New-York tribune., 1907-06-09

pany Of soldiers" said one. You VII. ,- He'd"
said the other.
Oh there's no danger" I said Ma. -annot
afford to harm his best friend"
After a time 1t agreed that Mac 81 I'D be
turned over 10 my custody l suspected they might
have sent a telegram 70 the Attorney General at
Washington 10 ascertain my authority. At ny rate.
they interposed no further objection N-a- | had
Mac let out of the jail. told him % g. see his
wife and meet on train time for the trlp 70
Decatur The United States marshal. VIII. with
me. expressed his disapproval of the course l
pursuing, and ventured the opinion thar he great
CounterfeIter would make good his ESCAPE MS time
| had had much experience with men Of --- kind
and was well convinced that he, IN his ID over
reach and pull the wool over my eyes, l-- become
fully converted 10 the theory Of the t..- ---entS
desire to make terms and permit him - large
upon the strength of his promise to e-.. ounter-
feiting. and that as long his mind rem m that
condition he would make no atterrc- 5scape.
At the appointed time, when the tran about
TO depart for Decatur. Mac and his me and
stepped on board On our arrival In --ur, /
accompanied them to the house of M r Trout
on the outskirts of the town. Mrs NJ. -.-av was
the daughter of our hostess, whose nus l1In
Trout was then serving a term IN t-e .--.a-y
for CounterfeIting.
On the morning following our arrive. E. .-a--.r.
l accompanied Mac distance out into S. where
several forest trees Were LETT star.-.-. .- was
what is termed a clearing Mac stepr-. - 10
big hollow tree that had an opening IN It's and
drew out 4 large bag that had been lod-e- -5ove
the hole The bag contained more tla- tAoc-
nations, and full sets OF plates upon w --- -1g1S
stuff could be printed
| returned with Mac q Springfield c.-e1
States marshal and district attorney ve- 1r.sed
to think that | had been permitted % The
next point visited with Mac s. Az
Crandalett, a short distance from the Mac
Crawled under old house and b-a. 2ut
number of fine steel dies that had bee. q t3T
coming before and during the war.
Would Rob Criminal
T THEN took Mac 10 Cincinnati Here B.. ewed
i the chief of police and induced him 20 por-
ton of the money that had been taken Mac az
the time of his arrest and escape t- .S City
Calaboose. There question tbs. a On
cinnati officers had attempted TO keer toul
thousand dollars. and. like good many enter
PrISlng spectators of that day, they CHI Seep
lions share for their use.
The next place visited was Was. Mt
Boutwell,. then Secretary of the Tree Hid tx
pressed a desire to interview the great e-teitec
L took him TO the SeCretarvS office iu .-eaSu-Y
Department, where he gave an ex ~ his
great skill by wiping the ink off .r..1r bA
with preparation known only to hi .l TINS
clean piece of paper could now be f-.-.. bill OF
larger denomination, and 1t would --.. am is
hbrouS character. Mccartney was fir lroled
with the understanding that he was to G-. inter
feIting and regularly report his whereabouts. Ia
order TO test his sincerity and good faith dr. 'iie
keen detective to keep track OF him. lie Ntr ioui-
10 be still slyly handling counterfeit money
Having become convinced of this, order-t his
arrest He was then tlken
3Ess. 10 Louisville. kentucky
5s%<: 81 where there was Irge
.SSssxxssG 80 &asA pending against hiI~ Ben
sSsSSS s<<<S&E I4wIn III BristoV no was
y e g. - - T&E then United States district
~ H attorney at 81 point: II
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