The sun., 1910-01-02

one day ne iefe his rooms WitnOug any
baggage and walked TO the depot. Whils
passengers were going through the gate
TO the New York train Ulrtch scanned tins
face OF every one and he was the last mar
to board the train.
Ulrich came over 70 New York by the
1 old Cortlandt street ferry and made
straight across West street for the tele-
graph Office. He took up form and wrote
the body OF his message WITHOUT any ad,
dress. Il have just arrived, he had
scrawled. when he became conscious that
somebody was looking over his shoulder
He turned around to face Burns. whom he
aAhai" said UIrich, you seem mooch
interested in vat am writing
am. replied Burns.
Den. subbose you vinish it.. suggested
IAN right said Burns and he took the
: pen and wrote the name Of the confederate
In New Jersey that Ulrich had Intended
to write. Ulrich wns taken compieseiy
aback.
This is a pinch. UIrich." said Burns
I'VE know what you were going TO do;
Now you can help US round up the crowd
or you can go 20 jail.
the latter sent him 10 join the gang and
through his assistance they got the whole
| lot I'm building at 542 Ann street, West
Hoboken. There the secret service men
| found more than s2.0O0,O00 in gold GER
unChuee ana ~ LOJ on ldlAOlAn tAVO nOOcE.
This was the first time that the authorities
had been able to convict Brockway. He
! went to Trenton Jail for a ten year sem
tence with DIR. Bradford. who died in
prison. and Courtney. The last was a
celebrated forger who had been in ooun-
terfeitinR schemes for thirty years.
After This Burns was sent to Florida TO
stop fiibusterinE, and he took Ulrich with
him to protect him from friends Of the
Brockway gang. who had threatened his
reformed and become useful citizen
and leaving much respected family.
Burns came back to New York in 1896
to look up that counterfeiting case which
was undertaken TO promote revolution
in Costa Rica, the participants making
100 peso notes. with the double object Of
buying arms and discrediting the none
tary system OF the country. Gen. Fred
erioo de Mora. grandson Of the first Presi-
dent OF Costa Rica and another man served
investigations. and then they went down
TO Nicaragua and started one OF the
predecessors OF the present difficulty in
those parts.
The case OF Taylor and Bredell In 1890
was one OF the most extraordinary in the
were hit upon by a process OF deduction
and elimination, for there were no clues
that could be used. The fact that the
counterfeit note was absolutely perfect
huhG u Cltncra ndu .Nlten uf9t-O
Then the unusual excellence OF the print
ing gave the inference that a steel plate
had been used in the engraving and that
whoever did the work was able TO etch
ore steel.
Every man in the whole country who
was able to do this sort OF thing was taken
no and considered. and then the elimina-
ton went on until the list narrowed down
70 Taylor and Bredell. Then it was found
that their process was to transfer photo
~ - a. Al
enough to bite the lines. and then en-.
grave by hand-a feat that had hitherto
been considered impossible The scheme
eventually involved fifteen persons Two
OF them. Philadelphia lawyers. tried 10
sing with TAYLOR and Bredsl.
While the latter were waiting in Moya-
mensing to testify against the lawyers
they were called upon by q man who had
visited Brockway In Trenton jail Brock
used on numerous occasions. which was
to oner to give up plates In return for inn
munity. This the Government had
always accepted until that Hoboken case
Taylor and Bredell were not in possession
OF any plates and their bail was SlO0, 900,
so they decided to try to make them in
jail. Tayior's mother smuggled In the
necessary tools and materials and the
two men engraved the plates in their cell
under blanket with the aid OF an alcohol
plete the work. but they actually printed
the money, sent IL out and had It passed
When some OF the money was shown to
Burns he at once said that only Taylor
and Bredell could have made it. He went
70 the prison and charged them with IL and
they at length confessed.
One OF Burns's last big pieces of work
Tor the Treasury Department was the ap-
prehension OF Dimmick, who robbed the
San Francisco mint OF $50, ,OO0 Dimmick
has i.rat haap ralaa aa.l f,,,,,, Ga, n,,o.s;w.
prison after doing nine years. II took
TWO years To secure q conviction. DIM
mick was assistant superintendent CT the
mint and he had succeeded in familiarizing
himself with the locks OF the vault so that
he could stand at the lock with the works
exposed and determine what combination
another person was setting. Here Burns
again did some eliminating and deducing,
but 1t took time to get evidence.
Burns left San Francisco and came East,
and was preparing TO take a European
trip for the Government when he got a
wire from Chief Wilkie to report in WASH
ington;
tary OF the Interior Hitchcock. who in
formed him that extensive land frauds
Involving millions OF dollars had been
discovered.
Can you do anything for usS' the Sec-
retary asked.
vios 9 &siSy SYs ySS SsOss The star man of our 'or
But can he do anything?" said Mr.
Hitchcock.
We'll. he has never failed yet wilkie
replied
SO they started Burns out on May l,
1908, and il was not until September.
1903, that his task was finished. resulting
in the conviction Of United States Sem
ator Mitchell OF Oregon. Hyde 4 Benson.
wealthy landowners OF Californis. and
numbers OF others. In addition TO this
work Burns was at the same time i'm
stigating other matters.
Before these land cases had been dis
posed OF Francis j. Heney. who was
attorney for the Government in No
vember. 1905, in the municipal campaign
in San Francisco, had made the declara-
ton that IL called upon by the people
OF San Francisco he would undertake
to prosecute Abe Ruef and the other
grafters in the graft ridden town. Ruef's
candidate, Schmitz, was elected. Later
ON Fremont Older. editor OF paper
that had fought Ruef and the boodlers.
came ON to Washington representing
committee OF citizens headed by Ru-
dolph Spreckels and James ID. Phelan,
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