The San Francisco call., 1904-11-19
Old Forgery Case Is
Brought to Light
SHAD0WED FOR WEEKS
Weller Forced to Give
Up the Coin.
DEFIES LAW

Lawyer James H Cary remains in
jail in default Of the required bond Of
5000 and the United States Secret Ser
vice agents are picking up the threads
q what they term his criminal career.
United States Secret Service Agent
Hazen announced yesterday his dis
covery that few years ago Cary was
placed under detention by the Morse
Detective Agency for forging the name
or Henry Bull 10 several checks. which
cary presented and collected Detec-
tive Byram took a hand in the capture
al that time. The case was settled
without publicity on the payment by
Cary's friends OF the sum collected On
the forged papers Agent Hazeu has
learned, he says that Cary was very
well known, and unfavorabIy so. for
shady transactions in the Yellowstone
saloon and by Andy Woods OF the Au-
ditorium. Mr. Hazen has learned also
that Harry Taylor. who committed sui
eide in this city a few years ago, was
q client CT Cary and that Cary's IN
1air treatment impelled him 10 take
his life.
4 comicaI incident in the coin drill
ing case is the plight in which Leon
ard B WEiler has got himself. He
Is proprietor OF the SOnOma market.
1907 Polk street HaZen and his assis-
tant. Thomas B. Foster. were trailing
Cary last Tuesday. the day preceding
the lawyers arrest, and saw him go
into Weiler's place and have a $50 piece
changed.
THE COIN FOUND.
As soon as Cary left the place the
sIeuths entered. examined the coin,
found that IL had been drilled. and
marked il for Identification, at the
same time requesting the young woman
cashier 70 keep the coin, 70 be used as
evidence against Cary. Then they
started out shadowing the lawyer
again. Since the arrest Butcher Weller
has been visited several times by Agent
Hazen. who demanded the surrender Of
the marked coin Weller said that he
would give il up II Hazen would give
him so for IT, Hazen offered 10 give
him an official receipt for the coin with
the promise that il would be returned
70 him after the trial. when he could
sell il for the bullion value Of the gold
in il. which would be about S17. But
Weller was obstinate. thinking that the
officer was trying TO defraUd him Of the
money. II was in vain that Hazen
showed his authority and reasoned (
with him that Il was a hazardous uu-
dertsking 70 oppose Uncle sam in any
request Of that kind Finding that
Weller could not be moved except with /
plant yesterday afternoon charging I
the man with being willfully knowing /
~ and feloniousIy in possession Of an /
altered and debased gold coin OF the 4
United States Assistant United States .
Attorney Charles II. -F'ickert drew the 4
complaint and United States Commis- /
siouer HeaCock issued the warrant Cf +
arrest Il was placed in the hands Of +
Deputy United States Marshals Ding 1
ley and Dryden with peremptOry in 4
struCtious 70 take Weller and the coin /
into custody.
LOCATE PURCHASER
Agent Hazen found that much Of the
drilled gold taken from the double
eagles had been sold by Cary to Hugo 4
Landecker & Co. money brokers, with 4
Offices at rs Montgomery street. Mr.
Hszen said yesterday that he had con
sidera bic difficulty in inducing Mr.
Landecker to admit that he was the
purchaser.
The secret service men do not believe
the statement OF Cary that he drilled
only al the rate Of ore double eagle
per day. Said Agent Hazen yesterday:
Fer time these drilled tWenties fell
around like nuts from a shaken tree.
Bank cashiers, accustomed as they
were 70 the handling Of money. took
the coins without the least suspicion.
7 was only when the eagle eve Of
Cashier Tom Burns Of the United
States ub-Trea sury fell upon the rim
Of one Of the drilled double eagles and
discovered that II had been tampered
with that cashiers were put upon their
guard.
After Cary returned from the country
z few weeks ago he had not much capi-
tai 70 work upon Twenties were not
plentiful with him and he was working
zt the rate Of only one q day. when we
succeeded in establishing an impregna-