The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-29

rho nrofessional criminals brain Is
constantly working laboratory of
most ingenious plots for over
! s.h;nn The officers of the law. Ever
.aVus sLs ever thoughtful and ever
plarinp noontide as we'll as
! h,.ct miduight-in the brownstone
and lowlv ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Iop. - every hour is tins insidious enc
np 81 social order wideawake and on
ie alert.
.ontend against and bring the in
p,;ons criminal to the bar of Justice.
INC our Civil war counterfeiting
.tassomed into a fine art. 1t became
.ir.nst omnipresent in every channel of
rsSs E and the government detectives
.srs ,mpotcnt TO totally eradicate the
In In eYposc the plots and defeat the
.,.,,,ions of these criminals. until some
IN after peace had been restored.
I n meet and destroy these vampires
/, sosietv it was often necessary to
-.sor, 10 measures of seeming wrong.
Ia cood results might ne obtained
Ia n the most ingenious criminals
~ Fall into the hands of the secret
.,rsiee division during my official ca.
~ was one Thomas Brownie. the son
a man of wealth, occupying fine
-sderce on an aristocraic street In
La York City.
4 Young Brownie was possessed of a
.risonie. refined face, slight figure.
.'sbed address and the self poise OF
. rsn thoroughly trained in the best
EfIe. Reared under the tuition of a
IA and tender mother and supplied
.iR every Injury by kind and in
ke,nt father, II seems quite unac
putsbe that he should choose TO
,N TIE society of criminals. On ac-
nj of his eXoertness in lodging the
tsrs of the law he gained the con
#ure OF manv of the leading coun-
Eisi,ers and forgers OF the country.
Ia first learned of him he was
Hiing the life of man of lneNhausti-
neans His extravaganza in dress
G living was in keeping with the man
III millions Through various sources
Informaticu II was discovered that
{xss handling counterfeit money in q
Yolcsale way and that he was con
Eted With what was then known as
Miner gang of ''Coniac kers,
II had for some time been cute
Ibeb 10 deal in the bogus stuff in q
Irnf- to battle The skill of the gov
frcn, officers. On more than one
-1nsion when the officers thought him
be almost in their grasp. he would
nage TO eludc them and disappear
y their sight. The time came when
her the subtle ingenuity of his plans
ihe wealth and respectabillty OF has
pily served TO shield him from the
Eds of the officers. He was a diff
man To capture, but notwithstano
IBIS remarkable skill and adroitness
mel ms match al last
was while at the height of his
Elual glory and while he was dally
Etllne Broadway with The air of d
Of unimpe3cbable character and III
Eausnble wealth that evidence suffi
III for bis conviction had been gath
and brought 20 my office. | a.
N directed his arrest and plans wer,
n for his capture.
y about the same time he suddenly
appeared from his usual haunts anT
oihcers were unable TO discover hi
.ng place.
hsneycr the officers sought him il
PAGE where his presence had beer
Pred ibey were always Just littl'
sie The man they were seeking
changed his location
ren next heard of he would be il
Other part of the city. In tn
n OF time Re was spoken of nmoni
@iectives as will-O '-the-wisp, a
gas forever fitting about.
y secret service officers were dc
70 keen careful watch upol
I taner's aristocratic mansion. Fo
l u night and dav. this was KEEP
inout success. The man we wer
d4 Fsst of never put in an appear
NeI nefe; The only persons seen I
Wy ana IN were an elderly gentle
0uu young woman of fine az
uee, presumably his daughter
III were also two servants, ueithe
og the slightest resemblance {
E OF the detectives employed j
lung the house was a prepossessin