The Rice belt journal., 1908-08-14

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engraving, you have been seized with
desire to prove how you could re-
produce the almost faultess work Of
the bureau of engraving and printing
"a class of work that will always ex-
cite the envy and admiration of skilled
ngravers-that, filed with this de.
sire. you began work In an expert
mental way, that you put it under the
camera, and reproduced it to see if
you could bring forth bit OF work
that would rival the unrivaled produc-
ton ofSthe government. Their. when
this creation became faet,instead Of
a vision, you were seized with an over
Whelming desire to see if you could
actually circulate it. as genuine
money
You certainly brought more than
30 notes to St. Louis" said the de-
tective. i. I - Z # &
L "Oh, yes" responded the counter
afeiter. ,-4& - 3 4 t1-g -
Where are they now?'
cat the Union station S#A kbj
"In what part of the station?"' "
In the baggage ROOM
Where Is the check?"
81 haven't got it.: It's downstairs
in the post ofice.pfi,s. yg;i Ht}
Wilkie looked the astonishment he
felt Before he had time to put his
thoughts into words. Graham said. III
After inserting the advertisement,
in the. paper l put s26,0oo ip "a hand
bag together with several bottles OF
chemicals which I use to- artffleially
age the notes. /. Then / I placed the
check WHICH ! received for the hand
bag. in an envelope addressed to my
self under an assumed name, and d.
rected to- the general delivery office OF
the post office" ..,,l, ...y,I i{i.,,
1t was evident that Graham had
carefully planned even the riinutest
detail of his great counterfeiting
scheme. BY this. method Of conceal
ing the check for the handbag he left
the counterfeit notes totally disasso.
ciated with himself Ii any way, and
still at the same time within mo-
uent's reacht A secret service agent
was sent down to the postmaster, OBJ
tanned the letter containing the check.
took that 10 the Union station, and re.
ceiyed the handbag which he brought
to Chief sWllkie.~, It's contents verb
fled the Statement made BY its owner.
The chief took up the question OF the
'plates:Rr5 g~aa @"-r =, -; =; s2aia. Z
where arc the 5plates@s he in.
q,iired. I u d y. T. g. 4
~"In Storage warehouse in Provf-
dence,"' was the reply,
He admitted that no one in. his
business establishment was aware
that he knew anything whatever OF
the mechanical part of the work, but
the man, with cunning almost be-
yond belief, had perfected himself in
the art of etching. After that RR pur-
chased a press in New York city and
had it delivered in the mMdls aof the
night to a private room, in his estab-
lishment. There he worked and ex'
perinented night after night until he
was finally able to produce thss per.
fected r sl00 bill, counterfeits. Then
the. press was dismantled, and with
the plates, placed in a warehouse In
Providence. 1T was stored under an
assumed name ,ssfs t%.f =
Where Is the receipt" asked
Wilkie. '.'as' : ''s; ''''''f,'
1T, is pasted, between, two sheets
of paper that back up 4 photograph
on my desk in my office In Provi-
dence," .g, z.s ~ -,
The chief intnetlia tely called up
Pr@idsnce hy telegraph I The local
agent Was instructed TO- SO to Crahan's
office and fnd the receipt for the
press. He did 50. 1t was between
ths two sheets of paper on the pho
tosraph on his dssk Immediate ac-
tioa was taken, and after an incred-
IDLY short space Of time the plates
were in St. Louis in possession OF
CMef 'Vikie On the following day
Marcus Graham was taken into court.
lie Plea f2d guilty to manufacturing