Weekly journal-miner., 1909-11-24
FLEEING CoUNTERFEITER
 SHOT BY OFFICER
From Fridays oaTly)

q lOutlN ulOuuldAn SliUb cNNtAd4 hAAACo from Humboldt, was shot yesterday about , o'clock by Deputy Sheriff Tom Thompson and probably fatally wounded.
 Thompson, who is the deputy at Mayer, was accompanied by Deputy Sheriff Charles Keeler of this city in the pursuit of the counterfeite= and it was only after the officers had called repeatedly to Chemis to snr- render and when he was about to make his escape that the shot was fired which laid him low. The bullet entered to the right of his spinal col umn and came out of the right breast.
 Deputy Sheriff Thompson, who was armed with a long range rifle, had previously fired about ten shots, hop ing to frighten Chemis and thereby get him to surrender.
 Deputy Keeler was armed only with his six-shooter The bullet that struck Chemis was fired at a range of about $50 yards, according to a dispatch to the Journal-Miner last evening from Humboldt.
 Chemis was armed with gun and a knife and had the officers been closer within accurate pistol range, it is believed he would have made a desperate resistance.
 At the Chemis den in an old mine tunnel, complete eounterfeiting out fit, including dies, presses and metals used by counterfeiters were found.
 Chemis claimed to the officers at Humboldt last night that he was alone in his criminal work. He declared that he had no eonfederates. Whether his statement is true or not could not be verified but there there is a possibility that he may have had con federates.
 Following the wounding of the coun- terfeiter, Deputy Thompson hastened to Humboldt and summoned Dr. Toney while Deputy Keeler remained with the wounded man, building a fire and making himself as comfortable as possible.
 The mine has long been abandoned, and located as it is in an isolated strip, about two miles due east of Huron, it afforded an excellent har- bor for the carrying out of the pur- poses of his criminal work. In ad- +o e. +Lo ,- e from any route of travel, and no one would hardly go to it unless on mining business. It was this. pur- pose which took George Jones, George Rohpeter and Ed. Shumate to the place Wednesday, where MT. Rohpeter was formerly employed as the super intendent and where tools were in abundance belonging to him personal ly and which he desired to use in the operations of the Hidden Treasure mine near Turkey.
 Suspicion Was Aroused.
 Entering the old blacksmith shop MT. Rohpeter was surprised to learn that the tools he was after were miss ing. In looking around the interior evidences of recent occupancy were shown.
 While he was hunting the premises a man was seen running away and the supposition is that he was about 800 yards distant. This created a suspicion in their minds that some thing was wrong. Later their belief was verified by the finding of the dies, three in number, that the coun- terfeit coins were moulded in. They were of a denomination of 25 cents, | 50 cents and $1.
 A large quantity of aluminium and sheet silver was also found. MT. Shu- | mate brought this stock to the city and it is now in his possession. It was the purpose of the party | after the man was seen running away and after the discovery of the coun- terfeiting plant was made, to go to | the old tunnel for further investi- | gation in the belief that the melting and stamping of the coins took place | in that underground place, but as the party desired to reach the railroad station to board the train, an inves- tigation further of the property was delayed.
 Worked in Old Tunnel It is their belief that the actual melting and casting of the counterfeit money took place in the tunnel and that this is reasonable is borne out by the fact that several pieces of heavy iron are missing from the shop that would be of service in the press ing machine. After reaching Huron Sheriff Smith was notified and with Deputy Sheriff Keeler the two officers left for the