The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07

did not know whether he had done right, but he had
engaged i'll fight with of the gang 1t came
about this way:
playing pool.
What were you coming out of Drummonds Of
fec for this morning." asked Saunders
'Who is Drummond?" asked Dan.
"Drummond is the New FORK chief of the secret
service. l guess you know him we'll"
Il heard of him, and any one who says
in his Office is larp said Dan, laying
down his cue who said SOP
Scotty Sullivan told me-, replied Saunders.
'Scotty just in the act of trying to make fine
shot at another table He still fdding with his
when the sound of angry voice caused him to
look up.
Did you tell Bill Saunders that you saw me com
ing out of Drumniond's office this morning. asked
Dan.
Il guess l did-for ! saw YOU"
Biffl bang went the fists and in less than half a
minute "Scotty" was lying the floor with eye
in process of becoming a deep black Other mem
bers of the gang rushed in and pulled Dan from his
place "Scotty's' chest
1T was only joke" explained Saunders who
had started the trouble by telling the story to Dan
"'Scotty' had sold you little stuff and wanted to
make that you were on the level He asked
to tell you he had seen you coming from Drum
monds Office just to how you would act. If you
copper he thought he could tell it"
Its all right about it's being a joke and about
'Scotty trying to see if was "copper"" said Dan,
but nobody talk that way to If l hadn't
knocked Scotty out then he would have meant it.
Having knocked him out, he didn't it. All I've
got to say to you fellows is that I'll break any mans
head who says he come out of Drum
monds Office. l don't have to make living that
way"
This is the story that Dan told me, while his
face worried look
Maybe did wrong, chief don't know. Did II"
"Dan," said l. 'it is always very serious thing
for officer to assault citizen. But if any of that
gang should ever again tell you that he saw you
coming out of my office hit him harder than you did
.Scotty"
AS matter of fact Dams frenzied defense of his
honor, resulting as did in Scottys black eye did
more than he could have quickly accomplished in
any other way toward giving him the complete con-
fdence of every member of the crowd From that
moment they entertained no doubt concerning him.
He one OF them, ready to pick pocket, buy
stolen goods or, pinch, get counterfeit money
for his friend i'll New Orleans.
NAs result events moved rapidly from that time
In little while McSweeney had bought some
counterfeit money from Saunders, who, he learned,
manufacturer of spurious coins; from Edward
King and Charles. ]. Wilson, also manufacturers and
from John Farrell, alias Jack Barrett who with
Burns at Stamford the night Burns was shot. AS
rapidly as he could make the deals without exciting
suspicion he also bought from Christopher McDon-
aid, another manufacturer, and from Samuel Baker,
Robert Kelly, James R. Hyde, James +. Murphy
and David Angelo William Burns also sold him a
few pieces and after great effort, he succeeded in
making purchases from Thomas Leonard, saloon
keeper and leader of the gang, and from Ann Nc
Cormack, Leonard's common law wife. Altogether
McSweeney bought, marked and turned over to me
counterfeit money that he had bought from sixteen
members of the band
The next thing to get tbs men under arrest
1T officers with for the whole lot sen
out to scour the Chatham square resorts not more
than four or FIVE could be picked UP before the news
of their capture would cause the rest to fee So i
became necessary to get them by ones and two
without letting any knowledge of their fate get into
the newspapers otherwise to become public unit
the whole sixteen, of them, at any rate, were
in prison.
We were delayed little by reason of the fac
that Baker had gone to Washington to pick pocket
during the Inauguration ceremonies of Presiden
Garfield, but at last got under way. McSweene.