Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1907-06-09

pany of soldiers" said one You will be killed."
said the other.
oh. there's no danger" l said. Mac cannot
afford to harm his best friend"
After a time it was agreed that Mac should be
turned over to my custody. l suspected they might
have sent telegram to the Attorney General at
Washington to ascertain my authority. At any rate,
they interpoSed no further objection. When had
Mac let out of the Jail, told him to go to see his
wife and meet me on train time for the trip to
Decatur. The United States marshal, who was with
me. expressed his dsapproval of the course l was
pursuing, and ventured the opinion that the great
counterfeiter would make good his escape this time
had had much experience with men of Macs kind.
reach and pull the wool over my eyes, had become
fully converted to the theory of the Governments
desire to make terms and permit him to 60 at large
upon the strength of his promise to quit counter
feitng, and that long his mind remained in that
condition he would make attempt to escape.
At the appointed time, when the train about
to depart for Decatur, Mac and his wife and
stepped on board On arrival in Decatur 1
accompanied them to the house of Mrs. John Trout
on the outskirts of the town. Mrs. Mccartney was
the daughter of hostess. whose husband John
Trout, was then serving term in the pententiary
for counterfeiting
On the morning following our arrival in Decatur,
l accompanied Mac distance out into field where
several forest trees were left standing 1t was
what is termed clearing. Mac stepped up to
big hollow tree that had an opening in its trunk and
the hole The bag contained more than sixty thou
sand dollars of counterfeit money of various denomi
nations, and full sets of plates upon which the bogus
stuff could be printed
l returned with Mac to Springfield. The United
States marshal and district attorney surprised
to think that had been permitted to return The
next point visited with Mac ST. Louis. At
Crandalett, a short distance from the city, Mac
crawled under old house and brought out
number of fine steel dies that had been used for
coming before and during the war.
Would Rob Criminal
T THEN took Mac to Cincinnati Here interviewed
the chief of police and induced him to return por-
ton of the money that had been taken from Mac at
the time of his arrest and escape from the city
calaboose. There was no question that the Gin
cinnat officers had attempted to keep Macs four
thousand dollars, and like good many other enter
prsing spectators of that day. they chose to keep
lions share for their own
The next place visited Washington. Mr..
Boutwell, then Secretary of the Treasury, had ex-
pressed desire to interview the great countereiter
l took him to the Secretarys office in the Treasury
Department, where he gave exhibition of his
great skill by wiping the ink off two-dollar bill
with preparation known only to himself. On this
clean piece of paper could be printed bill of
larger denomination, and it would still retain its
fbrous character. Mccartney was finally paroled
with the understanding that he to quit counter
order to test his sincerity and good faith detailed
keen detective to keep track of him. He was found
to be still slyly handling counterfeit money.
Having become convinced of this ordered his
arrest. He was then taken
to Louisville, Kentucky,
NSS where there charge
pending against him Ben