The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-07-17

, would buy ansther press to take The
| PlsCe oil the ono that had been DESTROYED
Nheu Dcbnai.y reported the situation 10
| nc sent detective out TO buy a small
! plate printing press. He employed wag-
! on and TOOK the press To the room wiz ere
me me printing vas to be done. When Ec-
| unsky was again ready to begin work
lhe engraver. as is usual in such cases,
| Drought only the face OF the plate. Wien
i certain rnnber Of pieces were work" j
OF. or this, the engraver was expecte
20 Drlng The plant for printing the back
aho take away the face plate. Counter
letters are al'edys more or less suspicious
ni one another and have good reasons o
pc. Nearly al! of them are treacheruus
any time.
was anxious to secure the counter
ieit plates and ] did not think 1t wise
10 arrest the engraver until I could
fatSh Io,d nn,1n. min With the plates complete. I
face plate. He did this. When the en-
SraVer came TO inspect the prints he
saw the defect and 1t was agreed be :
tween him and the printer that he would
80 20 MS nome and bring the back plate
which Delinsky could be printing from
while he himself was touching UP the
defect on the face.
Trusted Men on Guard,
The news Of this move was at once
brought to me and three trusty officers
were dispa tched to watch the house where
the printing was being done. Delinsky
mad furnished a plan Of the house, the
nan and the stairway leading to the
room. everything necessary was known
10 the detectives. At what was thought
to be the opportune moment the raid
was made. One OF the detectives gained
access through basement window. he
pulied Off his boots. slipped softly up
the stairs and unbarrcd the street door
Ihe other officers, shod with gum shoes
now made their way carefully TO the
room occupied By the counterfeiters The
nl ho 1l
Delinsky and the door was easily crowd
ed open. The printer was working away
busily and the engraver was seated at
a table with the counterfeit face plate
hand
When the detectives suddenly pounced
irtc the room the Russian engraver came
very near falling off his chair in his
aStonishment, but he was an old hand al
the business and soon became coil and
collected, He could speak English flucn--
ly and the work that he was engaged in
was proof OF his ability as a hne en-
,laYer
He had left his own country several
years before and had come to the United
States to engage In his profession. He
had not been entirely free from suspicion
in his native home Suspicious circum-
stances are dangerous over there. and he
he was unknown and where the laws are
less severely administered The Staunton
head plate engraved by him tested the
judgment Of skilled experts beyond any
similar issue that had been put out by
the counterfeiters. The plate was mas
terpiece.
Old Peter Delinsky was we'll known
among the counterfeiters as plate
printer When first approached by the
Russian engraver he declined the offer
made and said he had once been in diff
fculty in a similar job and did not care
TO risk his liberty the second time. This
made the engraver more anxious to Sc
cure his services.
Was Clever Man.
AS a general thing 1t is difficult for
persons who have saved terms In the
legitimate lines. hence they more readily
engage In crooked work Couaterfeiters
are ingenious In laying plans to prevent
discovery. Every conceivable artifice IS
resorted to by detectives to capture them
and get possession OF the counterfeit
plates. The engraver in this case was Il
clever man at his business. For this
reason II was necessary to employ q
plot seemingly on the verge OF an unlaw-
full transa ction to entrap him.
When he was brought to my office he
was wise enough to realize that the
chances for his escape were very small.
When questioned he confessed everything
and promised to plead guilty,
Defended by Aged Lawyer,
When his case came up In the United
States court, eX-Judge Stuart was his
counsel He was a criminal lawyer OF
considerable ability. about Is years of