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The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
DYGERTs GREAT PITCHING.
Shuts Travellers Out Except in Firs Inning, he Striking out
 Twelve Batters.

New Orleans, April 29.-Guese was hit hard in the first inning which gave the Pelicans the first game of the series by a score of to 2. Dygert pitched great ball In opposition and the Pelicans made two exceptionally fast doubles. Attendance 2,000.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
MASONIC NOTICE
Special Sale.

of satvia. Coleus Nasturtiums Periwinkle. Verbenas Ageratum Begonias and other ho.,4ing plants. S. B. stern Co, phone do01.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Other Games.

Virginia Military Institute. S; Nlr' ginia Polytechnic Institute, S.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
srockHoI,DERs MEETING.

The annual meeting of the stock holders of the Tallassee and Montgom- cry Railway Company will be held at the office of the Company in the City of Montgomery. Alabama, on Wednes- day May 3rd, at twelve o'clock noon
 Tine election of Directors will be had, and such other business as may legally come before the meeting.
 VIM. F. ELSBERRY,
 lot Secretary and Treasurer.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Chicago. Tx, Detroit. 5.

New York. April 29.-New York-Phil adelphia postponed; rain.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Summary:-TWO base hits, e. CIarke, Stafford Hafford. WSrd, Krug, Crozier. Stolen bases, Jordan. Left on bases, Atlanta 8; Birmingham '. Base on balls. off Ely 8; off Clarke o, Struck out. by Ely 6; Clarke :. Wild pitches, Ely. Time 150 Empires Black and Bassett.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
NATIONAL LEAGUE

PITTSBURG BEATS CHICAGO ON
 LATTER'S ERRORS. Wefmer Outpltched 's'The Deacon" But Had No SuppOrt-Phillies Hit
 Willis Hard and Overall
 Wins Game in St. Louis.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Stolen bases, Williams. Sacrifice hits, Hurley. Double plays. Holly to Will Hams to Beck; Williams to Beck. Struck out, by Dygert. I2; by Guese, 4. Bases on balls, by Dygert, ,; by Guese. 0. Wild pitches. Dygert. Pass ed balls, Garvin. Left on bases. New Orleans 6: Little Rock, 6. First on errors, New Orleans, ?; Little Rock 0. Time, 1:37. Umpire, Pfennlnger.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Late last night the guests of local der Help!' On rushing to the room that the gruesome yells emanated from 1t was found that poor Red Russell was in the throes of nightmare and thought the Pretzels were rehearsing the second inning again
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

If some enterprising person will have a lot of field glasses to rent at Ath- letic Park they can make a bunch of coin-without field glasses it is as ut terly impossible to read the figures on the score board in left field as 1t is to sit in Montgomery and read the war bulletins in front of the New York neWspaper offices.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
Rained at Auburn.

Washington and Lee, 12; Randolph Macon College, 3
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

As long as the Pretzels put life in their work they did yesterday, the local fans will stand by them-it Is the careless, lifeless kind of playing such as Fridays exhibition that makes everybody sore.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

Manager Fischer received a telegram yesterday morning stating that his son
 was a little better. and his many friends hope the boy will get all right.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

"Boys will play with all their might for 'tis their nature to-. Lloyd.
 It takes cracking good clothes to stand boys play. We have no other kind.
 Suits. .$2.5o to $8. 90. Wash Suits 75c to $o.5o
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

1O6 (Heidel) to 1, won; The Don, 109 (Schilling) 8 to 5, second; Sister Ruth, 104 (Troxker) 15 to l, third. Time, 1:34 3-5. Banana Cream, Henry of Franstamar, Halse Sherman, Ora Mo- Kinney also ran.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

CCOntinued on Page 1SS
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30

And O'Brien still sits on the bench the Montgomery Baseball Association must have great punches of money to throw away.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1905-04-30
A Few Foul Tips.

A Few Foul Tips. Poor Travellers.
 Oh, the ginger!
 Goodbye to the cellar.
 Shiebeck handles himself like a ball player.
 The Brouthers- Barry double steal was right there.
 Brandt and Mickey O'Brien got tin canned yesterday.
 Hale deserves unusual credit on ac- count of his hand.
 Both Toledo and Macon won-welI, so did the Pretzels.
 Hales stop of Bennett's hit in the fifth was good work. fly in the sixth was a feature. Bussey reached Montgomery yester- next two games.
 Lynch has good grounds for a dam of that hit in the last of the sixth. And O'Brien still sits on the bench the Montgomery Baseball Association must have great punches of money to row away
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23

mond made him man to be feared un-
less we took him unawares. / was
comparatively young in the service
then and very ambitious. l decided
that Ellis was In my territory, and as
he was a particularly dangerous Gus
toner, besides having escaped from one
of the best operatives in the depart
ment, it would be much to my credit ii
l captured him, and at the same time
would rid the public of a sagacious
counterfeiter.
BY systematic piping" and the use
of stool pigeons learned in the early
part of 1875 that Ellis was one of a
band of "coney" men who were rum
ming off big issue of scrip in the town
of Boscobel, in the central western part
of Wisconsin.
Despite the studied and artful secrecy
of the counterfeiters it is true that sell
dom was big issue of "coney'' tioated
without the secret service having some
intimation of the forthcoming event
The showing" of an issue was always
preceded by the absolute retirement OF
the manufacturers and the mysterious
activity on the part of the dealers. In
other worus, the coming event got into
the wind, and, while we may have had
no definite knowledge whatever, we
could scent the approaching issue in
cases by keeping in touch with the diff
ferent men who were always under sus-
picion. In this case it was learned that
Napoleon B. Latta, a wealthy French
farmer living Is miles from Boscobel,
had contracted with the Ellis crowd for
all the "coney" they could furnish him
of certain standard of excellence. We
even got SO far into the secrets of the
''coney" men as to learn that Latta was
to pay 35 cents in genuine money for
each dollar of representative currency.
which, by the way, was an unusually
high price, as the market quotation in
those days for good quality of Co
ney'' was II cents on the dollar.
In the spring of 1878, therefore.
went to Boscobel. Registering at the
hotel under a false name and from
small town in Missouri, | kept pretty
much to myself and out of sight. In
order to keep the landlord from be-
coming inquisitive, as the landlards of
hotels in small towns are prone to do.
asked him number of questions con-
corning the opportunity for successful
ly loaning money on farms in the vicin-
ity. These questions had the desired
effect of preventing others from ask
ing me questions which might arouse
suspicion by not answering.
In the engraving department of the
United States government there is an
elaborate system Of screens, refiectors
and shades by which is obtained the pe-
culiar soft light necessary to the en-
craving of plates from which currency
is printed. By counterfeiters this sys-
tenn must be initiated as closely as
limited facilities will permit, and
believe to this day l could pick out any
house in which counterfeiting was be-
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23
BY CAPTAIN PATRICK D. TYRRELL

Copyright 1905, by Marion c Scheitlin. ]
1t was one day in the early spring Of
the year 1878 that young man sign
Ing the application form as George c..
King, No. S73 West Adams street, Chi
cago, H." appeared at the money or
der window of the Chicago post Office
and asked for two money orders aggre-
eating SIS in amount, payable to A. j.
Williams, of Canandaigua, N. Y. With
the application he handed the clerk a
800 note The clerk made out the or
ders, gave them and $25 to the appli-
cant and the latter disappeared. The
same day, in counting the cash re-
chief clerk encountered the 500 note
and became suspicious of it's genuine
ness. 1t purported to be a note of the
issue of the Revere national bank, of
Boston.
Being notified that such a note had
been received at the post Office, i'm
mediately made an examination of ii
and pronounced it counterfeit. then
took possession of the note and sub
mitted it to Fred Nj. Blount, who was
then cashier in the United States sub
treasury in Chicago, asking him to
place the government counterfeit"
stamp on it. This he refused to do on
the ground that the note, in his opin-
ion, was genuine. pointed out many
discrepancies between the note in hand
and one known to be genuine, but
Blount claimed he had frequently no.
ticed discrepancies as great between
two genuine notes of the same issue.
On his refusal to stamp the note
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23

counterfe1ter as ever lodged the secret
service. Drummond and w. w. Ken
noch, another operative, both had been
sailors, and, through furnishing infor-
nation to the revenue officers concern.
ing certain smuggling operations, had
been appointed customs officers in New
York From this work they went into
the secret service.
Woods was then chief Of the service
and had sent Drummond to Wisconsin
to hunt down Ellis, the maker of the
scrip plate. Drummond caught up with
his man and Ellis fed, with the secret
service officer in close pursuit. The
counterfeiter ran to the Pecatonica riv-
er, plunged in and swan to the other
bank Drummond, seeing his man es-
Gaping, fired at him in midstream, one
of the bullets clipping away the lobe
of Ellis right ear, making a mark OF
Identification that became known to
every man in the secret service.
In his fight Ellis had carried with
him the plates from which the scrip
was being made, and, knowing he could
not be convicted unless the plates were
found in his possession, he dropped
the package in the river as he swan
for his life. With remarkable pres
ence of mind, while bullets from the
officers revolver were clipping the wa
ter all around him, Ellis mentally took
such accurate bearings of the Spot at
which he dropped the package that he
was able afterward to recover it.
He reached the opposite bank ex-
hausted. DrummOnd followed him over
and searched him, but found him
"clean"-that is, without tangible evil
dence of his guilt in his possession.
Aware he could not make case that
would hold in court against Ellis,
Drummond let him go, but not until
the counterfeiter had delivered this
message for the benefit of all of us:
If any - - secret service man
ever again tries to take me I'll kill him
on sight"
Ellis was known throughout the serv-
ice as a man of great determine
ton and disregard of consequences
when it came to keeping his skin
whole, and his sworn threat to Drum.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23

took it to Thomas P Tallman,, cashier
of the Traders national bank, whom /
considered the most reliable expert in
such matters in any of the city banks.
Mr.. Tallman spent two hours making
minute examination of the note, and
at the end of that time concurred in my
original opinion that the note was
counterfeit. Having been thoroughly
satisfied in my own mind from the be-
ginning the note was spurious, / deem
ed it important to trace it. From the
post Office records the name and adj
dress given by the passer of the note
were secured, and these were found to
be correct.
King was not at home when l called
at his house, but from his wife | learn
ed he had received $500 bill from A.
j. Williams, friend of her husband's
in Canandaigua, N. Y. The passing of
the bill had been noted in my daily re-
port to Chief Brooks in Washington,
and as soon as l learned that the note
had been received from the same man
to whom the money orders purchased
with it had been sent ! suggested that
the eastern division of the secret serv-
Ice take up the New York end of the
chain.
The following day I arrested King at
the La Sale street Offices in which he
was employed and found IN his possess
sion letter from his Canandaigua
friend. The letter itself was an inno-
cent, friendly missive, but in the en-
velope was separate note instructing
King to buy the money orders, keep
SIS for himself and to keep his own
counsel" In my mind there was no
reasonable doubt that Williams, who
was a jeweler, and King at least had
guilty knowledge that the note in ques-
ton was counterfeit.
"'"-~s~--~' =
In glancing back over long line
of records for the years 1878 and 1879,
| select the foregoing incident as the
first thread the secret service picked up
in the skein of events which afterward
connected east and west in a gigantic
"koniacking' swindle that reached into
the United States treasury building it
self; and set it forth here merely on
account OF what it suggested rather
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23

than on account of it's intrinsic impor.
lance.
AT the present day, when the coun-
terfeiting of the nations money is rap
idly passing into the category of lost
arts, the younger generation will won
der at the extent of cOunterfeiting a
third of century ago as indicated by
the narratives have told and the one
l am about to relate. And il there be
any wonder on this score there will be
greater when I say that Nelson briggs,
Ben Boyd, Fred Biebush, Pete" Nc
Cartney and score of others already
mentioned were members of the west
ern contingent only, while in the east
was corresponding number just as
skilled and lust as active.
The connections between east and
west crossed and interlaced, until they
formed a fgurative free-masonry of
counterfeiting reaching from ocean to
ocean and from Canada to the gulf
For this condition there was most
obvious explanation. We whose hairs
are gray will remember when the ne
cessities of government during the war
Of the rebellion compelled the issue of
new and various kinds. These issues
were made hastily, being demanded by
the exigencies of the kaleidoscope fl
nancial situation, and were imperfect
to an extent that would now be consid-
cred ridiculous.
Much of the new currency issued dur
ing the war and the existence of the
state banks was not only defective in
the engraving, but was printed on pa
per which could be easily duplicated by
a clever chemist. Scrip was in use, and
the government product, from the en-
graver's standpoint, was not of high
character In short, the large spawn
of "koniackers'' that did so much un-
lawfully to initiate the currency of the
country from 1850 to 1880 were bred
by temptation arising from defective
national urrency-defective from the
artisans viewpoint.
The eastern and western crowds op-
Grated largely each for itself without
the help of the other, but the resources
of the east were drawn on when the
western counterfeiters needed new
plate or material not obtainable in
their own bailiwick, and the fasteners
frequently came west for similar ac-
commodations. "Coney' floated in the
east was frequently traced to the Mis-
sissippi valley or farther. west, and
some of the most troublesome imita-
tons we ever had to deal with in the
west were the handiwork of eastern ar
tisans With this explanation l will
take up another thread in the story of
"The Boscobel Koniackers.''
Some time before my story opens A.
L. Drummond, chief secret service op-
erative in charge of the New York di-
vision, had run across plates for the
manufacture of scrip which he had
traced to the hand of Kale Ellis, a
western product and as deSnerata a
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The nearest neighbors of the Robin
sons had child that was not expected
to live through the night on which we
planned the raid. Mrs. Robinson, al
though the wife of one criminal and the
associate of others, retained the ma
ternal solicitude for any child that was
sick and had made herself useful at
the house of her neighbors. She had
been at the bedside of the little one
during the day and returned only in
time to prepare supper for her husband
and the other "koniackers." | knew
of her interest in the condition of the
sick child, and decided to turn it to our
own advantage. At quarter to two in
the morning of April 16, 1875, we left
the hotel and repaired to the Robinson
home in such a manner as not to at
tract attention from any belated towns
man in case we met one.
After reaching the premises no word
was spoken and none was necessary
as final aLo detailed instructions had
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23

The Belgian nobility gave at the
Mobiles club, Rue Darlon. Brussels,
one of the most remarkable amateur
performances ever witnessed. Sixty
titled ladies formed spectacular bal
let. The production was attended by
all aristocratic Brussels, and every
women taking part bore a title.
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23
SUMMONS.

State of Wisconsin,
Circuit Court. for Grant County.
]. A. Haggerty.
Plaintiff,
VS..
Charles Horton, Maggie Horton,
his wife, Henry Johnson and
Amanda Johnson, his wife,
Defendants.
The State of WiScOnSin-To said Defend
antsiHenry Johnson and Amanda Johnson: :
You are hereby summoned to appear with
in twenty days after service of this sum-
mons, exclusive of the day of service, and
defend the above entitled action in the
court aforesaid and in case of your failure
so to do, Judgment will be rendered against
you according to the demand of the com
plant which is now on file in the office of
the clerk of the court for Grant County.
GEO. II. ATWOOD,
Plaintiffs Attorney.
Gays Mills, Wisconsin.
list ms. Aug 18th: Last ms. Sept. Both
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23

Some time before my story opens A.
L. Drummond, chief secret service op-
erative in charge of the New York di-
vision, had run across plates for the
manufacture of scrip which he had
traced to the hand of Kale Ellis, a
western product, ana as desperate a
Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1905-09-23
PROFESSIONAL CARDS.

LEADING ATTORNEYS.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WATKINS & MOSES
Farmers Phone, Sc; Union Phone, SO.
Practice in all State and United States
courts. Office over State Bank of Grant
County,
Lancaster, Wisconsin.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-08-27

the back fence, and
then, his nose set
for the scent of any,
thing eatable, he
went Looping and sniff
fling through all the
back yards within a
radius of two miles.
Necessity and a keen
wit make a good
forager. Both sharp
ened Towers scent.
He discovered that
certain cooks and
housekeepers might
be won over to an
understanding of his
needs. This required
tact and patience.
Toover had a way
of hanging about
back doors with a
wistful, expectant
look in his dark eyes.
Once he had attract
ed attention, Toover
would spread his tore
legs. bow as humbly
as an office-seeker,
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door, where careless delivery boy had left the lot.
Of Towers guilt there doubt. The Brew
ster cook had witnessed the raid. Also she had tes
tilted that Toover had threatened her life He had
smiled her, you see, and the smile had been Woe
fully misconstrued.
Mr. Brewster called, dinnerless and indignant. He
spoke of using revolver. Pa Biggs settled in cash
for the damage and promised to do something.
Brewster he strutted home felt that he had done
rather fine thing. He had browbeaten meek
little Mr.. Bggs and left nine little Biggses in tears.
''Toover's got to go!" declared Mrs Biggs.
Eyes, I'm afraid he'll have to- assented Pa
Biggs, his head between his hands, He thought
of the depleted pocket-book, of the factory running
half time and of the threatened shutdown.
At late hour, when the walls of the little Bggses
had been hushed in Sleep the details of the tragedy
decided upon. Even then, when they came to
take a goodnight look at little Theodosius Nc
Coode Biggs, and little hand reached
through the crib Stats to rest the black head
of the condemned Toover Ephraim secretly relented.
Mrs. Biggs, dir-eyed but stern, suspected much.
you've got to do it. Eph, first thing in the
morning. she said as she put out the light.
Pa Biggs sighed heavily under the covers, but
made reply.
Morning. however, brought its train of events.
1t was later than usual when Ephraim awoke Be-
fore going downstairs he prompted to look at
Doshy. The crib empty. In the chair beside
it was no little heap of clothes, under it little
stubbed-out shoes. Nor there any Toover.
The side door was open. They not to be found
in the yard sign to be of them UP or
down the street.
This was because the fugitives had started when
it was barely light. Doshy had thought it all out the
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necessary to
the Biggs re-
gine as the
nickel alarm
clock or the
kitchen range.
Being a
puppy, the
end and aim
of Towers
whole exist
enCe was eat
and play. And
what unlirn-
tied POSSIBLE
tiles were OF
fered here
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"Eph-ra-im!" squeaked Mrs. Biggs querulously.
do you to say that I'm goin' to have any
such ugly-1ookn critter that kckin around under
foot and tearing the children to pieces? Do you
think
'No, no; of course not Only Doshy seems
to like him. Couldn't you let the pup stay few
days, just to play with Doshy?"
Discreetly Pa Biggs cajoled DANGEROUSLY the nine
little Biggses pleaded, and although Mrs Biggs
did not cease to scold Toover remained. Before
night fell he general favorite. At the end
of the week he had become family institution, as
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and finish the man.
euver with one of
his most persuasive
smiles.
Once understood,
Towers smile was a
joy and a delight to
the beholder. But
many beholders fail
ed to understand.
They held that a dog
showed his teeth only
when he meant to
bite some one. Such
a thing as a dog
grin they could not
comprehend. Some
shouted their fear
and ran, some simply
slammed the door
and tainted on the
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where every little Biggs-except only Corio-
Janus, who worked for wages in the same grim
factory where Pa Biggs toiled-did nothing -
but play from morning until night.
Play! The neighborhood resounded with
the joyful echoes of it. And into all the games,
from Hi Spy" to Prisoners Base" entered
Toover with many bark many a bound; his black
eyes dancing, his pink tongue hung drolly to one
side, and every 1.-THE muscle of him tngling deli
cious Y.
What puppy tumbed into such luck before?
True, the bones which came from the Biggs table
remarkably few and painfully well cleaned
But Toover had not been stray to no purpose.
Like good soldier, he knew how to live off the
country Early every morning he bounded over
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safe side of it, while Others courageous, threw
water and stove-pokers at him. A rational minor
ity patted Towers black head and rewarded him
with left-overs from the ice-box.
The acquaintance of these last persons Toover
cultivated diligently. He made daily calls. He
was known variously as "Blackie,' "Snow-bal
"Nigger," but always he was described as 1.-THE
dog that smile"
At some places they left their offerings hidden
under tin pans or boxes in protected hooks known
to Toover but unsupported by other four-footed
foragers. Undoubtedly it this well-intentioned
practice which undermined Towers somewhat
vague notions to property rights AS he became
expert in ferreting out hidden contributions he
began to appropriate things intended for him
at all
Thus he fell from grace in the neghborhood.
Complaints began to be made Fresh morning rolls
missed Squash pies, set out to cool on back
'oor-steps, disappeared New-lad eggs vanished