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

my New York office a letter marked
"personal, " which read as follows
"United States Hotel. Boston, Mass
"My Dear Chief: I write to inform
YOU that I arrived here this morning
in company with the sister of Brownie.
Through cunning | made her acquaint,
ance and learned everything She is
on the way to meet her brother Thomas.
She tells me that he intends to remain
outside of the United States unless q
compromise can be effected She says
he has offered to furnish information
and will assist TO break up the Miner
gang of counterfeiters. If you will
send me special authority and a guar.
antee that he Will not be arrested
will go with his sister and coax him
to come TO New York. Please forward
the papers to me here at once. Yours
respectfully, LOUIS MERITO.'
The case was an important one and
required my personal attention. If a
compromise could be made that would
result in the conviction of such men
as Miner, / was anxious to make 1T,
/ chose to superintend it myself, and
the next train that left for Boston took
me with ii. When | arrived there on
the following morning ] went directly
to the United States hotel, whore l met
thoroughly astonished Italian. He
was much surprised at my unexpected
appearance.
soon learned enough TO place me
in possession of the facts in the case
so far as the detective was concerned.
| then demanded personal interview
with Miss Brownie. which was soon ar
ranged, After introducing me TO the
lady, Merito retired from the room, as
had been previously agreed upon. !
and stately young woman. tastefully
and fashionably dressed. She held in
her hand large fan which She welded
with consummaCe grace. / found her
! fully posted on the nature of my bust
ness. Inviting me to be seated, she
began the conversation and explained
to me her proposed trip TO Montreal,
where she hoped to meet her brother.
Thomas Brownie, She had learned
through a friend that her brother was
anxious to quit counterfeltlng and that
he could, if given an opportunity, put
the government officers in Il position
to arrest number of leading counter
feiters She did not know the particu-
lars. but was sure that her brother
would, il permitted to return to New
York, render the government important
service. She said that her father had
nearly lost his mind on account of the
action of his son and TINT he was ready
TO undergo almost any sacrifice and pay
any reasonable sum of money for the
purpose of saving his boy.
Although the young woman did not
appear to understand the connections
her brother had with the counterfeit,
ers, she was quite well posted regarding
the nature OF the crime he had com
mitted; also as to the result, TO follow
should he be convicted. She had been
/ in communication with him during his
absence and was ablo 60 give assurance
of his good faith in assisting the gov
ernment to break mp gang of dan,
gcrous counterfeiters.
What she said was quite reasonable,
and after questioning her for some
! time ! had about come to the concu.
sion that her offer. if carried out as
/ promised, would he a good thing for
the government
There were number of counterfeits
! then on the market marked and / was
! exceedingly anxious to break up the
gang by arresting its leaders and Sc.
Curing the plates. The Miner gang had
first and last cost the government a
considerable sum of money. While