ Under the circumstances DO became in
/ Nautiy evident that t0 get aJ The bottom
of this tangled web che most likely place
OF al TO seek Information namely. the
/ revenue Office. was an once the one 10 DC
lrcngiOuslv avoided. III the gang had
confcdcrate5 in The Government employ.
the moment inquiries We're set al0ot
there would bc the signal tor the whole
1 sale destruction of The evidence of their
guilt and a failure OF the tedious efforts
of Che Secret Service.
To meet tlis dilemma Chief WiIdc de-
'Cidcd 20 beat the gang at their own game.
II they were already bribiEg officials Of
] The internal revenue. they would proba-
bly, De- equally ready TO bribc officials OF
the Secret Service II only 10 protect
/ themselves Accordingly. he instructed
Special Agent Manus. of the Secret Scrv-
ice. 20 proceed 10 Lancaster in his regu-
lar capacity. without taking undue pains
10 conceal his connection with che serv-
/ ice His instructions were t0 be the good
fellow an around not ashamed 20 own
] that he had a soft snap. and putting 80
most OF his time loahug around billiard