The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-11-22
Secret Service

getting back 70 Monroe; i would sost extra
certain time.
We'll let's d drive down to the pond and give your
All right would do it, Then he picked up
''What you going to do with the ax7'' I asked
I'Cut hole through the ce.''
kept close eye on the ak on the way to the pond
and also had q revolver in my hand In my overcoat
pocket And when we reached the pond | grabbed
also pulled the ak in after me when we started to
drive back to the house Again he insisted that we go
gument about the safety of buying his money and
finally bought it. Then he said:
my brother Bill were here would know you in
minute, because he was the only one of our family
insisted my ny name was johnson and rejoiced that
been north in eighteen years
With parting admoniton from streeter not to tell
Mrs Latta he had sold mo any counterfeit, drove
aTay and on March 20 returned with United States
son Of Green county We jumped out til in front Of the
gn Oakley going the back door eFssn the
splitting wood at the side of the house. '-0
When was about ten feet from the front door 1t
me with knife. was ready for any emergency
% Rd d at H s% and Of ds4d 0s era4 Of IF IF
the distance and followed him, emptyiug my
was passing in wagon to stop the man but he re-
fused | drew my revolver, told him who was and
commanded him, pain Of death, to help In the pur-
river.
Spring had and large blocks of ice were run
ming, but the man chasing boldly plunged into
the stream. We lost track of him for LITTLE while
under shelving bank that obscured him from view
We fshed him out and took him back to Streeter,s
as he was when the shooting began Indeed so said
the other Officers he continued his work all during
Fit! The so.d had George alias ps9
h ESd for @
did not not want him i to ~, tell Tom we were after him
who he was She said he was half ,witted young
feGW ThG lns Gsd up in ths 3S 7a41 nev to alive
surprised a ny ffh af oys
him Gpnning out at me with knife Marshal Oak
serving subpoenas for witnesses for the cadWe
trial, which is to open in Madison tomorrow. We
Not at home Well we will leave the Subpoena With
Xou[no, We cannot personal service is required by
the law Tell him when he comes home tonight that
we are stopping at the - hotel in Madison. Have
morning The marshal will give him the subpoena and
he can be in court at 10 O'clock And remember there
The subpoena story was an inspiration, but it
worked. The next morning the hotel clerk knocked
on my door and told man named streeter
Der Of Qakeys room and then slipped across the hall
.streeter is down stairs and coming up,'' said !
ON leave your door open and as be steps
inside ID thr9w my arms around him and you put on
moment zen later we heard strsster,s heavy foot
down the hall, and soon he entered the mar.
shal room sprang upon him.
E'What s this for3'' said Streeter.
''For coUnterfeitng," said L
We locked him up he indicted, tried convicted
and sentenced TO ten years imprisonment And
strange fact that not until had given half Of
my testimony at bis trial did he recognize the
he thought was VIII Hanchett. AS I left
the courtroom the day he made the discovery he
said TO me- slowly, as went by;
II will see you again
But he never did.
During the periods of leisure that came to me while
I was working up the streeter case I arrested two
other who passing counterfeit mopey-one
o deputy United States marshal at Gaesburg, III
And when it was ell Mrs. Latta made application
Tor her husbands pardon. ! had reported all that
she had done TO help me- and her husband eventu
ally released by President Grant. But his sentence
was not cut short much as it would have been II
Mrs. Latta becoming impatient at the delay, had
written to threatening to expose me to Streeter
and all his confederates.