The St. Mary banner. (Franklin, Parish of St. Mary, La.) 1889-1931, 1907-03-23

OBSERVED good deaf which stoo5 H.
III S2oI Stead later. la
r One day BncA ana his prosnao.;r.
recruit Visited mooushlue sin ..I
VI 'l9 way home the counterferar
AlpaFted some stat. secrets undar -
LEii'ence q the jug. He sbowaa
Jason a sachful OF coin, and ipouirsa
4oF h.s opinion ot the workmanship
II won do, Buck" said tie agent.
us TOO risky. 1t looks all right
but"
DUCK pleaded and matched good and
bad dollars together to show the ~,
possibility OF detection. and with
leigoed reluctance Cason allowed his
scruples to be overcome, and agreed
TO go with Buck to his plant the nav
night and get some spurious coin ia
use over the gambling tables at Eden.
burg.
The agent learned the Names ~
three more OF the men wanted wtthor%
asking for a single one. He got we'll
along In the good graces OF Buck and
soon had the names Of every member
OF the gang, but they were valuelss,
until ne had actually found each pass.
Ing or in possession OF counterfeit
money.
There was another branch of the or.
ganlzation Hea7 Rayno!dsyIle. Sam
Secrist wa =" LIS Up there. -secr;st
was the pillar st c5f5. :, a n.9u Of
affairs and the 10 Ser a.. 4 mansion
comprising :! Y'4... u5a didn't
l.unt UP Seer IN "a IL. went to Rev.
noldsyille. rs became acquainted
with the pastor OF Secrist's church
and showed such energy in singing
and In relating his experiences In
prayer meeting that he attracted the
attention Of Secrist, who introduced
himself.
From that time the ot:cer was a
frequent visitor at the house with Il
rooms. Secrlst had a pretty daughter
named Minnie who became much at.
tached ID the good looking friend Of
her father Before long il was an op-
en- seq ut that they We're engaged and
Sccrist threw down the bars and ad.
mitted Ca5on t. full partnership in
all his affairs. lie showed him where
his pants and materials for making
money were. and gave him some of the
output to pass.
At ReynoldSyille Cason completed
the evidence for the government. and
there was nothing to do but for Dan
McSwinney to some along and round
up the gang. During all these months
but once was breath of suspicion en-.
tcrtained against the agent. He had
gone out to meet three members OF
the gang one night. and found them
masked. with reviewers leyelled.
We believe you are spy" said
the leader. and we've made up or
minds to xii! you if you don't let Us
searci! you"
Search me-" said Cason, laughing
"Of course III let You search NE. but
the first man man that attempts to
take one Of my pistols Iii blow the
top of his head Off"
Anticipating such contingency, be-
fore he left the Office in Pittsburg ne
had written a letter to himself, pur'
porting to come from sister. begging
him to quit his evil ways and lead an
honest life. The letter indicated that
he had been passing counterfeit money
and that government officers were pur'
suing him.
The letter saved the agents lie.
The counte:fciters slowly deciphered
it. put their heads together and declo.
ed that he was all right. Inside Of
three months from that time those
same men held up their hands at tae
frowning muzzles of Dan McSwlnneys
revolvers. The whole gang was rouno
ed up without firing a shot. anu
wagonload of coin and materials io''
warded to the federal court.
The most disagreeable thing tha'
to Cason was the reTafA
made to him my his fiancee, MISS
Il would never have thought II u
YOU. Sam" she said. you could s'ns
SO beautifully."-New York Sun.