The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1907-05-28
MADE MONEY IN JAIL
taaaiuisiicr Aayes teaa> toia Iram
HIS pftsea Cell

Ia Kns&sa SURELY eonla a eoiueg
den be found within she @alls ot
prison iH tbe czaye domain, hos
ever. 8lf things are possible even
,has IS prisoner under loek uua hey
{a ~}l. should bee able 20 make
sod circulate counterfeit coIue for
months without arouslns The suapi
eiuus Of che aHthoritiea The state
u,eut sounds Incredible Ye3 IL Is aN-
auluteiy true.
AZ Rovno large town in Llth
uania. The public have been com
planning for some time past of The
multitude of false rubles. half ru
hlcs and I5-bopeck pieces In circu
latiou The passing OF such coins is
not in Itself punishable in Russia,
and the most punctilliouS persons
do NOT hesitate TO try 70 get rid Of
false coins The best place IS the
market. where the Jews take and
pass them with the greatest Of ease
In respectable households the false
coins 90 to the cook. who exchanges
them for meat aud vegetables at the
market place. But at kovo things
were getting too bad and even the
Jews grew careful of what money
they took
The governor of the prison, who
followed the same plan as ordinary
mortals for getting rid of spurious
coin, had complaints from his cook,
who got back as good-or rather as
bad as she gave, and received false |
coin in her change whenever she !
went to market The governor in ,
turn complained 10 the head of the f,
police. who promised to unearth the (!
coiners and set an "ajent' Ca sort
of private detectiyel to watch the
market place. The ajent soon discoy-
cred that a woman named Lednicka
was constantly passing false coins
now at this stall, now at that One
day he had her arrested, taken to
the nearest police station and search
ed. A good deal of money was found
on her, and it was all false. She pro
tested her innocence, saying that
her husband had given her a
months salary money for the house
keeping.
.'What is your husband and where
does he live?" the head inspector
asked. She replied that he was
taller and lived at the local prison.
Mr.. Lednicka was promptly sent lor
and questioned as to his wlfes mon
ey. At first he refused to answer
hut finally admitted that he got the
money from one of the prisoners un-
der his charge-a man named Mu-
cha. who had been in prison avail
ing his trial on a charge of bandlt-
ism. 70. the past eight months.
''What part of the prison does ne
live in?" asked the astonished IN
spector. In a cell Of course was
the answer. "No. 25-on the ground
floor. TO the left side of the court
ward" The police set off to the prls-
on and asked for leave to search cell
No. 25.
care YOU mad?" cried the COVER
nor. "The prisons under my charge!
You can bring me people here, put
I'm hanged if you're going to IN
spect my place whenever it suits
you"
Then they explained that Lednic-
| ka had confessed to getting raise
coins from cell No. %, and hinted
that he himself had asked TO nave
the coiners discovered. He reluct-
antlv gave way and the cell was
opened- much to the discontinue
of the occupant, who. sure that Led
nicka alone had the keys, was com
ling false money and had not time
! to put away his plant.
/ The indignation of the governor
was only equaled by the mirth OF the
police when the plant FOR colhlhs
false roubles. half roubles ana l9-
ikoneck pieces was found in the cell.
Caught cd-handed, Lednicka ana
Mucha made IA clean breast Oh II
They took fancy 10 each other trom
the moment they first met IN the
prison.
Nucha soon confided 10 the lailor
that he knew how to make raise
coins IL l.ednioka would so tu Ger
tain address In the Town ana hflhs
the plant LcdnickH. for passing the
coin. was to share profits. t' Asfe""
brought the plant and ala~ys warn
Cd The prisoner when the prison OF
flcials were likeiy tu inspect th" cell.
when the piaHt was taken out ana
hidden ln iedulekas rooma. fh'
.ulan Hurreedsd admirably They
made aud circulated false MONEY i"f
'osor half yeae and. lad 70 not osen
ur the governor COOS. N"N =
fpruhabls hav. Eunn na ai An'hN
senf un far triad Kasno ih e"uNai
s.t with ths sfory and. ot ea"fr'
those afr aos iscAine eba htnf tnai
t.ts .sss.sf tssswarstsw hfma.i HM~st