The San Francisco call., 1909-02-07
The San Francisco Sunday Call

Two hours later, or at 5 o'clock in the morning
we were at Edward Kings home, Forsyth street.
near Rivington King lived on the third floor, rear
of tenement and like the other houses we VISITED
a light was burning. but knocks brought no answer
So burst in his door
We might have thought we in mint silver
coins OF all denominations scattered about the
rooms-for King and WILSON, who were found IN
bed we're at work when VIC came Molten lead was
in the melting pots the mol4s were lying open' ana
everything was as it would have been if two men
who had been at work all night had suddenly stop
ped for a moment
We found more than four hundred counterfeit
COINS all of which had been made since sundown.
And talk about your Central American military
costumel-a pair of spurs and a Panama hat-tne
room in which these men worked was so hot that
they nothing but handkerchiefs under their
chins
With these men behind the bars with the otherA
the only important who still out of jail was
Burns-~English Billy Many time McSweeney
had tried nvcigle Burns to the international no
tel but without success. Perhaps Burns had noticed
that the men who walked aawy with McSweeney
came back; at any rate he always had an eS-
cuse when Dan tried to bait him down to the place
where the of waiting to get him.
More than that Burns had told McSweeney he
would kill me on sight. He never forgave me for
arrcsng him after ne had been shot in Connecticut
and had gotten away clean" as he expressed II
McSweeney believed he meant business and warned
not to get in his way.
"You have wife and family. chief" MeSweeney
said, "and if l can get Burns up here will arrest
him. He has feeling against AT any rate,
you had better let him alone"
"All right Dam" said l. Get him if you can, but
l am willing to take chance on him if it so happens
that you get him up to the ROOM
All other means having failed to get Burns, sew
= Ja1r IN
way to the place where expected to find him we
him in the street.
Hello Billy" said McSweeney Where are you
going?"
Burns munlbled something about being in hurry
and started to Dan took after him, but Burns
was the better runner. Instantly McSweeney and
all the rest of began yell stop thiefP A big
policeman hearing the cries and seeing the fleeing
Burns swung his night stick him and Burns
dropped Nor did he get up until he picked up.
In one hand was clasped a dagger. In one OF his
pockets was revolver In his scalp gaping
wound inches long.
The entire 10 having been arrested their
trials followed in due order Fourteen either pleaded
guilty or were convicted Dennis Glennon was the
only one who was acquitted and Joseph Delehanti,
for some reason that could never understand,
not tried Leonard the leader of the gang, given
ten years sentence His wife was sent up for two
years Burns was given FIVE years. Two were let
off ON suspended and the others were given
from one to three years each.
The next day after the arrest of Burns l talk
ing with the policeman who assisted so materially
by knocking him with his club.
That bad man that you helped to arrest
yesterday said /, adding few particulars about his
crimes and desperate character.
"You don't say so" said the giant Irishman, who
had made a seven inch wound in Burns scalp "If
I'd know that I'd hit him ha-arder"