Albuquerque evening citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1905-1907, 1907-07-02

supply of morphine Of which he was
an incessant user.
After he had opened the door, the
doctor retreated to the opposite side
of the room. lie sank weakly down
in a chair and protested his inno-
cence. Then he glanced about the
room and admitted that he was a
counterfeiter. He submitted to be
searched ior weapons without resist
ance.
The man had one ankle badly swol-
len and said he had sprained Ii sew
eral days ago in a fall. He would
not give particulars as to how he
came to fall While the police
searched his Effects, he sat and talk
ed incoherently.
Gave Up Tools.
Now we've caught you with the
goods on ana you might as well help
us out by showing us where your
tools are" said the chief.
The man walked feebly to the
dresser, reached under and drew
forth a cigar box filled with tools
and acids.
That's all there is except what
you already have" he said.
Has Wife and Daughter.
Then to. Citizen reporter he made
the, following statement, answering
questions as briefly as possible:
MY name is DIR. G.. u. Hall, of
Lercx, Iowa, small town. l was
a partner in medicine while there
with DR.. M. F. Brown. 1 am 81
years old; married and the father of
a little girl, age four years. My wife
and child are with her parents in
Little Falls, Washington"
Wanted Police to Kill Him.
At the mention of his child, he be-
gan to cry feebly and asked the p9>
lice. to kill him. n
81 can stand the disgrace II I must
but think of my babe. oh, WIZ they
send me to the penitentiaryT
Then in answer to quSions he
continued:
or Prominent Fyfnily.
81 was born in .Jamesville, Ohio,
and am the son OF wealthy and prom
inent parents. They gave me a good
education: 1 received my degree of
NJ. d. in Ellsworth college, a medical
school in. st. Joseph, Mo. While
there I took an active interest in
chemistry and became quite expert
in conducting experiments. After
leaving college Il practiced my pro-
fession in number of places and
married with the intentions of set
ting permanently.
Then / contracted blood poison
ing Che would not say how) and be-
gan the use of morphine and other
became so III could not work and l
began to drift down, deeper and
deeper.
Began Counterfeiting Here.
81 came to Albuquerque March 81
and until that time 1 had never
thought of counterfeiting. / could
not work and needed money, so re-
solved to make money. My knowl-
edge of chemistry stood me in good
stead and / began making dollars and
half dollars 1 was improving my
counterfeit COINS daily and getting
more adept. Something told me that
sooner or later / would be detected
but 1 had to live and did not know
what else TO do"
This briefly told, is the counter
feiter's own story of himself.
Wants Drug I'm Jail.
Chief McMillin and Lieutenant
Kennedy, who questioned the mar
closely, are of the opinion that he Is
an ordinary dope" fiend, although
at one time an educated and refined
man. Everything serves to bear ou'
this opinion.
I'VE can make you no promises, u
said the chief. You will have to &c
to Jail. What the law will do with
you, we can not say"
Il know I've got to face it," said
the man. but please don't let my
people know of What / have done
phine in Jail? ] can not live without
Later Chief McMillin said that un-
doubtedly the man had had previ-
Gus experiences as a counterfeiter as
he showed too great a knowledge OF
how coupterfeiting was done for an
amateur