The Washington times., 1902-12-28

marvellous success. the most accurate and
remarkable In the history OF forged
printing. To secure the fibre paper WAS
q more difficult matter. No regular paper
maker would entertain the suggestion for
q moment 10 was thereupon necessary
to own a paper mill outright, get his pro-
teges, Bredeii and Taylor. TO learn the
business. and IN course Of time 70 pro-
ceed with the manufacture.
at the outset Jacobs took his confed-
crates into his confidence and explained
20 them his intent on OF making in one
lot so, ,000 coo Ct false money. To get rid
OF such an amount, however. would need
great preparation Distributed haphazard
IN hfttes OF hundreds would mean detec-
ton long before any proportion Of the
huge bulk had been disposed Of. To pass
10 upon private individuals or even banks
would be a tedious and certainly risky
operation. Only one customer could DE
found TO swallow the entire lot and that
customer was the Government itself
Made up IN bundles exactly as new notes
are made up in the Treasury. il could be
deposited at the various subtreasurfes
throughout the country. provided only
that the man depositing It had business
vith the Government. and thst he were
wise enough 20 select the Offices where
his deposit should be made. In return
for his deposit he would get Government
certificates which might be turned into
cash without difficulty
Two things were therefore. necessary
In order TO make The scheme certain:
First. the establishment or relations with
the Government. as Jacobs was doing
through his CiEzs business: secondly. the
securing Of an ample capital which would
r-nffn Fharr- 10 "a ~rF
CT two. Toward inns the profits accruing
from smuggled cigars would In time
prove ample.
Disregarded Instructions.
Had the conspirators adhered strictly
70 Jacobs instructions It would appear
almost certain that the scheme might
have been carried through But fortu-
nately for the community, though unfor-
nately for the two engravers. they did not
act fairly with their principal.
When Bredell and Taylor found them
selves I'm possession Of plates for enough
hundred dollar bills the prospect OF sud
den wealth proved stronger than their
| promises TO Jacobs. II they could only
| print just a few-say fifty or a hundred
AS an experiment. it would be so much
| velvet. and after that they could wait
until the time was ripe for the bigger
| scheme. But where 20 find the paper?
[ Here Bredell's ingenuity came to the
I rescue. Procuring 100 new dollar bills.
/ he carefully split them In halves. washed
/ out with acid all the printing carefully
! pasted together the acid burnt surfaces.
! hrst replacing the silk fiber between the
/ new insldes. rnilad ont the TrCsn out
sides and behold, a sheet OF white,
( clean, Government paper. which no hu-
man eve. without the aid Of a micro
| scope. could distinguish from the gem
uine.
/ Upon the paper thus manufactured the
young men proceeded 10 print 100 bills
| Of 800 each. which were put into circu-
/ lation. and some Of them actually re-
| ceivcd as currency Of the Treasury with
out being detected. These counteTfeits
/ were issued some months before the
/ first discovery was made IN regard 20
/ the color OF the stamp. And during the
whole two years while the Secret Ser
/ vice officers we're hunting down their
/ source not another bill was altered. In
/ deed so secretly was the operation con-
Quoted that the first time even Jacobs
/ knew Of their issue was when he was
/ confronted with one Of them, produced
/ as evidence at his hrst trial
Still a Higher Game.
After gaining d foothol5 In the Gov.
ernment service in the shape OF the tive
inspectors OF internal revenue. Dowuey,
Burns. and Jacobs aimed az higher game.
with a view 20 their assistance In carry
ing through the big coup. The intimate
relationship between lawyer and client
served as pretext for Jacobs to ap-
proach the prominent Philadelphia law
yers. 70 whom he disclosed Just suf-
fcient OF his story TO make them in-
terested in keeping him ont OF prison.
AS be paid literally for the legal as
sistauce. over $4,000 passing from client
| 10 lawyers. during the course OF but
/ few months. she latter readily vu-i-
scented to act for him. even going SO
far as trying 20 circumyeut the Secret
/ Service Division itself in his be-
halt.
/ When Eendig reported his astounding
/ confession Ju gEIg wIJnsss sJanC, there
was no question. as 90 the result. Every
/ member OF the gang was sentenced 20 =
/ long term OF penal servitude, tie tried
/ Philadelphia lawyers getting OF easiest
/ with sentences of two years apiece.
I A curious incident Of the trial, re-
markable even i'm case abOunding in
/ sensational and dramatic detail was an
effort made by Bredeu to obtain miti-
CATION of sentence. His effort to this