Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1903-09-15
FOLLOWED FOR MONTHS
PAIR OF MURDERERs AND coUN-
TERFEITERs FINALLY CAUGHT.
Patient and skillful Work Of sscret
Service Men Crowned With
Complete Success.

A gold-capped front tooth was the only
clue by which secret service men for
months followed a pair Of desperate negro
murderers and counterfeiters. The detec-
tives succeeded in landing the men at Men,
phis, Tenn, at 5 o'clock this morning.
They are Irving Tolly and Luke Ray, both
ex-convtcts and about the worst pair the
secret service has rounded up in many
years.
In June and July. during the state and
county fairs in Indiana, Illinois and Ken
lucky, the secret service began to receive
reports of the passing of raised counter
felt notes in large numbers Agent 8. A.
Donnella, stationed at Louisville, was put
to work on the case. He heard that two
colored men had passed the notes at
various places. He obtained descriptions
of the men. but the best he could learn
was that one of them had a gold-capped
front tooth in his mouth. BY this, and the
meager general descriptions given him
by the country people who had been vic
timized, Donnella caught the trail Of the
negroes. August 10 he learned that two
negroes answering the description of Tolly
and Ray had boarded freight train at
Elizabethtown. Ky.
Murder Committed.
In the hope OF overtaking them and hav-
ing them arrested Donnella telegraphed
the railroad agent at Cave City. small
town, to intercept the two men. The agent
looked around for assistance and the vol
unteers were two young mon named Shep-
herd and Markham. When the freight
train pulled into the little town at night
the agent and his two assistants found
Tolly and Ray and four white hoboes in a
freight car. Shepherd made the two ne
groes get out OF the car. AS they did SO
- fhnr ruvht 20 hA Uo1lxy ln1
pistol and shot Shepherd, mortally
wounding him. He died next day.
The deSperadoeS escaped across the
country and 1t was long time again be-
fore Donnella could pick up clue of the
gold-toothed negro. He followed them to
Glasgow Junction and found that they
| had taken a back track and gone toward
Chicago. In that big city. among the
slums and desperate people, he discovered
that two negroes answering the description
and that Tolly was living under the name
Of Alfred Harrison.
By working night and day Donnella
learned that Tolly had ordered suit OF
clothes from a tailor on State street, and
said he would call for the suit He never
| called, but he had left an address on State
street. where he said he lived At this ad-
dress nothing could be found out about the
negro. AS last resort 1t was decided to
have the tailor write note to the State
street address. saying that the clothes were
ready This was done, and long time
| afterward a postal card came, saying that
| the man who had ordered the clothes was
In Memphis and would shortly return to
Chicago
The Capture.
Agent Donnella had to go south at this
| juncture. ana the case was put in the hands
| Of Agent Porter of Chicago. who took up
the clue and followed the negroes 70 Mem
phis.
They were located on De Soto street in
| that city, and this morning the house was
surrounded by policemen and detectives and
| the two criminals arrested
Tolly raised 81 and 81 bills to the tens by
| means Of stencils Over the figure ''2s'' in
| the bills he would print TO-" and SO on.
| The raised bills were Of q poor character
but they were passed In large numbers.
Tolly also sold the stencils to other negroes
| instructing them what to do with the ap-
| paratus. The secret service has arrested
| Albert Jackson and Junius Stark at New
Albany. Ind, for experimenting with stem
| ellis bought from Tolly.
| Chief Wtlkie regards the work of Donnei-
la and Agent Porter highly. and Is greatly
| pleased. If there Is a good case on the
murder charge against the two :nen they
will be turned oveA to the xsntiiol1Y au-
thorities.