Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-03

covered up TO tnlS time ndQ Deen IN the nanUS
of the racing fraternity suggested the ikeli-
hood of similar operations elsewhere. At that
time meetings were in progress at Buff
falO Covngton, Chicago and St. Louis and
the Secret Service agents in all of these cities
were instructed to keep in touch with the
booknakers and to look out for any of the
counterfeits.
Two days later telegram from the St.
Louis district of the service announced the
arrest of Marcus Crehan of Providence Rhode
Island proprietor of the Crehan Engraving
Company, with thirty-one of the new hundred
dollar counterfeit bills in his possession. The
message added that about four thousand dollars
in genuine money had been found in suitcase
in his room at the Planters Hotel Agents
at Providence instructed to search the
premises there and telegraph the result. The
search developed little beyond the fact that
printingnks similar in color to those used
the notes were found in Crehan's private room.
His reputation was excellent, and friends
and business associates astounded that
such a charge should have been preferred
against him. There must be a ghastlT mis-
take they insisted, and one of his intimate
friends left at once for St. Louis, with letters
of Endorsement from local banks and authority
from his friends to furnish bail in any amount
Reports from the agents at St. Louis threw
little additional light the subject. Crehan
stoutly asserted his innocence claimed to
have found the spurious notes, and could not
be shaken in his statements. His story was
a simple one. He had called at the Union
Station to have his ticket authenticated. The
electric lights were turned while he was there
and this led to the discovery of envelop
wing on the floor. Upon inspecting the contents
nd finding them valuable, he went to one of he
lorning newspaper offices and advertised the
nd. This statement true. Thursday morn
1g's paper had in the Lost and Found" column
his notice:
Found, near Union Station of money Owner may
eceve same by addressing X. Y T., The Republic.
The advertisers claim ticket for the replies was
ound among Crehans effects and gave
Import to his story, until it ascertained that
he electric lights were turned that particular
light at ten minutes before o'clock, while
he records of the business office of the newspaper
bowed that the Pound" advertisement had been
assed over the counter not later than five o'clock.
he original in Crehans handwriting
endered to the officers.
This first serious discrepancy in his story
lggeStive; but lntlmation of the discovery
as permitted to reach him. Among the odds
nd ends in his suit admission tickets to
ne Gravesend track for May IS and 70 and pro-
ram of one of the days entries. Certain penClled
indicated that a number of bets of
fly dollars each had been made, some on horses
nat won, others not SO fortunate. On the theory
nat if Crehan had passed the notes at the New
ork race track he might have utilized the
reflective expedent of advertising found "
1oney search of the files of the Manhattan papers
ras instituted covering the suspected period, and
one of the issues of May IS this was dis
overed:
Found, near Grand Central Station, sum of money.
wner have same by addressing A. B. C., Blank Office
The original was obtained and a comparison
18th Crehans writing made it instantly apparent
hat they were the work of the same hand. Then
his connecting link, which seemed to leave no