Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-06-27

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 could hear him kneel down and try
 the keyEole. I had left the key there,
 so that he could see nothing. But he
 began talking softly and rapidly
 through the hole in a foreign lan- guage. I did not know it in the least,
 but I believe it was Russian. What
 had led him to believe I understood
 Russian I could not at the time imag- inc. though have notion now. I
 went on running his stock of plates. dragged every one ruthiessly from its hiding place and laid it out in the full 1 glare of the sunlight.
 ''Mirsky left off talking, and heard him quietly sneaking of. Perhaps his conscience was not sufficiently clear to warrant an appeal to the police, but it seemed to sne rather probable at the time that that was what he was going for. So hurried on with my work. q had spoiled every plate I could find and had the developed negatives ! safely in my pocket, when happened to glance at porcelain washing we'll under the sink. There was one nega- tive in that, and I took 1t up. It was not a negative of drawing of yours, but of Russian twenty ruble notev' This was a discovery. The only possible reason any man could have for photographing banknote was the manufacture of an etched plate for the production of forged copies. I was al- most as pleased as I had been at the discovery of your negatives. He might bring the police now as soon 9s he liked. could turn the tables on nim completely. l began to hunt about for anything else relating to this nega- tive.
 T found an mixing roller, some old pieces of blanket used in printing from plates), and in a corner on the floor, heaped over with newspapers and rubbish, small copying press. There was also dish of acid, but not an etched plate or a printed note to be seen.
 T had no doubt now of Mlrsky's req son for carrying a parcel downstairs. He probably mistook me for another visitor he was expecting, and, knowing he must take this visitor into his room, threw the papers and rubbish over the press and put up his plates and papers fin a bundle and secreted them some where downstairs. lest his occupation should be observed
 Plainly, my duty now was to com municate with the police. So. by the help of my friend the barber down. stairs, a messenger was found and . note sent over to Scotland Yard. When the officiaI detective arrived. he recog- nized at once the importance of the case. A large number of forged Rus sian notes have been put into circula- ton on the continent lately, 1t seems. and 1t was suspected that they came from London. The Russian govern ment has been sending urgent mes sages to the police here op the sub feet.
 'of course I said nothing about your business. but while l was talking with the Scotland Yard man q letter was left by a messenger addressed to Mir sky. The letter will be examined. of course. by the proper authorities. but I was not little interested to perceive that the envelope bore the Russian in- perial arms above the words Russian embassy Now. why should Mirsky communicate with the Russian en- bassy7 Certainly not to let the ofaeials know that be was carrying on q very extensive and lucrative business in the manufacture of spurious Russian notes. I think if is rather more than possible that he wrote-probably before he ac- tuzIly got your drsvinss-to say that ke could sen information of the high est importance and that this letter vas c ar<1lL. Further. fh-zk ff cuife pozzi-