Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-06

Dempsey. who was wanted for highway
robbery. He held up n man, robbed
him of $3.50 and watch and chain, and
left him in such n condition that his
life was despared OF for some time af-
terward. | located Dempsey in q house
IN Queens street, In Seven Dials, and
decided to arrest him there, He got
the tip from some one and was pre-
pared. Two OF his pals stationed them
selves on the root of the house adj0n-
ing him, and, as / passed below. let a.
coping weighing about 800 pounds come
down. 1t missed me by a couple of In
ches and a dying piece broke the leg
of man at my side. | did not get
Dempsey that day, but l did eventu-
ally and saw him sent away for ten
years.
HIS BEST JOB.
What do consider my best Iob?"
said Mr.. Walsh, In answer to u question
of mine 1T is hard to say, but per-
haps the arrest of tho Russian rouble
note counterfeters deserves that dis
tinctlon. Thousands OF these notes
were put In circulation on the conti-
nent by gang composed of Russians
and Poles to the number or ten, living
In Paris, Berlin. Vienna and Amster-
dam So very clover We're they that
they successfully dehed detection for
many months. The leaders of this gang
had been IN the United States, Pos
inoski having done time in New York
and Dempski having had the same ex-
perience I'm Chicago.
THE FIRST CLUE.
Eventually, finding things pretty hot
for them on the continent, the gang came
here, but made frequent trips between
London and tho big cities across
the channel They did not ATTEMPT
to pass any OF their fake money here.
however. and stumbled on them quite
by accident. | was nj the Alexandra
park races one day when a well-known
crook whom / knew came up to me.
and, handing me what was apparently
Russian note asked me If II was any
good. It seems that he had got II from
young Russian girl who had IN turn
received II from a Russian whom she
had never seen before. brought it 20
the city found that Il was one of tho
now famous rouble notes with which
tho continent was being flooded, and
the quest for the counterfeiters was
begun.
PATIENCE REWARDED.
81 got in touch with the girl and for
days upon days was with her. Ny pa
tience was finally rewarded when sho
pointed out the man who had given her
the note. followed tho man to Ken
slngtou and from that time on the
house and It's occupants We're never un-
watched We picked the whole ten
men up one ut time and followed
them all over the continent. Finally
wa had enough evidence against them
10 convict and decided upon a raid of
the Konslngton house. Two OF the
gang were In Europe, but on tho night
we entered eight Of tho men were in
tho house. We had previously got n
man In touch with the gang. and. uu-
known to them had obtained impress
sions OF the keys 10 the front and back
doors OF tho house,
AVENUES OF ESCAPE.
Now. TO understand just what hap
pened, ] must go ahead OF my story ana
tell you that tho gang had prepared
against raid In the following way:
Instead of hiring only one house, az
wo thought, they had hired as well the
two houses above them on tho street.
They had cut connecting doors betweon
tho three houses but these were blind
doors and could not be seen very cas-
n.y. They figured ON going through 10
the third huuso ana thence to the
street
six OF w entered tho house. leavlnp
some men az tho front and back I'M
case OF an escape. The gang heard us.
tiNNf l"hiHh VIC AHllI pahNFu through
the blind doors 10 the third house. Wa
thought they had gone up-stalrs. and
were about 90 ascend, when m the rush
! foil against the blind door aud II gave
way.
"Hollo what's thls% says I. ana
while three Of the men went upstairs
three OF NJ went through the blind door
into the next house.
HEAVILY ARMED.
In the meantime The gang had at
tempted "a leave by the front door OF
the third house and had been dscov-
cred by our men waiting on tho out
side. Tho alarm was given ana we an
hled into the street We GOT ave %
the gang, but Poslnoski Dompsky and
fellow named LoYeshon refused 10
come out The men we had captured
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