The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-07-16

United states government there is an
Ella borate system of screens. refiectors
and shades by which is obtained the
peculiar soft light necessary to the en-
craving of plates from which currency
IS to be printed. BY counterfeiters this
system must be initiated as closely as
limited facilities will permit. and / be-
heVe to this day l could pick out any
house in which counterfeitjng was he
ing carried on in any town of such
size as would allow an inspection of
all the houses
Boscobel was not so large but that
II was easy to locate the rendezvous
of the counterfeiters. AS usual il was
on the outskirts of the town. and the
nearest neighbOr was 100 yards away
Ihere was but one house beyond il on
the street The house was "A two-story
frame structure. The peculiar arrange
ment of the curtains on the second
floor told the tale without any other
informa ton.
Malcolm Robinson and his wife occu-
pied the house by themselves. accord
ing to the belief of the tov-uspeonIe.
The facts were. however, as revealed
by investigation, that Robinson and
his wife occupied the lower story and
hale Ellis and Franklin j. Brown the
upper story The three men were cOun~
terteiters. Robinson was the manu-
Iacturer' of the BOscObel crowd Brown
being the printer under Robinson's di-
rectlon. Ellis was the engraver. as I
nave previously told, but at that par
tlcular time he was also aiding i'm the
work or running off the issue for the
use of Nap" Latta.
Brown and Ellis seldom went down
STAIRS, and were never seen by the
neighbors, their meals being served TO
them upstairs by Mrs. Robinson. The
niue exercise they got was taken un-
der cover of the night The life Of the
-counterfeiter at his busy times is not a
bed or roses, by any means. for it re-
qulreS the utmost concentration and
application of effort. The longer the
oelay In producing an issue the greater
the danger of discovery, and such
task, once begun, is followed with ire
mendous diligence until the output is
IN the hands of the dealer ard the gen
ulne coin of the realm safely i'm the
hands OF the manufacturers of the
"coney."
took some time TO satisfy myself as
TO the exact conditions prevailing i'm
ana around the Robinson residence I
mad not forgotten Kale Ellis little
pieasantry IN regard to the proba BILE
rate OF any secret service men who at
tempted TO capture him, and 1 did not
intend TO take any more chances than
necessary When il came TO planning for
the event But the time soon came
"hen II seemed certain no mista Ike
could be made in raiding the Robinson
Frank W. Oakley. United States
marshal at Madison. was told of my
plan and his services and those of two
OF his most competent deputies were
secured warrants were taken out Sc
said he had frequently heard of <ale
Eiils, and that from all he had heard
ne was dangerous man 10 handle II
also sent to Chicago for John Me-
Donald and g. d. Townsend, the latter
a secret service operative The five
men were instructed to come 10 Ros-
cooel on the same day. and TO register
at the hotel without letting it be known
that they knew me or knew one an
other.
II was about II o'clock at night when
/ smuggled them into my room. where
L outlined my plan to them. / did not
deem II consistent to send auv other
man into probable danger OF which
myself was afraid, so / planned to take /
the lead in the actual entry of the
house. One of the others was To he
stationed about sixteen feet from each !
corner OF the house in such a way that |
each could command A view OF two
sldes OF. the building l calculated thar !
I-ills ana Brown might leap from the /
second-Story windows in front when \
they heard me ascending the stairs. |
To the men stationed i'm front | said:
- Ohe or these men who may jump /
li'ii the SeCOnd-StOry window has 4
sworn TO Kill OF sight any secret serv2,
ice man that tries to take him His
record is such that there is no doubt
ne means what he says. If these men
Jump from the windows they will he /
armed and viii kill any men i'm their
path: Either you or they viii be
killed. IT will be better if il be they.
Shoot them before they strike the
ground II you want TO save your own
ives"
me nearest neighbors of the Robins
sons had child that was not expected
o live through the night or which we
planned the raid. Mrs. Robinson Al
nough the wife OF one criminal and |
me associate of others. retained the |
maternal solicitude for any child that |
vas sick and had made herself useful
II the house of her neighbors. She had
1een al the bedside of the little one
turing the day, and returned only I'm
iine 10 prepare supper for her husband L,
md the other 'konickers." I knew of n
Ter interest IN the condition of the sick
MID, and decided to turn Il to our
,wn advantage. At a quarter TO p in
ne morning of April rs, 1875. we ieft
ne hotef and repa fred. 70, the fSof,sr1zf1r1
lone IN such pssr'~4- 49,